DVDs of the week

THE DURRELLS – SERIES THREE (CERT 12) £19.99

Gerald Durrell’s Corfu trilogy of novels is brought vividly to life in the third series of the delightful, sun-drenched STV drama comedy. In this series, spirited widow Louisa Durrell (Keeley Hawes) takes a trip to London with eldest son Larry (Josh O’Connor) that reminds her of the pain of the past, middle son Leslie (Callum Woodhouse) has the pick of the local girls with three different lovelies vying for his affections. Also, youngest son Gerry (Milo Parker) continues to nurture his passion for animals while Louisa’s daughter Margo (Daisy Waterhouse) finds a new outlet for her boundless energy.

THE SQUARE (CERT 15) £15.99

Swedish filmmaker Ruben Ostlund plays with madness in his Oscar-nominated satire The Square, a jaw-dropping celebration of the weird and the wonderful that defies categorisation and will amuse viewers as much as it bamboozles them. Museum director Christian (Claes Bang) is determined to make a PR splash with his temple of contemporary art so he conceives an interactive installation called The Square. Inside the performance space, visitors are encouraged to behave kindly and responsibly. This experiment in the innate goodness of human nature takes an unexpected turn when an enterprising pickpocket pilfers Christian’s mobile phone and wallet inside The Square. The museum director uses tracking software to exact revenge, but this has unforeseen consequences for Christian and the people around him, including famous artist Julian (Dominic West) and television interviewer Anne (Elisabeth Moss). The chaos escalates at a patrons’ dinner in the museum where a renowned performance artist Oleg (Terry Notary) takes method acting to the limit as he roams among the wealthy guests in the guise of an untamed gorilla.

THE CURED (CERT 15) £15.99

Shot on location in Dublin and Wicklow, director David Freyne’s claustrophobic horror thriller unfolds after a zombie apocalypse and begs difficult questions of a fractured society that must heal after the bloodbath. The Maze virus swept the globe six years ago, transforming great swathes of the population into flesh-hungry predators. Scientists engineered a serum, which restored 75 per cent of the infected to their former selves, but those that return to the land of the living are cursed to remember everything they did while in the grip of the virus. Conor (Tom Vaughan-Lawlor) awkwardly reintegrates into society with the help of his dead brother’s wife Abbie (Ellen Page), whose sole concern is her young son Cillian (Oscar Nolan). Tensions between the uninfected and the cured sparks civil war and a support group for reanimated zombies instigates a campaign to restore the balance of power.