American Pie: The Wedding (15) Universal Pictures Video, DVD £19.99/VHS £14.99)

Stars: Jason Biggs, Seann William Scott, Alyson Hannigan, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Thomas Ian Nicholas, January Jones, Eugene Levy, Molly Cheek, Deborah Rush, Fred Willard

AFTER their dalliances at band camp, Jim (Biggs) and Michelle (Hannigan) decide to tie the knot, and invite all of their loved ones, including Jim's proud parents (Levy, Cheek), Michelle's stuffy father and mother (Willard, Rush) and best pals Finch (Thomas) and Kevin (Nicholas). Preparations begin to go dreadfully awry when Stifler (Scott) gatecrashes the wedding party and sneakily lands himself the role of best man. Screenwriter Adam Herz, who penned the first two American Pie films, spares the characters few blushes as he searches for gross-out nirvana.

DVD Extras: Director and actors commentaries, Enter The Dominatrix - Inside The Bachelor Party featurette, Stifler Speak including out-takes and interviews, Grooming The Groom featurette, deleted scenes, out-takes, Cheesy Wedding Video of Jim and Michelle's big day, Nikki's Hollywood Journal featurette.

Hollywood Homicide (15) Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment, DVD £19.99/VHS £12.99)

Stars: Harrison Ford, Josh Hartnett, Bruce Greenwood, Martin Landau, Isaiah Washington HARRISON Ford is back to his sparkling best in Hollywood Homicide, delivering a delightful comic turn as an eccentric cop embroiled in a high profile murder investigation. Veteran LAPD homicide detective Joe Gavilan (Ford) is asked to oversee the induction of rookie K C Calden (Hartnett). Joe obliges, although begrudgingly: he's much more concerned with securing the sale of a multi-million dollar property to save his ailing real estate business, which he runs as a sideline to his police job. Following the brutal slaying of a rap group in a nightclub, Joe and K C take charge of the investigation and soon find themselves embroiled in a game of cat-and-mouse with record label head honcho Sartain (Washington).

Freddy Vs Jason (18) Entertainment In Video, DVD £19.99/VHS £12.99

Stars: Robert Englund, Ken Kirzinger, Monica Keena, Kelly Rowland

IT'S the clash of the horror movie titans. In the red corner: razor-fingered child murderer Freddy Krueger (Englund) from the Nightmare On Elm Street films; and in the blue corner: machete-wielding behemoth Jason Vorhees (Kirzinger) from the Friday The 13th series.

DVD Extras: Director and actors' commentary, deleted and alternative scenes including the original opening and ending, behind the scenes featurette, visual effects featurette, storyboards, photo galleries, Ill Nino How Can I Live music video, TV spots, theatrical trailer.

Published: 22/01/2004