Reviews

Isaac Hayes – Groove-A-Thon

Big Ike's disco detour, first time on CD

Utopia – Bootleg Series Vol 2—Ksan 95FM Live 79

Blasting testament to Todd Rundgren's late-'70s stage rebirth

Frank Zappa

Oddball compilations from late rock satirist's extraordinarily prolific career chosen by band-member fans

Big Brovaz – Nu Flow

Slick UK R&B/hip hop hybrid

Grant Langston – Chinese Fire Drill

Angst in straight lines from LA rocker

Kirsty McGee – Honeysuckle

Strong debut from sensitive Lancashire singer-songwriter, with Boo Hewerdine providing the backing

Henri Texier – Azur Quintet

Moody and fascinating European orchestral jazz

Stacker – Eurotechno

Mini album soundtrack to revolutionary Eurotechno video, originally released in 1989

The Private Life Of Sherlock Holmes

Underrated Billy Wilder movie revived at the NFT

Minority Report

In 2054 murder is obsolete thanks to Precrime, whose precognitive psychics enable police to arrest killers before they can kill. Then Precrime detective John Anderton (Tom Cruise) is himself accused of planning a murder, and only the psychic Agatha (Samantha Morton) can clear him. Spielberg's masterful sci-fi suspense turns Philip K Dick's short story into something Hitchcockian and technologically dazzling.
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