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Alligator – Alligator II

John Sayles scripted this Jaws-onland rip-off, with Robert Forster as the cop chasing a giant man-eating monster down in the sewers. Forster's dogged, and some of the set pieces are pretty nifty, but the plot's farcical, and this isn't strong on intellectual content despite its obligatory eco-message. The sequel is a made-for-TV retread, of practically zero interest.

Tegan And Sara – If It Was You

Debut album from seriously connected Canadian twin sisters

The Durutti Column – Someone Else’s Party

Ex-Factory 'ambient' guitarist returns with best album in years

Insane Clown Posse – The Wraith: Shangri-LA

The band who make Slipknot look like S Club Juniors

Delbert McClinton – Room To Breathe

Texan roadhouse rocker still displays true grit

Appleton – Everything’s Eventual

Better-than-expected debut from All Saints sisters

Nada Surf – The Proximity Effect

Second ill-fated album from New York indie crew

Chick Corea – Trio Music

Brilliant piano trio music from 1981

The Moldy Peaches – Unreleased Cutz & Live Jamz

Scrag ends from Sonny & Cher of Antifolk

Trapped

OPENS APRIL 25, CERT 15, 106 MINS Everything about this slice of uber-trash is insane. Remember John McNaughton's Wild Things—so over-the-top that it was both atrocious and brilliant? Trapped is its mad twin, the one they lock in the attic. Anything casting Kevin Bacon and Courtney Love (neither of whom has ever consciously under-acted) as a pair of deranged kidnappers has to have loads going for it, however hysterically flawed. In brief: Bacon grabs Charlize Theron while Love nabs Stuart Townsend; they delegate minding the kid to Pruitt Taylor Vince and demand money.
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