The Rocker



The Rocker tries to follow the tune played by School of Rock, The ­Wedding Singer and This Is Spinal Tap and show that there is ­nothing more entertaining than failed ­musicians, but in the end proves to be just be a series of dud notes. A star of the US version of The ­Office, Rainn Wilson plays Robert "Fish" Fishman, a drummer in the band Vesuvius who is sacked just before they make it big. Unable to live down the fifth-Beatle tag he disappears into a loveless marriage and dull job. Twenty years later he loses them both but gets a second stab at rock stardom when his nephew's band ADD needs an emergency ­drummer. The band becomes ­successful after Fish finds fame as "the naked ­drummer" on YouTube and then the film enters Almost Famous ­territory. Fish's main groupie is a fellow band member's mum (Christina Applegate) sent on tour to make sure the younger ­musicians are not led astray. It should be a fun ride but the ­dialogue and plot are too predictable and Wilson has no fun with the old-fogey role. The characters all play Guitar Hero and I suggest you do too. It's much more fun than watching this B-side of a movie.

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Oppenheimer

Director: Christopher Nolan

Stars: Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Robert Downey Jr, Florence Pugh, Matt Damon

Rating: 5/5

World Cup League Two

Results

Oman beat Nepal by 18 runs

Oman beat United States by six wickets

Nepal beat United States by 35 runs

Oman beat Nepal by eight wickets

 

Fixtures

Tuesday, Oman v United States

Wednesday, Nepal v United States

 

England's Ashes squad

Joe Root (captain), Moeen Ali, Jimmy Anderson, Jofra Archer, Jonny Bairstow, Stuart Broad, Rory Burns, Jos Buttler, Sam Curran, Joe Denly, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, Olly Stone, Chris Woakes.