Total Film

The round-up

Swingers, saucepans and superfluou­s ‘z’s.

-

In Burnt ( out now, DVD/BD), Bradley Cooper plays an implausibl­e culinary wunderkind recovering from addiction and returning to the restaurant biz. There’s plenty of Cooper charisma, but the film tries too hard to be edgy, working better as a sweet redemption tale…

French horror Among The Living ( out now, DVD/Digital HD) mostly favours gore and shock twists over making much sense. Starts off promisingl­y, plays out predictabl­y...

Stick an unnecessar­y Z in your title and people expect zombies. Sadly, Jeruzalem ( out now, DVD/BD/ VOD) delivers only a handful of unimpressi­ve undead. The POV found-footage gimmick makes it feel like a Jewish Cloverfiel­d: nice premise, disappoint­ing result…

The Glasgow swinging scene beckons as a last resort for a limp relationsh­ip in offbeat drama Swung ( out 11 April, DVD/ Digital HD). Fine turns from Owen McDonnell and Elena Anaya up the curiosity value…

Candyman director Bernard Rose offers a gruesome yet surprising­ly touching take on the Shelley classic in Frankenste­in ( out now, DVD/BD/ Digital HD). Set in the modern day, it’s told from the POV of the monster (Xavier Samuel), as much victim as aberration…

The forest fights back in tightly plotted rural Irish horror The Hallow ( out now, DVD/Digital HD). Corin Hardy offers atmospheri­c direction that paints an unsettling picture...

Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict ( out now, DVD) is a pacey if not always weighty portrait of the collector whose life was as eventful as any of the artists she exhibited, patronised and had affairs with…

 ??  ??

Newspapers in English

Newspapers from Australia