Reviews

Prolific Cornish knob-twiddler Luke Vibert returns

Korean horror gets bad reception

Following last year's release of his earlier work, this is an artfully presented set of Polanski's commercial breakthrough movies—Rosemary's Baby, Chinatown and The Tenant. Given a ready-made yarn with a thread, he could concentrate on brewing his own unique, dislocating atmospheres and obsessions, and did so brilliantly.

In 1980, one year before Anthony Burgess composed a whole new language for Quest For Fire, the producers of this dumbass Neanderthal comedy achieved much the same effect by just having actors go "oog". Insanely, Ringo Starr plays a horny caveman who forms his own tribe of losers (a young Dennis Quaid among them) and gets into scrapes. A must-have for Beatles completists; for everyone else, the animated dinosaurs are sweet. (DL) DVD EXTRAS: None.

Greedy triple-disc excavation of The King's finest hour

Fifth phase of two-disc reissue series

Unsung '60s soul queen of New Orleans

Diabolical gospel outing for soul legend

The Smiths songs covered by indie/emo hopefuls

Swan song from prolific Dayton, Ohio combo, while frontman flies solo