A former editor of millimeter, the magazine about the technology of making movies, I’ve written about movies for the World and Independent Film Page on About.com. the Kansas City Star and local site KCActive. I’m a guest critic on the independent, foreign and documentary review episodes of Steve Kraske's "Up to Date" on KCUR, the Kansas City NPR affiliate and a former member of the Kansas City Film Critics Circle.
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Based on the 2009 Broadway jukebox musical, Rock of Ages distills ‘80s rock hits down to its true cornball essence to bring a new form of sentimental camp to the big screen. Yet, despite director Adam Shankman’s attempts to sabotage the film’s more penetrating moments with boorish pranks, it exhibits an electrifying dark side, embodied by Tom Cruise’s surprisingly sad and powerful turn as a mercurial rockstar.Read the rest of the review at KCActive.com.