Why did so many 2000s indie acts stagnate?
Left in the garbage.
2000s
“I met a girl”: when Razorlight delivered the worst lyric of the 2000s indie boom
Poster boys of the era.
The most polarising of Cameron Diaz’s entire career: “One or the other, love or hate it”
A gross-out hit that critics couldn’t stand.
The scene that made Samuel L Jackson mad as hell: “What the hell is going on?”
Lost the plot at the antics of younger costars
The “very, very heavy” movie Billy Bob Thornton can’t believe he made: “Wow, I was in that, huh?”
A tough watch and a hard film to make for all concerned
The forgettable character Matthew McConaughey spent a decade looking for: “Full-on Renaissance guy”
A big budget disaster quickly consigned to history.
“Saturday nights in Leeds”: Why Kaiser Chiefs’ ‘I Predict a Riot’ didn’t quite connect with Americans
Expected to follow Franz Ferdinand to cross-Atlantic success…
Rainbow Village, Taichung: The psychedelic town entirely painted by a former soldier
How a former soldier saved his village with psychedelic art.