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Reissued best-of follows renewed interest in scabrous post-punk politicos

Posthumous collection heavily skewed in favour of the '80s hits

Four major US R&B releases show the once-thriving scene to be in a creative trough

Ten-CD companion to last year's 24 Hours live CD box set

Best-of, plus two new recordings

Minghella's Civil War saga aims high

Van Sant's stark, poetic recreation of Columbine

Former God Machine frontman rediscovers the heavy rock within him

Disappointing supernatural tearjerker

Directed by Peter Jackson Starring Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen Opened December 17, Cert 12A, 201 mins Now war is declared and battle come down. Armies are mustered, siege weapons unveiled and war elephants saddled. The forces of good line up for a mighty ruck, the outcome of which will dictate the fate of mankind. Hold the line chaps, and watch out for those elephants. The final part of Peter Jackson's Tolkien trilogy is already assured a record-breaking box office haul.