Reviews

Reimagining an artist's life through his art

A fascinating study in waning star power disguised as a cop movie, disguised as a comedy, this reveals the Harrison Ford screen persona at its most intransigent, here playing a 'big dog' cop who hates rap music and yoga, punches people, solves murders and sleeps with Lena Olin.

DVD-Audio 5.1 Surround Sound version of Coyne and co's biggest-selling album

Four major US R&B releases show the once-thriving scene to be in a creative trough

Matthew Herbert and others retool the sublime avant-house dreamscapes of 2001's Born On The 24th Of July

Classy return to form following 2001's disappointing Argyle Heir

Sometime Queen Of The Stone Age Josh Homme indulges extracurricular interests, with PJ Harvey and others

Alan McGee may have had bigger fish to fry in 1994 (namely the era-defining debut of five scallies from Burnage), but that didn't stop him investing well-spent time and money on this, The Cramps' sixth album proper. A good job, too, since Flamejob is a blast; its tunes every bit as colourful as their preposterous titles (eg; "Naked Girl Falling Down The Stairs"). If anything, it sounds even more current today, with The White Stripes reigning supreme, than it did 10 years ago in the shadow of their mono-browed labelmates.

Emotional, award-winning documentary on music and apartheid

Named after the Rolling Stones song, this moody melodrama from the City Of Angels director went unacknowledged, despite Jake Gyllenhaal starring sharply on the heels of Donnie Darko, When his girlfriend dies, he finds her parents, Dustin Hoffman and Susan Sarandon, eager to bond with him through shared grief. He's ready to move on, but hasn't the heart to tell them. Actorly, but honest.