Second album from Italian-American enigmas, produced by Kevin Shields

Second album of bruised brilliance from London-via-South Wales trio

Uplifting and elegiac organic electronica

Welsh Peel favourites make slight return

Scottish cult hero's first since 2001's Creatures Of Light And Darkness

Legendary creator of arguably the finest psychedelic album ever recorded makes a passionate return

All dressed up and somewhere to go—Oklahoma visionaries in resplendent spectacle

US indie quintet calm the country and blast the rock

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.

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.