Reviews

Former Fairground Attraction singer tackles Scottish institution

Fourth album from Hounslow's Britpop perennials

First album in 11 years from Belgian "electronic body music" pioneers

Mini album from Birmingham avant-rockers

Follow-up to 2000's Got It Made from NY-Manc punk-hop crew. Includes that album's TV ad tune "Play Some D"

B.A.D. mainman and Roxy DJ's double-CD tribute to reggae's premier label

Wry, off-centre singer-songwriter on good form

The Wachowski brothers' kick-ass cyber-noir sequel bows to mainstream demands but still delivers

OPENS JUNE 20, CERT 15, 98 MINS Hated drill instructor Samuel Jackson and most of his squad disappear on a basic training mission in the jungle and disgraced DEA agent John Travolta is the only man qualified to winkle the truth out of the two remaining soldiers.

A pair of '70s cops, undercover, become miserably hooked on smack in this impressively unflinching '92 drama. Jason Patric and Jennifer Jason Leigh star, both grittily serving notice that they're prepared to sweat, shiver and sacrifice goody-goody mainstream careers. The despair's draining, but its influence was to prove widespread.