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Those of us of a certain age will possibly remember the budget Hallmark record label from the 1970s (and possibly 1980s). Chiefly remembered for putting pneumatic young girls in spandex clothing on albums of diabolical cover versions such as the ...

Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll(Entertainent in Video Blu-ray, Cert 15) Confession time: I'm old enough to have seen the Pistols during their brief moment in the sun, to have emerged drenched in sweat, beer and god knows what else into a ...

 We're a nation with 20 million MP3 players, but that still buys 80% of its music on disc; a country that delights in war games yet has a soft spot for Susan Boyle. The UK also hasn't gone bonkers for Blu-ray but remains keen for a DVD ...

 Where the Action Is: La Nuggets 1965-1968First, the earth cooled. Then, the Beatles went to America. And after they came back (and went again several times), others followed en-masse creating what rapidly became known as ‘the British ...

 The first Pixar movies were aimed at kids, but proffered enough wit to keep adult viewers amused, too. The studio’s later films have turned that credo on its head, weaving distinctly grown-up themes – love, relationships, the very meaning ...

After years of being passed over for the glossiness of other genres, folk is now starting to make a resurgence – and not before time too. Not so long ago, the popular perception of folk music was your archetypal arran-sweatered, bewhiskered ...

Rock documentary. Be honest: the next words that entered your head were ‘This is Spinal Tap’, right? Yet, helmed by An Inconvenient Truth director Davis Guggenheim, It Might Get Loud couldn’t be further removed from Rob Reiner’s majestic spoof. ...

  The Taking of Pelham 123 is a movie with all the right ingredients: action movie stalwart Tony Scott directing Denzel Washington and John Travolta as they square up against each other as deal-maker and hostage-taker in the remake of a ...

 How ironic that amidst all the sound and fury of Hollywood’s high-concept, effects-heavy summer outpourings, Kathryn Bigelow’s comparatively low-budget war movie should deliver some of the most profound thrills we’ve experienced in modern ...

Neill Blomkamp’s genius, and the secret of District 9’s appeal, lies in simplicity. The screenplay, which he co-wrote, isn’t hugely original: many of its key plot devices have been used before, most notably in James Caan’s 1988 sci-fi ...