AP - The Dandy Warhols, "Earth to the Dandy Warhols" (Beat World Records)

Reuters - The off-kilter comic rhythms of Rainn Wilson are exploited to excellent effect in "The Rocker," a derivative rock satire that is far more enjoyable than one would have a right to expect.

Reuters - Asian horror films, and their inevitable American remakes, have a tendency to provide effectively frightening attributes to the most banal physical objects, but "Mirrors" pushes the limit.

AP - "Tropic Thunder," Ben Stiller's extravaganza of a Hollywood satire, couldn't be any more "inside-baseball" if it contained references to the infield fly rule and Rule 5 draft picks.

AP - "Fresh Kills" (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 326 pages, $24.95), by Bill Loehfelm: Junior Sanders, the narrator and main character of Bill Loehfelm's first published novel, is a bitter, angry man — and with good reason.

AP - On the very edge of the pier at Manhattan's busy South Street Seaport, overlooking the choppy waters of the East River, a circular tent beckons to theatergoers with antique signs, ornately stained windows and brash lights. Step right up and see the show.

AP - Irma Thomas, "Simply Grand" (Rounder)

AP - "The Power of Place" (Oxford University Press. 280 pages. $27.95), by Harm de Blij: Consider this: During the last two decades of the 20th century, Texas reported 64 cases of dengue fever.