Michael Jackson’s This Is It (Cert PG, 111 mins, Sony Pictures Home Entertain-ment). Starring Michael Jackson **** Hastily constructed from hundreds of hours of backstage and rehearsals footage, this is a glowing tribute to the King Of Pop as he prepared for one of the most spectacular live shows of his career. The rehearsals footage, shot predominantly at Staples Center in Los Angeles and The Forum in Inglewood, California, opens with a foot-thumping rendition of Bad and segues into Jam with male dancers flanking the star in perfect time. The hits come one after another: They Don’t Care About Us with a futuristic military theme, Billie Jean, Beat It, Black And White and a delicate version of Human Nature, which reveals the singer has lost none of the melody in his voice. At times, Jackson looks painfully gaunt as he strives to perfect each arrangement, but for the most part, the film captures a musician at the height of his powers.

Jennifer’s Body (Cert 15, 98 mins, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertain-ment). Starring Amanda Seyfried, Megan Fox, Johnny Simmons, Adam Brody *** Jennifer’s Body is a distinctly off-kilter teen horror that doesn’t quite find its rhythm. Fox graduates to leading lady with confidence, but she needs to fine-tune her comic timing to match Seyfried’s increasingly wild-eyed performance. Screenwriter Diablo Cody, who deservedly collected the Oscar for Juno, struggles to mesh the horror and comedy elements. The tart turns of phrase are always at odds with the blood and gore, as the eponymous angel of death sinks her lacquered nails into any schoolboy foolish enough to follow her into the bushes.