Monday, June 18, 2012

Rock of Ages

  • As it turns out, audiences didnt want to rock. Despite weeks of pre-release hype, Tom Cruises Rock of Ages earned just $15 million over the weekend, putting the musical adaptation in third place behind Madagascar 3 and Prometheus.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • Tom Cruise and Adam Sandler ventured outside of their wheelhouses in new films this weekend but found their risk-taking roundly rejected at the box office.
  • (Orlando Sentinel)
  • On the latest episode of The B-Movies Podcast, William "Bibbs" Bibbiani and I had to review both Rock of Ages and That's My Boy, which was an arduous task at best; you are no longer allowed to accuse us of having a cushy job.
  • (CRAVE ONLINE)
  • Archaeologists say carbon dating shows Aboriginal rock art discovered at Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory is among the oldest in the world. The art was rediscovered by University of Southern Queensland researchers.
  • (au.news.yahoo.com)
  • You pretty much know what you're in for with Rock of Ages. The stage show has been on Broadway since 2009, and the songs have been around since the 1980s.
  • (Time)
  • The enjoyment a viewer gets out of the new film "Rock of Ages" is entirely dependent on how much that person likes 1980s "hair band" rock n' roll.
  • (Eau Claire Leader-Telegram)
  • Though Tom Cruise and Adam Sandler have been big box office draws in the past, their latest films had dismal debuts over the Father's Day weekend, according to Box Office Mojo.
  • (Examiner)
  • The Whats Your Price For Flight promotion, referencing a lyric from the bands power ballad smash Sister Christian, offers airfare out of Long Beach, Calif. for as little as $40.
  • (Hollywood Reporter)
  • On this weeks episode of Spoilers, Kevin Smith and company review Rock of Ages, plug Man Bites Dog from the Criterion Collection, and talk to troublemaking director Robert Rodriguez about his career as an indie maverick.
  • (Indie Wire (blog))

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