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Highly Anticipatednew

This collaboration between Jack Black, his School of Rock writer, Mike White, and Napoleon Dynamite director Jared Hess certainly doesn't equal the best moments of their respective oeuvres, but neither is it an outright atrocity.

Orlando Weekly | Steve Schneider | 06-22-2006 | Reviews

Tags: Jared Hess, Nacho Libre

An Impressive Debutnew

Chinese filmmaker Xiao Jiang's extended flashback is about two cinema-crazed kids coming of age amid the communist revolution of the early 1970s.

Orlando Weekly | Steve Schneider | 06-22-2006 | Reviews

Tags: Electric Shadows, Xiao Jiang

A Hyperliterate Piss-Take?new

The story that Jason Roberts (who, not surprisingly, is a contributor to McSweeney’s) tells is apparently a true one.

Orlando Weekly | Jason Ferguson | 06-22-2006 | Nonfiction

Tags: A Sense of the World, Jason Roberts

Returning from Funk Rock, Ga.new

In truth, the greatest strength of Mother's Finest also turned out to be its greatest enemy -- it was a predominately black band that had a rock sound in an era when black groups were not played on rock radio unless their name was Jimi Hendrix.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Scott Freeman | 06-22-2006 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Mother's Finest, Right Here, Right Now

Sidestepping Sophomore Slump?new

Sometimes needlessly complicated, other times ingeniously quirky, News and Tributes requires repeated listening.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Mosi Reeves | 06-22-2006 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: News and Tributes, The Futureheads

Conventional Romancenew

The Romantic Times Booklovers Convention draws about 1,000 romance novel–reading women (and a few men), and proves the romance genre is a force to be reckoned with.

Orlando Weekly | James Carlson | 06-22-2006 | Culture

Tags: lifestyles

Spanning Musical Genresnew

The Codetalkers may enjoy a sterling live reputation, but Rodgers promises that they'll soon be known for making great records, too, starting with Now.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Mosi Reeves | 06-22-2006 | Reviews

Tags: Now, The Codetalkers

Is Zarqawi's Death a Turning Point?new

If the violence doesn't slow, we'll know that -- like Saddam Hussein's capture, the battle of Fallujah and Iraq's two elections -- Zarqawi's death was less turning point than talking point.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Andisheh Nouraee | 06-22-2006 | Commentary

Tags: WAR