Out on DVD

Timmy Time: Snapshot Timmy (Cert. U, out 19 October)

The wait is finally over - Timmy has his own DVD! The under 5s seem magnetically drawn to the little lamb, so this DVD should allow you to free up space on the Sky+ drive! Quality-wise claymation doesn't get much better than this: Timmy hails from none other than Nick Park's Aardman stables. Each of the 8 episodes lasts for about 10 minutes, which is just about perfect to hold the attention of a toddler - and long enough to let you put in a load of laundry.

South Park season 12 (Cert. 15, out 19 October)

Review coming soon

Ben 10 - The Complete Series (Cert. PG, out 19 October 2009)

This complete Ben 10 box set contains every episode of the hit animated series Ben 10, and includes the series finale Secret Of The Omnitrix - that's 4 seasons, 52 episodes on 12 DVDs or nearly 20 hours worth of peace. The adventures of young Ben Tennyson, your garden-variety 10-year-old until he discovers a mysterious watch hidden in a crashed meteorite, are the best thing since sliced bread if you're a young boy 4 to 9 years of age. The young hero seems to hit the right note with the youngsters as he learns that the supernatural watch allows him to morph into 10 different alien beings, while keeping his kid personality. It may not be your cup of tea if your age is in double-digits - or if you're a girl - but little boys will sport a very big grin on their faces should Father Christmas decide to hide one of these under the tree.

Horsemen (Cert. 18, out 19 October)

Starring Dennis Quaid, Ziyi Zhang (of Crouching Tigers and Memoirs of A Geisha fame) and Clifton Collins Jr. (last seen in the excellent Sunshine Cleaning.) Recently widowed cop investigates disturbing string of murders inspired by the Bible's Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

Horsemen is a visually disturbing piece of film, at times reminiscent of Saw and Seven. While it borrows the serial killings with gore a-plenty and biblical theme competently it stops well shy of greatness as we never quite believe the extent of the conspiracy. Indeed most adept of the thriller genre will have guessed the identity of the 4th Horseman way before Dennis Quaid's cop gets a clue. Still, it's better than most straight-to-video offerings and well worth a late night turn on the DVD player if you have the stocmach for that sort of thing!