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27 Nov 2008

Four Christmases (12A) 88min ••• Another year, another Christmas comedy starring Vince Vaughn. This time he’s teamed up with Reese Witherspoon for a likeably silly comedy about divorced parents and the pressure of yuletide family gatherings. It’s…

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10 Apr 2008

Leatherheads (PG) 113min •• Directed by and starring George Clooney, Leatherheads is a wannabe Preston Sturges-style romantic comedy set against the backdrop of the burgeoning American football league in 1925. Dodge Connolly (Clooney) is a cocky but…

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13 Mar 2008

Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert 3D (U) 75min •• The titular pop queen on an insanely popular Disney Channel series and the teenage daughter of 90s country music star Billy Ray Cyrus go head to head in this flashy but economical…

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16 Oct 2008

Grace Jones - Hurricane (Wall of Sound) She’s been a bitchy Bond girl, Andy Warhol’s muse and a terrifyingly cool 70s disco diva. She’s back after a 20 year pause, with an album worked on by Brian Eno and Sly & Robbie. The Cure - 4:13 Dream…

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2 Oct 2008

Drona (12A) 125min ••• Indiana Jones-style Bollywood adventure based on a mythological Indian text about one man’s journey through a mystical cosmos. Some good special effects, great locations and a compelling central performance from Abishek Bachchan…

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21 Aug 2008

Babylon AD (12A) 90min •• Post-apocalyptic thriller starring Vin Diesel as Russian mercenary Toorop who is escorting a very special woman (Michelle Yeoh) to China. This woman carries inside her the possibility of a spiritual future for all mankind.

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14 Aug 2008

Star Wars: Clone Wars (PG) 98min •• Emperor Palpatine, Count Dooku and General Grievous are poised to rule the galaxy. The universe rests in the hands of the daring Jedi Knights led by Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi along with brand-new heroes like…

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3 Jul 2008

Daedelus - Love to Make Music To (Ninja Tune) This leftfield hip hop doyen takes a few trips into the unknown, expanding his repertoire of beats bleats and cuts into hunks of textured, hypnotic, mirthful magic. Our Sleepless Forest - Our Sleepless…

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22 May 2008

Cassandra’s Dream (12A) 108min •• Cockney brothers Ian (Ewan McGregor) and Terry (Colin Farrell) find themselves in serious financial difficulty. Their solution is kill a man for money but the repercussions of the act soon overcome their close…

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10 Apr 2008

USSA - The Spoils (Fuzz Artists Inc) Jesus Lizard’s Duane Denison and Ministry’s Paul Barker join forces in a new four-piece which is reminiscent of their previous endeavours but throws in added Killing Joke-esque bombast. Damn fine. Quentin Harris…

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27 Mar 2008

Clinic - Do It! ( Domino ) It’s nice to think that the cash made by Arctic Monkeys records goes into something positive for the world like Clinic albums. More slightly erratic, vibrating genius from a band who evoke the spirit of The Residents and Soft…

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21 May 2007

The Hold Steady Separation Sunday/Almost Killed Me The band who have produced the best album of 2007 so far finally get their first two albums issued here, the first of which, Separation Sunday, is arguably better than their latest, Girls and Boys of…

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30 Oct 2008

The Midnight Meat Train, Pride and Glory, The Midnight Meat Train

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16 Oct 2008

Incendiary (15) 99min •• Very ordinary adaptation of Chris Cleave’s novel (released two days before the 2005 London bombings) about the effects of a suicide terrorist attack on a London football stadium on one woman’s life. Michelle Williams turns in…

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18 Sep 2008

Rags & Feathers - The Other Side of Morning ( Lucky Number Nine ) Tom Davis used to make rowdy garage blues with Dead Fly Buchowski, but this debut from his new Glasgow-based band, Rags & Feathers is an altogether gentler affair, full of lush, folky…

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7 Aug 2008

Vessels - White Fields and Open Devices (Cuckundoo Records) Engaging Battles-esque trickery from this post-rock five piece from Leeds. This release does much to capture their incendiary live show. Mason Jennings - In the Ever (Brushfire/Ireland…

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8 May 2008

Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago (4AD) This was recorded in a remote cabin in the wilds of Wisconsin and it sounds like it. A gloriously minimal and spectral solo debut from Justin Vernon. Jack Marchment - Corydon and Manjrekar (Benbecula) Inspired…

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27 Mar 2008

The Hottie and the Nottie (12A) 90min • Paris Hilton stars as a hot babe who performs a makeover on her plain friend June (Christine Lakin) so she can get some dates in the excruciatingly unfunny romantic comedy. General release from Fri 28 Mar .

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28 Feb 2008

The Accidental Husband (12A) 90min ••• Talk radio host Emma Lloyd (Uma Thurman) advises one of her listeners to dump her fireman fiancé days before their wedding. Jilted ex Patrick (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) decides to get his revenge on the radio host and…

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28 Feb 2008

Amp Live and Radiohead - Rainy Dayz (No label) In the spirit of free enterprise, US rap producer Amp Live took it upon himself to rework the finer points of Radiohead’s In Rainbows. After much wrangling and various cease and desists the two parties…

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15 Nov 2007

• LCD Soundsystem > 45:33 (DFA/EMI) James Murphy and Pat Mahoney Fabriclive: 36 (Fabric) A pair of LCD related mixtapes emerge within weeks of each other, the former an extended jam Murphy recorded for Nike which gets a physical release while the latter…

The Hoax

1 Aug 2007

Enjoyable and thoughtful caper movie based on the true story of journalist Clifford Irving who, in 1971, claimed he had interviewed America’s most reclusive man – billionaire Howard Hughes.

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3 Jul 2007

Suzanne Vega - Beauty and Crime (EMI) Twenty-two years in she’s still innovating in her own subtle ways. The songs remain mesmeric, filled with story and wonder and that she was the first major recording artist to play live as an avatar in online world…

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18 Jun 2007

Simon Reynolds - Bring The Noise (Faber and Faber) Understand your iPod contents with this greatest hits of Reynolds’ music writing for the likes of Melody Maker with focus on hip hop and rock. Nick Cave - The Complete Lyrics 1978-2007 (Penguin…

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21 May 2007

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (12A) 168min (unable to review at time of going to press) The third and final part of this high seas franchise, initially based on a Walt Disney theme park ride, has arrived. Shiver me timbers, old Jack Sparrow…

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27 Mar 2007

Tony Visconti The Autobiography: Bowie, Bolan and the Brooklyn Boy (HarperCollins) Here’s a cat who lived his and a few others’ nine lives, having produced and played on some of the greatest rock’n’roll records in history and lived to tell the tale.

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14 Aug 2008

King Khan and The Shrines - The Supreme Genius of King Khan and The Shrines (VICE Records) VICE records continue to expand their impressive repertoire with this Berlin-based psych-soul nine-piece. The ecstatic presence of front man King Khan shines…

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3 Jul 2008

Garbage Warrior (15) 88min ••• Hippie, sustainable housing architect and all round recycling guru Michael Reynolds presents his self sufficiency vision of the future in this absorbing documentary. The film follows Reynolds attempt to make his dream of…

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5 Jun 2008

Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (15) 102min ••• The hapless dope smoking duo get into a spot of bother when they try and smuggle a bong onto an aircraft. Mistaken for bomb wielding terrorists they soon find themselves in the infamous military…

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24 Apr 2008

Pathology (18) 94min •• When new intern Ted (Milo Ventimiglia) stumbles across a very nasty little secret at a university hospital in Philadelphia, he knows he has to act. The trouble is that the future of his career revolves around him turning a blind…

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24 Apr 2008

The Ossians - The MacPherson Tapes (45b) Akin to Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront, this long lost Edinburgh quartet ‘coulda been contenders’ had they not ended up imploding in a hail of rock’n’roll misfortune. This is the recently uncovered album that…

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13 Mar 2008

Grand Archives - The Grand Archives (Sub Pop) The debut album for this band of sunshiny Seattle-ites who celebrate the non-ironic joys of The Beach Boys, Bee Gees and the Mamas and the Papas and come out somewhere between Belle and Sebastian and The…

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14 Feb 2008

Jumper (12A) 88min ••• Mildly interesting adaptation of Steven Gould’s hit sci-fi books about people called ‘jumpers’ who can transport themselves through time and space. Doug Liman (Mr and Mrs Smith, Swingers) directs with his usual admirable energy.

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14 Feb 2008

Janet Jackson - Discipline (Mercury) The youngest of the Jackson brood is back with über-slick R&B pop. She’s already stated she’s covering no new ground, which will save us expecting some kind of jazz metal style reinvention then, eh? Pete and the…

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4 Jan 2008

Jimi Sensational Shandrix Experience Electric Landlady (Brechin All Records) A fivesome of unwieldy party animals who look like an explosion in the basement underneath a music store and a fancy dress shop who rather surprisingly knock out a respectable…

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29 Nov 2007

Earth (U) 90min ••• Feature-length version of the BBC Planet Earth documentary series from the team who brought you 2003’s Deep Blue. Cineworld Renfrew Street, Glasgow from Fri 30 Nov . All About Eve (U) 138min •••• Digital re-release of Joseph L…

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1 Nov 2007

30 Days of Night (15) 112min ••• In an isolated Alaskan town, which is plunged into darkness for one month every year, bloodthirsty vampires start appearing to feed on the town’s residents. Local Sheriff Eben (Josh Hartnett), his estranged wife Stella…

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18 Oct 2007

• The Dark is Rising (12A) 98min • Boring Lord of The Rings-style action adventure based on Susan Cooper’s award- winning book series, The Seeker: The Dark is Rising, about the travails of a young man who realises he is the last of a group of warriors…

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18 Oct 2007

• Various Off the Beaten Track (Mister Tramp) A dozen of Scotland’s most delicious new acts including Frightened Rabbit, Beerjacket, Evan Crichton and Galchen shine on this classy showcase from this potential-filled new label. • To Rocco Rot ABC123…

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20 Sep 2007

The Sound of Music (U) 174min ••• This restored print re-release of the popular sugar-coated family musical is a must for fans but hardly essential viewing for everyone else. Selected release from Wed 26 Sep. Across the Universe (15) 133min •••…

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20 Sep 2007

• Qui - Love’s Miracle ( Ipeac ) Former Jesus Lizard frontman David Yow joins two LA malcontents for some gleefully deranged and frequently ingenious tribal blues rock. • Miaoux Miaoux - Rainbow Bubbles ( Koshka ) Glasgow one-man-army Julian Corrie…

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6 Sep 2007

50 Cent - Curtis (Interscope) Lead single ‘Ayo Technology’ promises much – Justin Timbertoes and Timbaland guesting – but is hardly ‘If I Can’t’ or ‘P.I.M.P.’ The rest struggles to maintain his previous momentum. Jacknife Lee - Jacknife Lee…

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9 Aug 2007

• License to Wed (12A) 91min * When lovebirds Sadie (Mandie Moore) and Ben (John Krasinski) become engaged, Reverend Frank (Robin Williams) puts them through a tortuous marriage preparation course to see if they deserve to be married in church. The…

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1 Aug 2007

Garbage Absolute Garbage (Warner Brothers) Their last album stiffed unceremoniously so another revisiting of their finest moments might disguise the fact that musically they’re a spent force. Theory Hazit Extra Credit (Supperrappin) Most excellent ook…

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16 Jul 2007

ALSO RELEASED Sam Baker - Pretty World (An Independent Release) Baker’s dense lyrics reflect life and near loss, and the artist is clearly determined to make sure every single moment counts. Vocals are country-nasal and a little limited, yet the…

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2 Jul 2007

Die Hard 4.0 (15) 128min, 3 Stars Renegade cop and one man destroyer of municipal property John McClane (Bruce Willis) steps up to the plate one more time. Older, but not much wiser this time out, he has to contend with a bunch of über geek terrorists.

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19 Jun 2007

Hostel: Part II (18) 93min (3 Stars) Further exercises in extreme horror from Tarantino acolyte Eli Roth (Cabin Fever, Hostel). This time three young Americans studying in Rome set off for a weekend trip with a beautiful model from one of their art…

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7 May 2007

James Yorkston Roaring the Gospel A compilation album of off-cuts, outtakes, covers and traditionals that are of a quality that most artists would have as singles, not in their archive. (Domino) Seefeel Quique Welcome reissue of the drifting…

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23 Apr 2007

(18) 79min (1 Star) More dire vigilante antics from the oeuvre of Danny Dyer. This time he’s one half of a middle class couple (the other half is a slumming Gillian Anderson), at the beginning of their romance, who embark on a violent killing spree…

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11 Apr 2007

Perfect Stranger (15) 108min (3 Stars) Investigative reporter Rowena Price (Halle Berry) thinks that her friend’s murder might be connected to powerful ad executive Harrison Hill (Bruce Willis) and so goes undercover with the help of Miles Hailey…

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13 Mar 2007

Premonition (12A) 96min (2 Stars) The deeply unemployable Sandra Bullock attempts to resuscitate her diseased career with this blatant but uncredited remake of Norio Tsurutu’s 2004 J-horror (based on Jirô Tsunoda’s manga series). For what it’s worth the…

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13 Mar 2007

Brett Anderson Brett Anderson (Drowned in Sound) Debut solo venture from the former Suede daddy has glints of his former glories but is, well, like Suede without the fun, glam bits, so fairly hard work for the most part.

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28 Feb 2007

Fulborn Teversham Count Herbert II (Pickled Egg) The ever inventive sticksmith behind Polar Bear and Acoustic Ladyland Seb Rochford tries on some new musical undergarments, while his punk junk jazz gets strewn with earthy, eccentric electronics. It all…