This'll be the one Denzel didn't win the Oscar for. His factory-worker Everyman holds up a hospital when the nasty insurance company won't help his dying son. Shades of Dog…
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Gorillaz Phase One—Celebrity Take Down
Forget CDs, this is how Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett's bloodless multimedia project was always meant to be experienced: as a fancy interactive DVD stuffed with videos, storyboards, short animations,…
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…
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – Live—1975-85
The Boss' "Rambo" period on three CDs
Sparks – This Album’s Big Enough… The Best Of
Something for the music lover with everything
To Helvetia And Back
Huge boxed set of European jazz festival concerts
Baby Bird – The Original Lo-Fi
Remastered replicas of original five self-released LPs plus a sixth of previously unavailable material
T. Rex
WAX CO SINGLES VOLUME 2 (1975-8) BOTH EDSEL If you hit puberty back in the '70s, your first vaguely sexual experience was, perhaps, handing over your 50p to purchase the…
Nashville Skyline
Shotgun Willie recorded live in the country capital with a clutch of great names including Sheryl Crow, Ryan Adams and Emmylou Harris
Grant Langston – Chinese Fire Drill
Angst in straight lines from LA rocker
KTB – All Calm In Dreamland
Gentle debut from youthful singer-songwriter produced by her brother from Goldrush
28 Days Later – XL
Danny Boyle's arty horror flick started brilliantly, ended badly, and was scored by a fast-rising Brit, John Murphy. But the musical highlight is Blue States' "Season Song", which is both…
The Private Life Of Sherlock Holmes
Underrated Billy Wilder movie revived at the NFT
Hollywood Ending
Movie industry satire based on Tolstoy's The Death Of Ivan Ilyich
Kissing Jessica Stein
Unconventional, witty rom-com chooses its inspirations carefully in Woody Allen and Seinfeld. Jessica's a New York singleton who can't find Mr Right, and so decides to give Ms Right a…
American Roots Music
Four magnificent hours of documentary narrated by Kris Kristofferson which trace the history of indigenous American music throughout the 20th century. Thrilling ancient footage of Muddy Waters, Hank Williams, BB…
10cc
Wacky send-up pop cleverly put together by early-'70s Manchester four-piece hailed as 'New Beatles'
Herbie Hancock – The Herbie Hancock Box
Music of unfeasibly large variety of style
Tom Paxton – Looking For The Moon
Surprisingly enjoyable album from Greenwich Village folk veteran
Shy FX & T-Power – Set It Off
Return of drum'n'bass, weirdly