Film & DVD Reviews

Saxondale - Series 2

Saxondale - Series 2

Steve Coogan's exquisite second-helping of self-loathing in Stevenage

Heavy Load

Heavy Load

The trials of a punk band made up of men with learning disabilities and their care workers

Righteous Kill

Righteous Kill

Robert De Niro, Al Pacino; together for the first time since Heat

Redbelt

Redbelt

Technical knockout: David Mamet does a fight movie

Heavy Metal In Baghdad

Heavy Metal In Baghdad

Rocking against all odds - the story of Acrassicauda

Tropic Thunder

Tropic Thunder

Ben Stiller's hysterical war movie send-up takes aim at Hollywood

RocknRolla

RocknRolla

Guy Ritchie returns to form with shaggy-dog caper

Pineapple Express

Pineapple Express

Stoner comedy from Superbad writers - with bloody brawls and shootouts!

Somers Town

Somers Town

This is London: Shane Meadows lightens up and heads down South

The Wackness

The Wackness

Sir Ben Kingsley adds spice to low-budget comedy mix

The Walter Hill Collection

The Walter Hill Collection

Six masterpieces from the acclaimed director; Uncut's perfect weekend in

The Tomorrow Show

The Tomorrow Show

Tom Snyder's guests include John Lennon and Johnny Rotten

Up The Junction

Up The Junction

Ken Loach-inspired gritty portrait of unswinging '60s London

Anchorman - Special Edition

Anchorman - Special Edition

Will Ferrell's greatest movie, on expanded DVD

Trouble In Mind

Trouble In Mind

Mobster shoot-outs, day-glo suits… and Divine! Alan Rudolph’s wild ’85 fantasy still disturbs

Naked

Mike Leigh’s corrosive ’93 period piece reviewed

Doctor Who: The Brain Of Morbius

Doctor Who: The Brain Of Morbius

Tom Baker's second series of the TV sci-fi classic

Man On Wire

Man On Wire

Fine reconstruction of Twin Towers high-wire jape

Lou Reed - Berlin

Lou Reed - Berlin

His decadent rock opera, finally brought to stage and screen, 33 years after its original...

The Dark Knight - The Uncut Review!

The Dark Knight - The Uncut Review!

Batman: back in the black

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Bruce Springsteen, Tame Impala, Rodriguez, George Clinton, John Fogerty, Prince and George Jones in new Uncut


I would have bought the issue of Melody Maker in which I first read about Bruce Springsteen on my way into the art school in Newport, where in March 1973 I was in my last term, only a few months away from moving to London and not long after that fetching up on MM as a junior reporter/feature...