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Lynyrd Skynyrd – Lyve: The Vicious Cycle Tour

Filmed last year in Nashville, this finds Skynyrd—now under the leadership of JohnnyVan Zant—still plying their raucous brand of southern blues-rock, wheeling out the hits (notably "Sweet Home Alabama", "Travelin' Man" and "Free Bird") to an enthusiastic crowd. This is noticeably well-filmed with superior sound quality.

Go Wild In The Country

The best of Oldham's early work, revisited Nashville-style

The Vines – Winning Days

Second album from Aussie brats

Holy Sons – I Want To Live A Peaceful Life

Brazenly morbid deathbed blues

Morning Glory

Post-rock supergroup of sorts create delicate avant-pop masterpiece

Keeper Of The Flame

Bumper '70s reissues from country's First Lady, 10 bonus tracks in tow

Fantastic Voyage

The rapturous romantics' classic third album makes waves again

Osama

Grim post-Taliban tale from Afghanistan

Tears Of The Sun

Gory, sentimental parable about honour and redemption in 'war-torn' Africa, with Bruce Willis' hard-bitten Navy SEALS sacrificing themselves for gorgeous doctor Monica Bellucci and a column of predictably long-suffering refugees. Director Antoine Fuqua—who helmed the terrific Training Day—clearly had higher aspirations, but it's more Wild Geese than Wild Bunch.

Gigli

You'll be—yes—giggly at how truly grim this really is. It's embarrassing watching the ego-addled Ben Affleck straining to show us what a stud he is for pulling J-Lo. The block Jenny's from is clearly made of wood, for her acting is equally dire in a would-be comic thriller from Martin Brest, who even calls in Pacino and Walken for cameos. To no avail.
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