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History made: D'Angelo, Brixton Academy
Mark de Clive-Lowe witnessed D'Angelo play London's Brixton Academy on Wednesday 19 July 2000.

Movie review: Journey 2: The Mysterious Island 3D
An outlandish plot and location inspired by another Jules Verne novel are delivered in this follow-up to the 2008 action packed Journey to the Center of the Earth.

Movie review: Sione's 2: Unfinished Business
The screening of Sione's Wedding on telly the other night might have been part of the launchpad for this belated sequel to the 2005 local box office champ. But it was also a telling reminder.

Movie review: Buck
One of the best documentaries in last year's film festival, Buck is about Buck Brannaman, who inspired the novel The Horse Whisperer and Robert Redford's film adaptation.

Movie review: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
The film is far from hard to follow, but it punishes the least lapse in attention. It's an unlikely thriller: there's no car chase or fistfight and the few shots that are fired are widely spaced.

Album reviews: Smashing Pumpkins, Gish and Siamese Dream
The roll-out of grunge-era reissues continues with Smashing Pumpkins' debut and their classic sophomore album the latest to resurface.

Movie review: Collaborators
The newest instalment in the NT Live series, which delivers to the screen recordings of live performances from one of London's best theatres, is a play by John Hodge, who wrote Danny Boyle's early hit films including Trainspotting and Shallow Grave.

Album review: The Cure, Bestival Live 2011
This double live album from lovable miserablist Robert Smith and his band was recorded at last year's Bestival, an annual family-focused music festival on the Isle of Wight.

History made: The Cure, Wellington
David Maclennan instigated a jam session with The Cure at a Wellington practice room on 3 August 1981.

Movie review: War Horse
An unashamedly old-fashioned romp through World War I on the back of a horse named Joey, Stephen Spielberg's interpretation of Michael Morpurgo's novel is part sentimental family film and part brutal and grisly war epic.