In a small Arizona town a toxic waste dump creates a plague of hundreds of giant spiders. Cue mass destruction and enormous fun, since the SFX are first-rate, the cast (led by David Arquette) is solid and the script strikes the right balance between laughs and twitch-inducing 'arach-attacks'. The best giant bug movie for decades. DVD EXTRAS: Trailer, commentary, deleted scenes, plus Larger Than Life—director Ellory Elkayem's first award-winning short horror film. (PH)

Stunningly beautiful and utterly bizarre Japanese fable about a medieval Kabuki actor (Kazuo Hasegawa), renowned as a female impersonator, who carries his on-stage portrayal of a woman out into the world in order to seduce and murder the noblemen responsible for his parents' death. The direction is haphazard, the imagery is amazing. DVD EXTRAS: Director's biography, web link.

Fine post-September 11 release by Anglo-Dutch psychedelicists

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Wondermints before they'd recorded their own material

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Socially conscious rapper goes psychedelic, with stunning results

Achronological compilation with titular reference to album's length. Includes three new tracks

Eighteen tracks from legendary sessions that constitute The Big Bang of country music

Four-CD crash course from Texan tenor titan