The Weitz brother's adaptation of Nick Hornby's bestseller can't help falling into the sugary-sweet Notting Hill trap. Hugh Grant's genuinely impressive as responsibility-free Will, who strikes up an unlikely friendship with weird 12-year-old Marcus and his troubled hippie mum. It's crucial that the brat isn't annoying: but boy, he is. Hornby's jokes and Badly Drawn Boy's songs add some edge.

Reggae veteran and Massive Attack vocalist returns to Jamaica for a smoke

Surprisingly enjoyable album from Greenwich Village folk veteran

Debut album from 19-year-old Norwegian singer-songwriter

Joni looks back with a symphony orchestra

Slick UK R&B/hip hop hybrid

French filtered disco goes ethnic

Debut release from Yorkshire four-piece follows on from support slot with The White Stripes

Beguiling collection of sepia-tinged ephemera spanning 1993-2002 from LA songstress, sometime Creekdipper and full-time fairer half of Mark Olson

Sophomore outing for much-vaunted 'Youthgrass' Californian trio