DVD: Much Ado About Nothing: Kenneth Branagh; Michael Keaton; Emma Thompson

Having just crushed an uprising by his half-brother, Don John, Don Pedro of Aragon and his noblemen visit their friend Leonato in Messina. Accompanying Don Pedro is the witty Benedick, former lover of Leonato's equally sharp-tongued niece, Beatrice. And that particular 'merry war' rages on! Can their friends trick them into making love, and not war? And can another devoted couple survive the evil Don John's vicious lies? Misunderstandings, mistakes and misleadings abound as Beatrice and Benedick move towards their 'scrappily ever after'. Also starring Robert Sean Leonard, Michael Keaton, Keanu Reeves, Denzel Washington, Kate Beckinsale with cameos by Richard Briers, Imelda Staunton, Brian Blessed and Ben Elton.