This week's new DVD & Blu-ray

127 Hours DVD & Blu-ray, 20th Century Fox Movies are great at pitting one element against another, from Cowboys & Aliens to Mega Shark Vs Giant Octopus. But there's no surprise who comes out on top in Danny Boyle's movie about Man v Rock. Rock wins, every time. Based on the story of outdoors man Aron Ralston, who had to sever his right arm to free himself from a boulder that was pinning him down, this is – as the title suggests – an account of the period during which Ralton's hopes of rescue and escape vanish and he's left with only one painful, inevitable option to get out alive. Actor James Franco has been tipped as one to watch for almost a dozen years since his breakthrough role in TV's Freaks And Geeks, and here he gets plenty of screen time to showcase his talent. But it's not quite a one-man (or even one-rock) show. Boyle is the other big presence here; his parade of multiple camera formats and tricky shots never lets up, giving this the feel of an action movie in which Ralston is neither hero nor victim; what happens to him is kind of his own fault. So Boyle and Franco obsess on all the details of the ordeal, putting you into the events so closely that by the time you hear the crack of bones on the soundtrack as Ralston frees himself, it's impossible not to share at least a little of his pain. Boyle takes similar care with the extras, too. This disc includes a great Making Of doc as well as background information on the real story. Gnomeo And Juliet Elton John-produced animation bringing Shakespeare to the English suburban garden. DVD & Blu-ray, E1 It's Kind Of A Funny Story Zach Galifianakis stars in a sincere coming-of-age romance set in a psychiatric ward. DVD & Blu-ray, Universal Fire In Babylon Doc about the West Indian cricket team's heyday in the 1970s and 1980s. DVD & Blu-ray, Revolver Henry's Crime Corny wrong-man heist comedy, with Keanu Reeves. DVD & Blu-ray, EV Cross Of Iron Sam Peckinpah's only war movie takes the German view of the second world war. DVD & Blu-ray, Optimum