DVD & Blu-ray out this week

City Of The Living Dead Arrow, DVD and Blu-Ray When DVD first hit it took a while for the smaller independent movie companies to adopt the new format. With Blu-Ray they're a lot quicker off the mark, often making a better job of things than the major labels. So, while you can't get all the films of Stanley Kubrick or Akira Kurosawa on high definition, you can get a film where a woman starts crying blood and then pukes up her entire innards: City Of The Living Dead. Director Lucio Fulci was something of a fixture in Italian cinema, turning his hand to comedies, westerns, sci-fi, Giallo thrillers, whatever. But when his super-gory Zombie Flesh Eaters hit big, Fulci's fate as a horror director was sealed. This ruthlessly effective 1980 work has a typically slight story – a priest's suicide opens a gate to Hell in a small town, leading a reporter and a medium to investigate – but bags of foggy atmosphere and some memorable, still jaw-dropping scenes of bloodshed. Really, if this film can be given such a caring, extras-stuffed treatment, then any film can, which is great news for everyone. Precious Gabourey Sidibe delivers a heartbreaking performance as an abused teen in 1987 Harlem. DVD, Blu-Ray, Icon Wizards Freaky animated elf-war fantasy from Ralph Bakshi (Fritz The Cat). DVD, Blu-Ray, Eureka Up In The Air George Clooney racks up the air-miles in this sharp satire of downsized America. DVD, Blu-Ray, Paramount 1234 Downbeat Brit comedy about an indie band trying to get it together. DVD, Soda Pictures Chop Shop Intimate, low-budget drama about a young Latino street orphan on the mean streets of NYC. DVD, Axiom Did You Hear About The Morgans? Can witness protection save Hugh Grant and Sarah Jessica Parker's yuppie marriage? DVD, Blu-Ray, Sony