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Great BBC profile of the lovely Emmylou, starting with her days in New York before Gram Parsons picked her up - then her GP/ Grievous Angel days, moving onto her thirty-year solo career. Good selection of interviewees, including Emmylou Harris herself, make this a cut above normal TV biographies. Strangely, or not so strangely, there's no mention of her work with legends like Johnny Cash or Bob Dylan.

Good music clips, some brief live performances, it was originally aired on BBC3 back to back with Emmylou live at The Old Grey Whistle Test - a great live show filmed in England.

Emmylou next appears with Neil Young in Jonathan Demme's Heart Of Gold

Great stalker sequence at the beginning (POV) sets the tone for this film. It has been compared to 'The Conversation' and 'Blowout' and I guess it's somewhere in between.

Travolta has rarely been better or less smug. Nancy Allen, yet again appearing in a De Palma film, yet again disappoints.

As with all De Palma films there are great supporting roles, here the deranged John Lithgow shines.

Recommended for all those who like: De Palma films, political thrillers or suspense thrillers.

WARNING: Not suitable for children

The themes in Snake Eyes are reminiscent of 70's political thrillers, and even De Palma's own films (Blow Out). A political assassination is the subject of the first scene, an epic and virtuoso single shot. This is subsequently reconstructed using flashbacks and a multitude of De Palma tricks, including split-screen.

The film may disappoint viewers expecting a 'whodunnit', because this convention is thrown out in favour of a short running time and suspense. The fluidity of the camera compliments the impact of set-pieces and it glosses over some unmemorable performances. Cage hams it up as he often does; Sinise is passable as his co-star; the leading lady is a bit bland. However, memorable turns by John Heard, Michael Rispoli and Luis Guzman in character parts compensate.

Not everyone's cup of tea but highly recommended for De Palma fans and anyone who likes suspense thrillers or political thrillers.