“Rock of Ages”: It’s the songs, stupid!
Tom Cruise and his zero-body fat. Photo credit: Matt Sayles/Invision/AP Every review I read of “Rock of Ages” makes me laugh. Not because they aren’t accurate – it IS a lousy movie – but because most of them hammer the paper- thin-as-Angelina-Jolie plotline as one of the reasons for its mediocrity. Hasn’t anyone seen the Broadway show from which this movie spawned? It’s ridiculous! A cliché-fest from the moment we’re introduced to “Sherri Christian,” just a small-town girl escaping her lonely world in search of fame on the ‘80s-era… >>
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