Reviews

Bret Easton Ellis' cult novel filmed by former Tarantino collaborator

Compelling Alaskan chiller from Memento director deserves reappraisal

Producer Lawrence Bender wears his Tarantino badge with pride. Which is fine when producing QT movies but problematic in everything else (see Killing Zoe, From Dusk Till Dawn 3). Knockaround Guys, in classic Tarantino fashion, has edgy twenty somethings (Barry Pepper and Vin Diesel), a bag of loot, leather jackets, guns, the mob and, natch, a high-intensity Mexican stand-off finale. Derivative.

One of the last spasms from the gross-out "wave", this National Lampoon effort has—among the boobs, belching and frat-boy self-fingering—moments of comic charm from Ryan Reynolds. He has a knack for letting us know he's above it all while throwing himself into the stench. Bet he sleeps nights by telling himself Tom Hanks began his career in such muck.

Ten songs of dark and disturbing genius from Seattle singer-songwriter

So-so solo album from E of The Eels

Stevie Ray's soul brother still going strong

Mature collection of new songs from pioneering '70s singer-songwriter

Concept album about sexuality from Nebraska quintet

Flaky, star-studded homage to the late, great Joey, Dee Dee and Da Brudders