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Feb 18-24, 2004

Feb 18-24, 2004 / Vol. 20 / No. 7

Movie: Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen

Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen Studio: Walt Disney Pictures Website: http://www.teenagedramaqueen.com Release Date: 2004-02-20 WorkNameSort: Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen Our Rating: 0.00 In this young-adult novel come to life, Lindsay Lohan (“Freaky Friday”) plays a girl yearning for unrivaled popularity. (Not reviewed)

Orlando Weekly Staff

Movie: Eurotrip

Eurotrip Studio: DreamWorks Pictures Website: http://www.eurotrip-themovie.com Release Date: 2004-02-20 WorkNameSort: Eurotrip Our Rating: 0.00 Randy college kids scour the continent in hopes of a cross-Atlantic hook-up. (Not reviewed)

Orlando Weekly Staff

Road rage

Brake lights stretch beyond view amid an endless stream of orange cones and flashing barricades punctuated by parked police cruisers. With jackhammers pounding away, exhaust fumes and a sense of hopelessness fill the evening air. None of us unlucky souls caught in this construction zone are going anywhere fast. Sound familiar? Road construction continues to…

Kirk Brown

Party Monster

(20th Century Fox Home Video; includes director/producer commentary, featurette, actor interviews, behind-the-scenes footage and interview with Michael Alig; $19.98) Released theatrically last year in a limited number of markets, this fictionalized retelling of the infamous New York club-kid murder has its moments. But its giddy ostentation and fuzzy point of view make it no more…

Steve Schneider

Just say yes

Trust us, you don’t want John Darnielle’s old pals to crash your party. They would show up on your doorstep all strung out, pissed off and half-wasted. They’d be ready to kill or fuck or scream at anything in their path. The Catholic convenience store employee is a real buzzkill when he brags about shooting…

Nate Cavalieri

Rise again

The alliance between rock and electronica is typically as shaky as Paris Hilton’s fusion of wealth and manners. The UK three-piece South manages to beat the odds, though, as the group’s arrangements are organic, not the result of a stylistic shotgun wedding. It isn’t a matter of bringing the two into equal balance so much…

Chris Parker

A quickie with Savage

I want Dan Savage’s Seattle-sexologist arms wrapped all around me in some columnist’s heaven of deadline-free orgasm and totally expensive lubrication. As author of the nationally syndicated advice column Savage Love (and a really cute guy), Savage has made a name for himself for knowing the ins and outs of fisting, fingering and fucking. And…

Billy Manes

A sense of unreality

After spending years making a name for himself in the small presses of the fantasy/sci-fi genre, Tallahassee author Jeff VanderMeer has finally begun to take his imaginary cityscapes and dream-like prose into the majors, with two book deals and a growing international following. Promoting his three most recent books, “City of Saints and Madmen,” “Veniss…

Cynthia Ariel Conlin

The Jesus Jail

Against a backdrop of “Amen!”s and clapping hands, and a three-piece band playing an upbeat number, the 12-member choir starts in, shaking tambourines and swaying back and forth as they sing: “Jesus/ Mighty God/ Mighty God in heaven/ Every moment let’s call out your name/ I will worship you all my life …” The 90-minute…

Jeffrey C. Billman

Hostile makeover

Orlando Weekly111 W. Jefferson St., Suite 200Orlando, Florida 32801Voice: (407) 377-0400Fax: (407) 377-0420 February 12, 2004 Mr. Michael D. EisnerThe Walt Disney Company500 South Buena Vista St.Burbank, CA 91521 Dear Michael: I’m sending this letter after repeated attempts to contact you by phone, all to no avail. I’ve noticed of late that certain parties have…

Steve Schneider

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