DVD Rreviews: X-Men Origins; Hannah Montana ; Angels and Demons

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Cast: Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Danny Huston
Director: Gavin Hood
Genre: Action/Fantasy
Rating: PG13

James (Jackman) and his brother Victor (Schreiber) are mutants with retractable steel fangs in their knuckles. Their power makes them good fighters, and we see them, along with other mutants, taking part in several wars. However, during a mission in Nigeria led by Stryker (Huston), James decides he's had enough and walks away.

We see James six years later in the Canadian Rockies. He works as a lumberjack and has settled down with a pretty teacher. But the past catches up with him and changes his life forever.

Hannah Montana: The Movie
Cast: Miley Cyrus, Billy Ray Cyrus, Emily Osment
Director: Peter Chelsom
Genre: Family
Rating G
 

Living in two worlds is affecting Miley Stewart (Miley Cyrus) negatively. She is so immersed in her role as Hannah that she has been neglecting her friends and family. Her father (Billy Ray Cyrus) realises that this cannot continue any longer. He drags Miley to her grandma's farm, Crowley's Corners, for a two-week break. However, if you think time will pass peacefully at this rural retreat, you're wrong.

Bonus features include deleted scenes and outtakes (fun with Hannah and the gang).

Angels and Demons
Cast Tom Hanks, Ewan McGregor, Stellan Skarsgard
Director Ron Howard
Genre Action/Thriller
Rating PG13

The pope is dead and the college of cardinals is preparing to elect his successor when four of the favourite candidates are kidnapped. Is the Illluminati, the secret society that is seeking the downfall of the church, involved? But it's not the existence of the church that's at stake. Someone has stolen a canister of antimatter and is threatening to destroy the world. Harvard symbologist Professor Rober Langdon (Tom Hanks) is requested to get to the heart of the matter and find out where the deadly canister is hidden. This is a gripping movie based on the novel by Dan Brown. There's much more action than in The Da Vinci Code given that Langdon only has a few hours to solve the mystery. Special features include sound bites from Dan Brown and Tom Hanks.