Answering the question: What movie should I watch?

Rock of Ages follows a small town girl (Julianne Hough) as she ventures into the grimy, sinful streets of Los Angeles during the height of rock n’ roll. Along the way she falls in love with the city boy (Diego Boneta), meets the rock legend oozing sex, filthy music, and sex (Tom Cruise), and essentially finds out starting from nothing in Los Angeles—even if you look like Hough—is not easy. An equally difficult task, apparently, is separating the story from its Broadway origins and creating a Hollywood film. Continue reading →