Reviews

Camper Van Beethoven – New Roman Times

Unlikely comeback from Santa Cruz bohos

The Hacker – Reves Mechaniques

French techno star's second solo album

Estelle – The 18th Day

UK hip-hop hope's promising debut offering

Savath & Savalas – Manana

Disappointing and mildly indulgent alter ego of Prefuse 73 mastermind

Chromeo – She’s In Control

Groovy chunk of synthetic funk from two super-cool Canucks

Ken Stringfellow – Soft Commands

Third solo LP from Posies co-founder

Sky Captain And The World Of Tomorrow

Law and Paltrow in CGI-heavy sci-fi adventure

Chaos

Fine twisted kidnap thriller

Elvis Presley

Sam Phillips, Joe Esposito and The Crickets lend authority to a doc that includes early footage and snippets of Elvis interviews, although none of his music. Glen Campbell and Kenny Rogers recall The King's growing isolation and Tom Jones reminisces about Vegas, although the cheese-burger era's largely ignored.

The Lost Boys: Special Edition

This deeply schizophrenic teen vampire movie classic from Joel Schumacher has dark ambitions, not least in its child-murder subtext and blood-red lighting hues from Raging Bull cinematographer Michael Chapman. But too often it's railroaded by Schumacher's baser window-dresser's instincts, and ends up like a goth Goonies on acid.
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