Donald Clarke and Michael Dwyer review the latest DVDs
THE INCREDIBLE HULK **
Directed by Louis Leterrier. Starring Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth, Tim Blake Nelson, Ty Burrell, William Hurt 12 cert
Norton's Bruce Banner, a research scientist who habitually turns big and green when angry, tries to evade the attentions of the US army and Roth's genetically mutated British commando. The chases are fine. The actors aren't too bad. The effects will do. Sadly, however, The Hulk himself still looks ridiculous.
THE HAPPENING *
Directed by M Night Shyamalan. Starring Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, John Leguizamo, Ashlyn Sanchez 15 cert
Shyamalan follows up his wildly misconceived Lady in the Waterwith a slight, pointless yarn in which what may be an airborne toxin causes Americans to kill themselves. The movie's post-9/11 paranoia is as bogus and opportunistic as its vaguely ecological message. The dialogue is arch, albeit often unintentionally funny.
CSNY: DÉJÀ VU ****
Directed by Neil Young 15 cert
Sturdy rock music and outspoken political views form a potent fusion in this filmed record of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young on their 2006 Freedom of Speech concert tour. Young's fascinating documentary emphasises just how divisive the audience response was, particularly in Atlanta, when the band launched into Let's Impeach the Presidentto a cacophony of cheers and booing.
MY WINNIPEG ****
Directed by Guy Maddin. Starring Ann Savage, Darcy Fehr 12 cert
Idiosyncratic Canadian director Maddin blurs fact and fiction in his personal and social history of the city he describes as "my home for my entire life". This wonderfully weird exercise draws on his penchant for outlandishly surreal imaginings and affectionate pastiches of silent movies.
FEMALE AGENTS/LES FEMMES DES OMBRE ***
Directed by Jean-Paul Salomé. Starring Sophie Marceau, Julie Depardieu, Deborah François, Marie Gillain, Maya Sansa, Moritz Bleibtreu 15 cert
Brave agent Marceau defeats the Nazis without smudging her lipstick in this gung-ho second World War thriller from the director of Arsène Lupin. The female leads gargle their way through the action with the shruggy insouciance characteristic of their race, and the wartime ambience is well done. But it does feel a little ordinary.
PRICELESS/HORS DE PRIX **
Directed by Pierre Salvadori. Starring Gad Elmaleh, Audrey Tautou, Marie-Christine Adam, Vernon Dobtcheff, Jacques Spiesser 12 cert
Ugly, dubious French comedy detailing the odd relationship between Tautou's cynical golddigger and Elmaleh's hotel employee. While she continues to exploit old, rich men in the south of France, he embarks on his own career as a gigolo. The decent performances can't quite distract from the film's unpleasant moral outlook.
