The round-up

Apocalypse now! And again! And again! Undead strippers and zombie nudity lower the already rock-bottom tone in crass comedy Scouts Guide To The Zombie Apocalypse ( out 7 Mar, DVD, BD, Digital HD). There’s occasional side-splitting fun to be had, but zombie fans will be find that the film is mostly brainless…

With a global pandemic raging, the usual motley crew board a plane in search of safety in The Carrier ( out now, DVD). Characters rarely rise above types, but as infection spreads they rub against each other compellingly – and the make-up’s memorably icky, given budget restrictions…

The Walking Dead’s Norman Reedus faces a more claustrophobic kind of apocalypse in Air ( out now, DVD, Digital HD), which sees him and Djimon Hounsou act as caretakers for a high society locked away from the Earth’s toxic atmosphere. Surprises in store, but the close-quarters storytelling gets a bit stifling…

A young Polish woman undergoes hypnotherapy and unleashes tedious but violent past lives from around the world and across the centuries in over-ambitious low-budget sci-fi horror The Scopia Effect ( out 15 Feb, DVD, Digital HD). Think Horrible Histories meets Flatliners without the wit, budget or stars.

Craig Roberts, the star of Richard Ayoade’s Submarine, makes his directorial debut with Just Jim ( out now, DVD, Digital HD), a surreal, deadpan comedy, that sees Roberts’ nerdy teen Jim being taught the codes of cool by a new, American neighbour (Emile Hirsch). It’s thin, and peters out, but there are enough sharp ideas here to make Roberts a promising prospect...