Why 'Rock of Ages' reveals Tom Cruise as one of the last real movie stars

Posted by · 2:08 pm · June 14th, 2012

Tom Cruise’s wickedly self-reflexive performance in the hair-metal musical capitalizes on his own mystique.

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Oscarweb Round-up: Star in more movies, Werner!

Posted by · 7:27 am · October 5th, 2011

In today’s round-up, Werner Herzog is cast (in a stroke of genius) to star as a baddie in a Tom Cruise vehicle, Oscarcast vets Alec Baldwin, Steve Martin and Adam Shankman come together on a new project and Fox Searchlight declares a date for Steve McQueen’s “Shame.”

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