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It's been over a decade since the last instalment of the BBC series of the same name, but the success of the live show has saved the Walking with Dinosaurs brand from extinction. As such, it was hardly surprising to learn that a feature-film was going into production. What is a surprise, though, is just how far removed the film is from the concept of the original series…

The latest film from Joel and Ethan Coen takes us back to 1961 to follow the travails of Greenwich Village folk musician Llewyn Davis (Oscar Isaac). Formerly part of a duo, Davis has reinvented himself as a solo artist since his partner's suicide – which wouldn't necessarily be such a bad thing if his album was actually selling. So Davis packs up his guitar (and a friend's cat) and heads across country for a last-ditch effort at impressing the music mogul who could give him the big break his career needs.

The third of four films by the late director Donald Cammell is a curious mix of Giallo-style murder mystery and smalltown domestic drama. As you might expect from Cammell's other films (Performance, Demon Seed and Wild Side) what would undoubtedly have been a routine thriller in the hands of anyone else has been transformed into a stylistic tour-de-force, loaded with symbolism and introspection. Flawed but definitely fascinating.

The brainchild of the same people responsible for the US version of The Office, Parks and Recreation takes a similar faux-documentary sitcom approach to another work environment. Only this time the focus is the parks and recreation department of the fictional Indiana town of Pawnee.