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DVD Review: Up (U) *****

WHILE Finding Nemo remains Pixar’s biggest hit to date, this Oscar-nominated favourite has the same director – Pete Docter. Read

Mail Film Editor Graham Young reviews this week's DVD releases.

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Away We Go (15) ****

AFTER the likes of Revolutionary Road, this is British director Sam Mendes’ latest take on the American psyche. Read

Love Happens (12) **

AARON Eckhart is a self-help guru inspiring lonely people in hotels, Jennifer Aniston is the local flower girl he bumps into. Read

The Time Traveller's Wife (12) *

AUDREY Niffenegger’s misspelt novel has been adapted by Bruce Joel Rubin, but neither Eric Bana nor Rachel McAdams can prevent this from being a charmless, repetitive story of the love affair between Chicago librarian Clare Abshire and Henry De Tamble – who may or may not be alive. Read

Adventureland (15) ****

SET on an amusement park, this coming-of-age story had one of last year’s best soundtracks thanks to Judas Priest, The Velvet Underground, Whitesnake, Falco, Crowded House and The Rolling Stones. Read

DVD Review: Aliens in the Attic (PG) ****

ALTHOUGH this feels like a rehash of ET, Gremlins and Home Alone, younger viewers won’t know that is the case. Read

DVD Review: Surrogates (12) ****

HUMANS now interact via robotic surrogates in this sci-fi thriller which will appeal to fans of hits like Westworld, Total Recall and Minority Report.Read

DVD Review: Mesrine Parts 1 & 2 (15) ****

DESTINED to become a real cult classic, this mesmerising Scorsese-worthy French thriller was released in cinemas in two parts. Read

Mail Film Editor Graham Young reviews this week's new releases, including Mesrine and Surrogates.

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DVD Review: Funny People (15) *

JUDD Apatow’s story about taking second chances echoes the years when he used to flat-share with Adam Sandler. Read

DVD Review: Gamer (18) *

GERARD Butler appears in a semi-dark gloom in a film which seeks to bludgeon its audience into submission from the off with vast swathes of impenetrable digital camerawork, trigger-happy editing, desaturated colours and noisy sound effects. Read

DVD Review: Dorian Gray (15) ***

PRINCE Caspian star Ben Barnes plays the innocent orphan who develops a taste for excess thanks to the malevolent influence of Lord Henry Wotton (Colin Firth). Read

DVD Review: Creation (PG) ***

THIS is the story of how Charles Darwin battled internal demons, ill health and the defensive religious sector in order to compile his seminal work, An Origin of Species. Read

Mail Film Editor Graham Young rounds up this week's DVD releases - Creation, Dorian Gray and Funny People.

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DVD Review: A Perfect Getaway (15) ****

Honeymooning couple Cliff and Cydney (Steve Zahn and Milla Jovovich) are off to Hawaii for a jaunt around a holiday paradise. Read

DVD Review: (500) Days Of Summer ***

HERE’S a rare beast – a romantic comedy which tries to treat its audience with a degree of intelligence. Read

Mail Film Editor Graham Young reveiws this week's DVD releases - The Taking of Pelham 123 and Sorority Row.

THE TAKING OF PELHAM 123 (15)Read

DVD Review: The Hurt Locker (15) *****

THE steady procession of service fatalities, and of seriously injured soldiers being flown to Selly Oak Hospital from Afghanistan, gives this exceptional drama a really human edge.Read

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (U) *****

WALT’S first full-length animated feature film was originally released in 1937 and it remains one of Disney’s all-time greats.Read