Prey for Rock & Roll

Prey For Rock & Roll is actually a good, modest little rock film over the shameless piece of nostalgia it very well could have been....Prey For Rock & Roll could have been a downright mess were it not in the hands of its rock-pedigree'd crew.....Gina Gershon clearly enjoys unleashing her "inner rock goddess" -....she performs the songs and guitar work convincingly -....Veteran film music supervisor Alex Steyermark proves a confident first-time director, handling the performances with ease..... ... Full Review

Since "Prey for Rock & Roll" refuses to be thoughtful, original or exuberant, it demands great performance to transcend the clichŽs - or at least set them on fire. But the cast is content to let the poses and body art do all the work. ... Full Review

Prey for Rock & Roll is absolutely ridiculous. Each of these films makes a somewhat fatuous social critique that is at odds with its own implausible story, not to mention the expectations of fun-seeking audiences. ... Full Review

A good singer and a compelling front for her band, Gershon is hindered from adding more nuance to her full-bore performance by the broader plot dynamics that Prey needed on the stage. The chain of events that follow this flap of the butterfly's wings burdens the plot so heavily that the original (and more interesting ... Full Review

For the most part, Prey for Rock and Roll is a satisfying and believable portrait of a rock and roll band's struggles to succeed. This unpretentious and entertaining film is anchored by a charismatic turn from Gina Gershon (Bound) as the 40-year-old lead singer of an all-women band forever on the verge of "making it. ... Full Review

Here's what living near Faith Hill during the holidays can get you: a plate of homemade sugar cookies, a slice of Coca-Cola cake and the star herself at your doorstep singing Christmas carols. ... Full Article

Gershon rocks the screen even in Jacki?s quieter moments. There is an electric energy that comes through even when she?s sitting quietly, and one that blazes white-hot when she?s playing licks in one of the film?s many concert sequences, or... ... Full Article

Jacki ( Gina Gershon , who also served as a producer) has always wanted to be a rock star. But after years of struggling to make it, she's turning 40, and she's thinking of giving it up. ... Full Article

Take an amateur playwright with an ax to grind, a novice director without the slightest idea of what he is doing and an actress who confuses sleaze with grittiness, and you have the makings of a first-rate flop. "Prey for ... Full Article

Women in rock have not been treated kindly by the movies. They've been most often relegated to the groupie role ( Kate Hudson in "Almost Famous," Meg Ryan in "The Doors") or fodder for comic silliness ("Josie and the Pussycats"). ... Full Article

More than just raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens, there is an entire world of culture out there that finds a way to impact us in personally meaningful ways. ... Full Article