(500) Days Of Summer (12, 91 mins, Twentieth Century Fox, DVD £19.99/Bluray £24.99).

Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Zooey Deschanel, Chloe Grace Moretz, Clark Gregg, Geoffrey Arend, Matthew Gray Gubler

TOM (Gordon-Levitt) writes platitudes in greetings cards, with an ability to find the perfect phrase for every occasion. He’s smitten with new assistant, Summer (Deschanel) but comes to realise that while Summer might be perfect for him, he’s not her Mr Right Now or Mr Right Ever. This quirky relationship comedy is distinguished by strong performances from the two leads, especially Gordon-Levitt as a dreamer who emerges battered and bruised from the emotional wringer.

Director Marc Webb conjures some interludes that take the breath away. From the opening frames, we’re acutely this is no fairytale but the heartbreak here tastes pleasantly bittersweet.

A Perfect Getaway (15, 93 mins, Momentum Pictures, to buy DVD £17.99/Blu-ray £24.99)

Stars: Steve Zahn, Milla Jovovich, Timothy Olyphant, Kiele Sanchez, Chris Hemsworth, Marley Shelton

STRUGGLING Hollywood screenwriter Cliff (Zahn) and his pretty wife Cydney (Jovovich) arrive on Hawaii for their honeymoon and encounter the menacing Kale (Hemsworth) and his girlfriend Cleo (Shelton). Further down the road, Cliff and Cydney meet picture perfect lovebirds Nick (Olyphant) and Gina (Sanchez), who seem too good to be true. The tropical idyll is rocked by news of brutal murders on a neighbouring island and a police hunt for a man and a woman. As the newlyweds venture deeper into the jungle, unable to get a signal on their mobile phones, paranoia and fear gradually take hold.

Funny People (15, 146 mins, Universal Pictures (UK) DVD £19.99/Blu-ray £24.99)

Stars: Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen, Leslie Mann, Eric Bana, Maude Apatow, Iris Apatow

STAND-UP comic turned film actor George Simmons (Sandler) is diagnosed with a rare and inoperable form of leukaemia. He prepares for his final days and hires wetbehind- the-ears performer Ira Wright (Rogen) to pen gags for him. The relationship between George and Ira blossoms into something approaching friendship. When George defeats the disease, the funny man decides to re-win the heart of old flame Laura (Mann), who is now happily settled with two daughters and a macho, Australian husband, Clarke (Bana).