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Our Man Flint – In Like Flint

A slew of queasy 1960s anxieties get refracted through the camp superspy persona of oversexed karate-chopping polymath Derek Flint (James Coburn, fantastically deadpan). Our Man Flint sees him tackle a trio of, gasp, pinko scientists who can control the planet's weather, while In Like Flint pits him against a devious group of demented feminists. Funny, knowing, and yet unsettling at the same time.

The Fleshtones – Do You Swing?

Early-'80s East Coast garage survivors still sound nuts

Christopher O’Riley – True Love Waits: Christopher O’Riley Plays Radiohead

Solo interpretations of Radiohead songs

Crown Pretenders

Fabulously fresh take on deep Southern white trash rock'n'roll

Califone – Deceleration Two

Crotchety improv from Chicago's avant-roots collective

Easy Star All-Stars – Dub Side Of The Moon

The Floyd's classic gets dub-wise makeover

The Drifters – The Definitive Drifters

58-track survey of soul troupe's 50-year career

Unknown Pleasures

Authentic, gloomy account of Chinese youth culture

Daredevil

Ben Affleck plays Marvel's blind superhero, with Jennifer Garner as his love interest (the ninja assassin Elektra), Colin Farrell as hitman Bullseye and a suitably imposing Michael Clarke Duncan as the crime lord Kingpin. The fight sequences are impressively executed, and it's a solid stab at the source material; sadly, some substandard CGI lets it down.

Coffy

Pam Grier is a nurse turned vigilante, on a mission to avenge her strung-out kid sister by taking out the pushers, bad cops and corrupt politicians feeding off her neighbourhood. Hustling along to Roy Ayres' soundtrack, Jack Hill's 1973 movie is often grisly but treats its sex and violence with a surprising, and refreshing, matter-of-factness.
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