Reviews

Veteran folk queen turns to the alt. country songbook

Folk-rock pioneers' 35th birthday reunion, plus founder member's solo album

Brazilian metal-rap remains obscure

Profound songs stunningly sung as rock's most remarkable renaissance continues

Twenty treasures from Ireland's finest punk band

Deluxe reissues cover Willie's '77-'80 post-outlaw/pre-Julio Iglesias period

Unusual cop comedy thriller from Ron Shelton

Hitler satire falls victim to Chaplin overkill

Great fun for surfers, but—considering it's made up entirely of scenic beaches and hotties in bikinis—crashingly inane tedium for the rest of us. A kind of Pointless Break for girls, directed by John Stockwell, it stars Kate Bosworth as the teen rebel surfer who wants to be just like all the other teen rebel surfers. A Ladyshave ad in thin disguise.

Funnier than it has any right to be (and co-written by the Austin Powers chaps), this gives Eddie Griffin a chance to shine as a superhero who's "funky, sexy and proud to be black". A cross between Shaft and James Brown (who cameos), he'll save the world from The Man as long as it doesn't mess with his afro. Denise Richards distracts him as White She Devil. Get on up.