Reviews

Ulu Grosbard's sombre noir revolves around the infamous Black Dahlia murder that gripped 1940s Los Angeles. With Roberts De Niro and Duvall excellent as brothers caught up in the case—respectively, a repressed but ambitious priest, and a hardbitten homicide cop who suspects his sibling knows more than he should—it aims for a dark, sweeping resonance pitched somewhere between Chinatown and L.A. Confidential.

Cardiff indie fusioneers' sixth album has all the usual humour and beauty

Confident reworking of historical protest songs by anarcho-punksters

Full-length debut from Australia's acclaimed dreampop/nu-country combo

Norwegian newcomer has lullabies to soothe but leaves an itch that needs scratching

The rapturous return of Commander Ferry and the finest space age rock band in the universe

Second volume of Byrds-related oddities, curios, rarities and essentials

Magical coming-of-age tale

Colin (son of Tom) Hanks proves his worth as a responsible wannabe writer constantly thwarted by his manic stoner brother (Jack Black), drunken mum (Catherine O'Hara) and surfer dude buddies. Many most excellent jokes and comic cameos from John Lithgow and Jane Adams make this a fine Friday-nighter.

Not even the presence of Peter Lorre can save Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea from being shoddy, badly written B-movie dreck. Fantastic Voyage may be creaky, but it's still great fun. Gasp as doctors (including Raquel Welch) get miniaturised and injected into the bloodstream of a comatose scientist to operate on his brain. Worth it for the impressively psychedelic SFX alone.