Reviews

The Mark Of Zorro

One of the best swashbucklers ever made. Tyrone Power is Don Diego de Vega—the son of a nobleman out to save the peasants of Olde Californy (and Linda Darnell) from the villainous Basil Rathbone. Fantastic swordfights (Rathbone was an Olympic duellist), and Power shows exactly how derring-do should be done.

Crime And Punishment

Leone's ferocious four-hour gangster epic, first time on DVD

Girls Aloud – Sound Of The Underground

Debut album from Popstars victors described by Julie Burchill as the most important group since The Sex Pistols

Ziggy Marley – Dragonfly

Comparisons are unfair. But when eldest son sounds so like father, Ziggy Marley rather invites it. Recorded in Hollywood with various Red Hot Chili Peppers, Dragonfly represents the total Americanisation of reggae. "I Get Out" borrows the riff from "Get Up Stand Up" and sounds like Matchbox Twenty messing around with a reggae rhythm during a soundcheck. "Looking" could be something Eagle-Eye Cherry might have recorded for a Bob Marley tribute. "Lost am I in my memories of my forefathers' legacy," Ziggy sings on "Shalom Salaam". Quite.

Steve Diggle – Some Reality

Buzzcocks guitarist goes mod

Jeffrey Lewis – It’s The Ones Who’ve Cracked That The Light Shines Through

Second LP from NYC anti-folk scenester

The Vanity Set – Little Stabs Of Happiness

Second from Nick Cave drummer's side project

Blue Cheer – Vincebus Eruptum

First two albums from late-'60s Frisco proto-grungesters notorious for being "loudest band on the planet"

Hoover Street Revival

Documentary about a South Central LA church

Catch Me If You Can

After the ponderous Al and the not-as-clever-as-it-thought-it-was Minority Report, Spielberg delivers a sleek, slick 1960s-set caper movie based on a true story, with Leonardo DiCaprio as the teen con artist attempting to stay one step ahead of Tom Hanks' FBI agent. Leo's smug, Hanks is nerdish, but Spielberg carries off the action with flair.
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