It has an astoundingly good cast: Cusack, Liotta, Alfred Molina, John C McGinley, John Hawkes, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Rebecca DeMornay. It's just a shame that it puts them in a version of Agatha Christie's 'Ten Little Indians' rewritten by somebody who likes M Night Shyamalan too much.

Genius
The man's an absolute, indisputable comic genius. As a fellow Glaswegian, I'd also have to say he's within shouting distance of Greatest Living Scot. He hasn't put a foot wrong since On The Hour and The Day Today, but to come out with something like The Thick Of It and subsequently In The Loop after fifteen…

'All of them are him. Isn't that fucked up? '
I always thought the real-world 'The Three' was 'Identity', with John Cusack and Ray Liotta.

I just got the album today, and Champion Angel did blow me away. Had it on in whilst reading and when it got to that track, had to put the book down and just stare at the stereo open-mouthed. The rest of it'll take a few listens to sink in, I think, but that's one track at least that's guaranteed a place on the…

Baldwin should call on Tracy Jordan/Morgan to bite Fanning on the face.

Agreed. One other thing - Night Of The Demon is just so beautifully shot. That ending in the train station is breathtaking, dodgy creature effects aside (even if the actual design of the demon is pretty terrifying considering its limitations). Drag Me To Hell is really energetically filmed, but I think that's got as…

Y'know, I just watched Night Of The Demon a couple of weeks back and that never occurred to me, but now you mention it the similarities are there. Of course (spoiler) in Night Of The Demon, the afflicted party manages to pass on the curse successfully… I can't decide if that makes it more or less satisfying. I know a…

Seriously great
Seriously. When it was over my face ached from grinning through every goddamn frame, and I let out an involuntary 'whoo!'. Surpassed every one of my expectations. In terms of acheiving what it sets out to do, it's damn near perfect. I'd go so far as to say it's definitely in the Raimi top five, maybe…

MCA doesn't seem to go for these things, he wasn't in the Beasties Futurama either. So to answer your question, I don't know.

In And Out Of Sight.

Actually, all of those except To Kill A Mockingbird (even The Man Who Knew Too Much) are Bernard Herrmann. Doesn't detract from Bernstein's dudeness though: The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape, Sweet Smell Of Success, Far From Heaven, Ghostbusters, Hud… guy scored nearly 250 movies.

As I plan on doing with this remastered lot this week (the college radio thing).

Live
Saw them headline a charity gig in Glasgow just over a week ago, supported by Norman Blake from Teenage Fanclub and individual sets from Aidan Moffat and Malcolm Middleton from Arab Strap. It was quite the night.

'He loved her - to death!'
'Lust On A Shooting Range' would be an ideal title if this really was a hard-boiled pulp novel.

Yeah, every time I hear the line 'Raise a toast to Saint Joe Strummer, I think he might have been our only decent teacher' the hairs on the back of my neck stand up and I come this close to shedding a single manly tear. Absolutely phenomenal band.

Maybe because a lot of people's first exposure to them would have been the so-so cover of Climbing Up The Walls they did for Stereogum's OK Computer tribute. It's really not representative of their sound, so it's a shame that it might have put some people off. They bring it live, too.

You say yes, I say no, you say first, and I say FAIL FAIL FAIL.

Watchmen: Back 2 Da Hood(s)

Not exclusively, no, but the Lips do come from there.

"Wait a minute - Bender's name isn't Bonder. It's Bender!"