By William Gallagher BBC News Online

Stiller and Wilson fit their roles well

The big screen version of the famous TV hit Starsky and Hutch is a warmly successful mix of extreme over the top jokes and deliciously subtle little touches.

Ben Stiller is perfect as Starsky: more uptight than in the show but capturing his essence. And Owen Wilson actually makes Hutch interesting.

It does the film a disservice to say the plot isn't important as it's been very well crafted but it's done to give the most opportunities for gags.

Some are ridiculously good, others are tiny references, all are great fun.

There's a long list of extras but the ones that matter are a director's commentary and a spoof of the usual luvvie, sunshine-filled Making Of featurette.

Capturing the Friedmans

The Friedmans are a normal family with perhaps an excessive fondness for home movies and their lives are split open by accusations of child abuse.

It's a true story, in the sense that this is a documentary film, but its core quickly becomes a question of what is real and who you believe.

Capturing the Friedmans is engrossing

The film is immediately engrossing and its only problem is that we've seen so many spoofs that it takes a time to be sure what you're watching.

It's genuinely thought-provoking and utterly compelling throughout.

The set is packed with extras including interviews, commentary, new footage relating to the police case in the film.

The House of Cards trilogy

Villainy, if not sheer evil, played with such tremendous verve that you can't resist it: Ian Richardson stars as the scheming Francis Urquhart.

Passed over for a Cabinet post, Tory whip Urquhart takes an alternative route to the top with scheming malice and ultimately murderous moves.

House of Cards was the giant success back in 1990; the two sequels are less successful but still superb.

It's a surprise, but a welcome one, that the three are bundled: BBC could have made more cash splitting them.

The only extra is an audio commentary on one episode from each of the three series by star Richardson, screenwriter Andrew Davies and producer Ken Riddington.