Keanu, Winona rekindle love

Who knew that one of the most hilarious comedies in years would be a direct-to-DVD two-hander, starring a pair of 1990s pop-culture icons?

But that’s the case with Destination Wedding (Stuff Pix, Google Play, Apple TV and DVD/Bluray), which brings Bram Stoker’s Dracula stars Winona Ryder and Keanu Reeves back together for an acerbic anti-rom-com that feels like a cross between Sideways and Richard Linklater’s Before Sunrise trilogy.

For Frank (Reeves) and Lindsay (Ryder), their first meeting results in an instant dislike for one another. To their combined horror, they discover they are not only seated together on a tiny plane, but are headed to the same event – the San Luis Obispo vineyard-based nuptials of ‘‘tall glass of hemlock’’ Anne and Frank’s brother Keith, Lindsay’s former fiance.

As they painfully sit through the rehearsal dinner to the reception, their pithy observations of each other (‘‘You debate like a child’’, ‘‘You eat like a racoon,’’ is one such exchange) and their fellow guests, gradually appears to bring them closer together.

Essentially, 90 minutes of endlessly entertaining verbal sparring (you will have never heard the sometimes monosyllabic Reeves speak so much), Destination Wedding is a reminder of the charisma of these two stars, and the power of a well-written, tightly-wound screwball comedy.

Those who prefer something more dramatic should check out the fabulous crime thriller, Widows (recently released on DVD/Blu-ray). British director Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave) and Gone Girl scribe Gillian Flynn give

Lynda La Plante’s pulpy premise (it started life as a mid-1980s ITV mini-series) a sleek, modern-day makeover, but one that also has plenty of grit.

Viola Davis (Fences) heads an impressive cast that includes The Night Manager’s Elizabeth Debicki, Fast and the Furious’ Michelle Rodriguez, and Liam Neeson.

And for a pure hit of 1970s and 80s nostalgia, Bohemian Rhapsody (just out on DVD/Blu-ray and streaming services) offers plenty of toetapping and headbanging moments, as the story of Freddie Mercury and Queen is brought to life.

Rami Malek (Mr Robot) is a physically impressive manifestation of Mercury, even if he didn’t do much of the actual warbling.

It also pays not to think too hard about the timeline-altering carried out by Kiwi scribe Anthony McCarten.