"Pirate Radio" revisits the days when offshore, off-the-wall broadcasters catered to England's insatiable appetite for rock and pop while the BBC offered the soothing sounds of Mantovani and Vera Lynn. There's a fascinating culture-clash story to be told about the shifting tastes and colorful characters of this period. Sadly, it has eluded writer-director Richard Curtis. Released overseas earlier this year as "The Boat That Rocked," "Radio" is a busy jumble of fragmented, generally flat scenes and situations that stubbornly refuse to fuse together. A John Lennon lyric sums it all up perfectly: "Always something happening, and nothing going on." Read the full review here.
