Reviews

As Tom Clancy's square-jawed CIA hero Jack Ryan, Ben Affleck's the only man on earth who can prevent terrorists from sparking nuclear showdown between the US and Russia. Not even solid support from Morgan Freeman and Alan Bates can inject life into this dead-on-arrival Cold War throwback. DVD EXTRAS: Commentaries from director, cinematographer and Clancy, documentaries and trailer.

Welsh Peel favourites make slight return

UK release for US emo-rockers 2001 debut

ADF have expanded their line-up and brought in Adrian Sherwood as executive producer. However, their energy and principles are the same as those that infused and undergirded 2000's Community Music. Asylum-seekers, post-September 11 politics and the optimism engendered by ADF's contacts with cells of cultural resistance are covered here, with an angry gusto drawn from punk, dub, techno and bhangra.

Paisley meets flannel in Tulsa, Oklahoma

Danish duo's debut garage-rock blast

Ex-Smashing Pumpkin man teams up with David Pajo, formerly of Slint

Reissue of rarities, live stuff, Peel sessions, plus unreleased 1993 album

Introspective seasonal offering from black poet-singer and collaborating pianist

Essential purchase for fans of electro and German new wave