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Oh, and great music, natch. The Who dominate but are paced by the Stones, Hendrix, Procol Harum, Otis Redding, the Kinks, and the Neville Brothers to name a few.

Hijinks, rock- - n'-roll, freedom of speech and a coming of age story comprise the nostalgically entertaining cargo on writer-director Richard Curtis's good ship "Pirate Radio." Whimsically construed from a smattering of fact and fiction, it is a magical mystery cruise on the high seas of the late 1960s.

From left, Tom Sturridge, Rhys Darby, Will Adamsdale and Bill Nighy. Pirate Radio Watch the trailer Show times and theaters Buy Tickets! Running time: 2 hr.

19-21. Bazaars benefit, 9 to 4 in Kolbe Hall, Adams. Bake sale, snack bar, games, Chinese auctions, money raffle, crafts, and pierogi.

On any given Friday or Saturday night in the early 1960s, it was not unusual to pull into a drive-in filled with cars and kids, some leaning against fenders, others deep in conversation, and hear on more than one car radio Wolfman Jack, rock 'n' roll deejay extraordinaire, a legend in his own time.

"Pirate Radio" is a great classic rock soundtrack in search of a movie. It never really finds one.

"The Boat That Rocked" is a comedy film which was released in the UK in April of this year and is in U.S. movie theaters now.

Hey everyone. Capone in Chicago here. Tom Sturridge is probably a name most of you are not familiar with.

Film Friday: '2012' & 'Pirate Radio' John Cusack and Woody Harrelson in '2012' Opening this week in a theatre near you: Roland Emmerich directs the epic disaster, 2012 ; Philip S. Hoffman stars in the music comedy, Pirate Radio ; plus a look at Prom Night In Mississippi , and The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day .

Seen from a distance, 1966 is a neither-fish-nor-foul era. In 1965, there were no drugs, black-and-white film, and the end of the old.

It's difficult to write a review that is original. Terms like "feel good movie of the year," "A must see film," on and on are totally over used.

Richard Curtis has created an engaging mess in this bit of nostalgia about a fictional offshore radio station in 1960s Britain.

John Cusack and Lily Morgan in "2012." "2012" Have we reached the point where John Cusack - lean, boyish, briskly quizzical John Cusack - is the new Charlton Heston? We have, in the hideously expensive and simply hideous "2012." This disaster movie not only mines Mayan myths for its dismal apocalypse, but offers as inspirational guide a futurist ...

The Pirate Radio in question was used in the Atlantic Ocean in 1966, in defiance of Great Britain.

"I would literally do anything for Richard Curtis." It's an odd admission for British actress Talulah Riley to make, and instantly prompts an impertinent question from one of the journalists at the roundtable interview.

Pirate Radio's hottie Tom Sturridge is not yet 25, but has been acting in movies with the likes of Annette Bening, Kenneth Branagh and Philip Seymour Hoffman.

Usually movies that have limited sets tend to become staid and repetitive, but Richard Curtis's "Pirate Radio," set mostly aboard a rogue rock 'n' roll ship, never loses steam.

Richard Curtis, creator of Blackadder and Mr. Bean , is one of the most powerful people in British show business.

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No movie can be all bad when juiced up with a soundtrack of more than 50 classic rock tunes.