Lynch fans will delight in her latest offering of love and heartache in the Italian hills. Sarah-Kate Lynch even helped smooth the reviewer's own path to love.

K Rd's Whammy Bar has hosted more than its share of full and sweaty nights over the last few years, a bit of communal congestion being something that regulars of this underground live music institution never seem to mind too much.

The avant-garde end of Fringe Fest spectrum finds an appropriate niche with a free event held at the base of the stairs that link Saint Kevin's Arcade with Myers Park.

Before they'd even put a toe in the water this week, the Wet Hot Beauties were the media's feel-good, sold-out hit of the summer.

Hilary Swank doesn't shy away from Hollywood's unglamorous roles; they have, after all, seen her collect Oscars for Million Dollar Baby and Boys Don't Cry.

Rating: 4/5. Verdict: An implosion of influences force-fed turpentine wine and turned up loud.

Tricky is still high on the 90s, stalking about the stage to the pounding bassline of Eurythmics' Sweet Dreams before throwing himself at You Don't Wanna, hissing like a reptile and boxing the air.

There's something special about playing the first song off your first album as the opening number at a concert. It takes you right back to where it all began.

The Queen of Scream, PJ Harvey, reconnects with her folk-blues roots on her eighth album, Let England Shake.

It's been more than five years since Grammy Award-winning R&B singer Faith Evans put out her last album, the chart-topping First Lady, which spawned the hit Again.

Rating: 3/5

Last time Liam Neeson went on a violent romp around Europe he was desperately in search of his missing daughter in Taken.

Scott Kara reviews the Damian Marley and Nas concert from last night.

Rating: 4/5. Verdict: Black Seeds man reveals his diverse musical nous

It's got James Cameron's endorsement and it's probably the first 3D scuba spelunking movie, ever.

Rating: 2/5. Verdict: She should have stuck to the cameo

After her unprepossessing Hollywood debut, Things We Lost In The Fire, Danish director Bier goes back to her roots - the intense and emotionally literate ensemble dramas with which she made her name.

Rating: 4/5. Verdict: Welcome to the dark side

Rating: 3/5. Verdict: Still clever and sometimes still annoying

Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher star in this lightweight and semi-raunchy romance from director and comedy veteran Ivan Reitman.

Rating: 3/5. Verdict: More low-key, and pleasant originals without much grip

Rating: 3/5. Verdict: Old, new boys of indie rock