DONALD CLARKEand MICHAEL DWYERreview this week's DVD releases

LET THE RIGHT ONE IN/LAT DEN RATTE KOMMA IN ****

Directed by Tomas Alfredson. Starring Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson 16 cert

Boy meets girl in this tender tale of first love, set in a dreary Stockholm suburb. She is a vampire who encourages him to stand up to the boys who bully him at school. Director Alfredson imaginatively roots the narrative in the realism of everyday life over the course of his entrancing, unsettling and stylish movie. MD

WAVERIDERS ****

Directed by Joel Conroy G cert

Pounding, thrilling documentary that skilfully weaves together the history of surfing – introduced to white America by an Ulster man, would you believe – with a study of the contemporary waveriding scene in Ireland. The stories are well told and the footage is every bit as thrilling as you might expect. Schadenfreude fans can enjoy the copious wipeouts among the decent extras. DC

IL DIVO *****

Sorrentino finally happens upon a subject – the decline of former Italian prime minister Giulio Andreotti – worthy of his formidable talent. Loaded with moments of gratuitous absurdity, Il Divo says serious things in the most delightfully peculiar of voices. Servillo, essaying an undemonstrative Nosferatu, is stunning in the title role. Basic extras. DC

LESBIAN VAMPIRE KILLERS **

Directed by Phil Claydon. Starring James Corden, Mathew Horne, Paul McGann, MyAnna Buring, Silvia Colloca, Vera Filatova 16 cert

It follows a thin bloke and a fat bloke as they battle the walking departed. Yes, It's Shaun of the Dead with lesbian vampires. Sadly, though the leads are passable, the picture fails to generate either the laughs or the poignancy of its, erm, inspiration. DC

KNOWING *

Directed by Alex Proyas. Starring Nicolas Cage, Rose Byrne, Chandler Canterbury 15 cert

It's the end of the world as we know it, according to numerology decoded by a dour astrophysicist (Cage) in an over-stretched yarn that comes complete with a token green agenda. A few impressive effects-driven action sequences will jolt viewers sunk into a stupor by this inane, solemnly po-faced movie. MD