Reviews

Pete Bruntnell – Played Out

All-acoustic deconstruction of singer-songwriter's career highlights

Greasy Riders

Tasty offbeat debut from bedroom-dwelling electro-funk fanatics

Great Lake Swimmers

Exquisitely frosted debut from Toronto's Tony Dekker

Thick Pigeon

Undeservedly obscure synth duo reappraised

Bobby Charles – Last Train To Memphis

Louisiana legend hits the comeback trail

Femme Fatale

Graphically drawn portrait of a serial killer

Finding Nemo

Just the most delightful Pixar movie yet, as Albert Brooks' worrisome clown fish Marlin travels half way round the world in search of missing son Nemo, aided by Ellen DeGeneres' scatty Dory. Tightly written, warm-hearted but never sentimental, and graced by a series of perfectly judged celebrity cameos headed by Eric Bana's vegetarian shark. Superb.

Where The Sidewalk Ends

Reuniting Dana Andrews and Gene Tierney from his glossily perverse Laura, and adding uncharacteristic grit to compositional elegance, the great Otto Preminger delivered this noir about a violently ambiguous cop two decades before Dirty Harry appeared. Andrews is the splintering anti-hero, a brutal Manhattan detective coming apart while trying to cover up his killing of a suspect. Two more of Preminger's most neglected crime movies—superbly seedy small-town murder Fallen Angel and psychodrama Whirlpool—are also making (overdue) DVD debuts.

Led Zeppelin

Don't be deceived by the enticing claim that this "complete and unauthorised documentary" contains "exclusive and in-depth interviews". They're not with anybody who was ever actually in Zeppelin but with the likes of former Yardbird Jim McCarthy and even a tribute band called Letz Zep. This motley crew relate the familiar story well enough—but you can't help wondering what the point was. Approach with extreme caution.

Fifth solo album from former Small Faces keyboardist
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