Article: Film on DVD:Thank You For Smoking (cert 15, 88 mins)

Based on Christopher Buckley's satirical novel, Thank You For Smoking cuts a swathe through all of its targets, poking merciless fun at the entertainment and tobacco industries. The dialogue positively crackles with polished one-liners and put-downs.

Severance (Cert 15, 91 mins)

Blackly humorous romp drenched in entrails and blood, which doesn't quite live up to its billing as 'The Office meets Deliverance'. Writer-director Christopher Smith certainly doesn't stint on the gore, delighting in the slow, agonising deaths of his characters, running the gamut from a beheading to an horrific human barbecue.

DOA: Dead Or Alive (Cert 15, 85 mins)

The movie follows the template of the video-games on ...

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