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Singin’ In The Rain—Special Edition

If not, as it's perennially voted, one of the 10 greatest films ever made, 1952's Singin' In The Rain is at the very least the sharpest Hollywood musical bar none. Fifty years on, it's still as gooey a plot as they come but with a lethal dose of feel-good factor as sumptuous as its kaleidoscopic colours and Gene Kelly's ingenious choreography, who's complaining?

The Virgin Spring

More convincingly medieval than his breakthrough film The Seventh Seal, The Virgin Spring is a dark ballad of revenge balanced between Christianity and paganism. Max von Sydow's daughter is raped and murdered; he kills the culprits. On the surface a simple tale, but laden with intricate themes of guilt.

Vampires—Los Muertos

John Carpenter's 1998 Vampires was a triumph of gonzo monster-mashing with James Woods in full kick-ass mode. The sequel replaces Woods with Jon Bon Jovi, which may explain why Carpenter describes his exec-producer role as "me picking up a cheque". Nevertheless, we get a stake in the mouth, a chest slash, a tongue biting, various beheadings, a punched-off head and two heads bashed together.

Sparks – This Album’s Big Enough… The Best Of

Something for the music lover with everything

Kate Rusby – Ten

Folk chanteuse celebrates decade of balladeering

Various Artists – Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry

Speaker-shredding delights from the archives of dub

Zabrinksi – Koala Ko-Ordination

Cardiff teenagers' second album

The High Cost Of Living

Dark, worldly-wise solo return from Van der Graaf Generator man

Power Pop – Three Minute Warning

Ring in the new year with the best in ringing guitars from the USA

The Residents – Demons Dance Alone

Mysterious Californian outsider outfit release album written in wake of September 11
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