Released on Mon Nov 24

Ida

(Artificial Eye, cert 12, Blu-ray/DVD/digital)

Pawel Pawlikowski’s profound yet unmissably entertaining drama follows a Polish nun on a Sixties road trip of discovery – of herself and her country’s past.

Guardians of the Galaxy

(Disney, cert 12, Blu-ray/DVD/digital)

Marvel launches a new sci-fi franchise, a new quartet of heroes, with a big, loud, smart origins story that feels very Han Solo-ish. World domination imminent.

Particle Fever

(Dartmouth, cert E, digital)

An excellent crash course in the Higgs boson and why it’s important, dressed up as a documentary about the people who love and care for the Large Hadron Collider.

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

(Fox, cert 12, Blu-ray/DVD/digital)

It’s apes vs humans in the second tranche of rebooted franchise, directed with such vigour by Cloverfield’s Matt Reeves that its civics-lesson message barely irks.

Mood Indigo

(StudioCanal, cert 15, Blu-ray/DVD/digital)

Eternal Sunshine director Michel Gondry’s charmer stars Romain Duris and Audrey Tautou as boy-meets-girl lovers in a Paris of stop-motion magic and whimsy.

You and the Night

(Peccadillo, cert 18, DVD/digital)

“Eric Cantona’s tackle” – a phrase acquiring a whole new meaning in this erotic French spoof, Cocteau’s Orpheus with “spot the Euro arthouse” references.

White Reindeer

(Matchbox, cert 15, DVD/digital)

It has the looks, the lighting, the cast and the knitwear of a churned-out Christmas TV movie. But swinging, shoplifting, farting? This one’s from the dark side.

Box Sets

Doctor Who Series 8

(2entertain, cert 12, Blu-ray/DVD/digital)

After the shock of a Doctor as old as the series itself, Peter Capaldi’s far less hyperactive Time Lord has been a breath of wry (almost Malcolm Tuckerish) air.

Leverage The Complete Collection

(Icon, cert 15, DVD)

Very similar to our very own Hustle, this US con-artists-conning-con-artists series stars Timothy Hutton and delivers the same mix of energy and reassurance.

Dynamo: Magician Impossible

(Universal, cert 12, DVD)

16 x 45-minute bursts of the man born Steven Frayne, at his best out on the street and up close, where his magic makes people scream with fear and delight.