Nick Hornby

Get Lit: Q&A with Nick Hornby

Diary of a Madwoman

Not even Renée Zellweger can make us Jones for this sarcastic romance

Streets of Philadelphia

Marah tries and fails to escape comparison to the Boss. Good thing their new album is a classic.

Nick Hornby

Pop fiction writer tackles younger audience with latest novel, Slam

For Love of the Game

The Farrelly brothers swing straight and hit the sweet spot

About a Man

In Good Company is wonderfully funny, a bit sad and unmistakably real

The Edge of Treason

Bridget Jones is betrayed by a dumb, dull sequel

Hot for Teacher

Jack Black makes School of Rock rock

Uptown Down

Girls tries a tired lesson -- grow up, already

Pie Kids

How two American filmmakers made a very British Boy

Game Boy

Hugh Grant shows real substance in a solid comedy about growing up

Higher Learning

An Education and its star, Carey Mulligan, get good marks.

Top 10 Non-Traditional Christmas Songs

"Baby Jesus, born to rock..." ​Amidst the time of year when we're bombarded with cliché holiday tunes and trite Christmas-carol covers, Rocks Off will now take time to appreciate a few original nontraditional takes on festive songs. Whether they're dismal adaptations of holiday malaise, tale ... More >>

Conroe Native Courtney Smith Crashes Rock-Lit Boys Club

​Introducing music journalism's latest female-penned release, Courtney E. Smith's Record Collecting for Girls. Following suit with like-minded veteran writers like Sara Marcus and Jessica Hopper, Smith's first book boldly tackles the music memoir, a literary genre historically saturated with ... More >>