'Rock of Ages' and Why I Hate '80s Rock

For IFC Fix, I decided to vent a little bit about Rock of Ages and its atrocious music. It's perfectly fine if you like mainstream '80s rock more than I do, but at least you ought to be honest about what horrible things it represented. My piece is here.

'Rock of Ages' Review

Rock of Ages covers an era of music that, in interest of full disclosure, I've never really enjoyed. As a rule, 1980s corporate rock pretty much sucks, but that doesn't mean a movie about the period can't still be good. Alas, Rock of Ages isn't that movie, despite Tom Cruise's very best efforts. (Seriously, he's quite good.) My review is up at Screen International.