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Vicious power-electronics from cult US act

Forty-six of the songs used, over the last couple of years, to sell us shit. A work of undeniable postmodern genius in itself, then. But does it function? In the case of KFC's selections, yes. So soulfully orgasmic are Laura Greene's "Moonlight, Music And You", The Chi-Lites' "What Do I Wish For?" and Jackie Wilson's "Who Who Song" that you'd gladly eat the food to be near them.

Second album from the bright, underrated rapper

Jack White and Billy Childish muse heads ever further into the past

Old goats of British R&B lock horns

Texas Chainsaw creator directs poor horror remake

True Romance director rediscovers his savage best with superior blockbuster

DIRECTED BY Shane Meadows STARRING Paddy Considine, Gary Stretch, Toby Kebbell Opened October 1, Cert 18, 86 mins Now that the '90s trend for chucking Lottery cash at tax-break B-movies is over, we're left with a stripped-down who's who of great British directors. Jonathan Glazer's in it. Guy Ritchie isn't. Matthew Vaughn and Paul Greengrass are new entries. All great, but perhaps none are as worthy of your attention as Shane Meadows.

RETURN TO WATERLOO

Like Seinfeld and The Larry Sanders Show before it, the hilarious, misanthropic mayhem of Larry David's CYE has been lamentably treated by UK TV schedulers, clearly unused to programming such unfettered genius. All the more reason to recommend this five-hour festival of mordant mirth, in whose presence humbled awe is the only appropriate response.