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Distorted Hammond freak-outs from band for whom term "acid jazz" was coined

Undistinguished '60s vocal group

The reunited US college rockers get startling heavy at what may be their final UK appearance

Fourth album proves crowning glory of Detroit duo's meteoric career to date

Not as astute or ambitious a satire of "reality TV" as Series 7: The Contenders, but Marc Evans' house-of-horror, shot on webcam, hosts a rattling good scary yarn. If the kids stay in the creaky pad for six months they win a million, but as Davina day looms, things get gory. A superior, if pretentious, genre piece.

Son of an Arkansas share-cropper made good

Acclaimed American songstress delivers

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.

Seymour Hoffman tour de force as grieving loner

Excellent, if creepy, lo-fi folk