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Caveman

In 1980, one year before Anthony Burgess composed a whole new language for Quest For Fire, the producers of this dumbass Neanderthal comedy achieved much the same effect by just having actors go "oog". Insanely, Ringo Starr plays a horny caveman who forms his own tribe of losers (a young Dennis Quaid among them) and gets into scrapes. A must-have for Beatles completists; for everyone else, the animated dinosaurs are sweet. (DL) DVD EXTRAS: None.

The Comeback Kid

Greedy triple-disc excavation of The King's finest hour

Elvis Costello

Fifth phase of two-disc reissue series

Irma Thomas – Straight From The Soul

Unsung '60s soul queen of New Orleans

Smokey Robinson – Food For The Spirit

Diabolical gospel outing for soul legend

Various Artists – How Soon Is Now?

The Smiths songs covered by indie/emo hopefuls

Last Exit

Swan song from prolific Dayton, Ohio combo, while frontman flies solo

The Mooney Suzuki – Alive & Amplified

NYC rockers named after Can vocalists

A Tale Of Two Sisters

Twisted siblings in unnerving Korean horror

Far From The Madding Crowd

It's 1967 and Terry meets Julie under a Wessex downpour as opposed to a Waterloo sunset. John Schlesinger addresses Thomas Hardy's torrid melodrama of love, betrayal and sheep farming with the epic cinematographic sweep it deserves, while the tension between Christie and her three suitors-the doomed Peter Finch, the stoical Alan Bates and, of course, the dastardly Terence Stamp is spellbinding.
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