he was my destiny. it already looks very glitzy. it s a long film. is it like that all the way through? it is kind of like that all the way through. it doesn t let up. the lizardly gaze of tom hanks looking at his prey, there, almost, elvis played by newcomer, relative newcomer austin butler, who s got a difficultjob on his hand, given that everyone s impersonated elvis over the days. can he do more than an elvis impersonation? and not really. sure. not really. he doesn t really build this character. i didn t really understand what it was i was supposed to be watching. the film goes on and on to the purchase of graceland, having number one hit singles and becoming the biggest star in the world and then going to germany and meeting priscilla and then having this glitzy las vegas residency. and the movie is in hollywood. all puppeteered by colonel tom parker, played by tom hanks. the film never stops for breath, as you would expect from baz luhrmann. that s what we like about h
papers with me tonight. thank you for reviewing the papers with me tonight. next it s time for the film review. but from me it s goodbye for now. hello and a very warm welcome to the film review on bbc news. i mjane hill, and taking us through this week s cinema releases is jason solomons. good to see you, jason. hello, jane. what have you been watching? well, this week we ve got everything with elvis, we ve got beckett, we ve got wham. talk about absurd. we will start with baz luhrmann s long awaited biopic of the king, elvis, and the man who discovered him, colonel tom parker, played by tom hanks. and then we go to france for literally a prison drama a drama being made in a prison where inmates put on samuel beckett s waiting for godot. they do have time on their hands, after all. and then, i will not let you down it s george michael freedom uncut. will it be any good? you gotta have faith, jane. laughs. excellent. plenty more puns where they came from. let s start with
i m jane hill. and taking us through this week s cinema releases is jason solomons. good to see you, jason. what have you been watching? well, this week we ve got everything elvis, we ve got beckett, we ve got wham! talk about absurd. we ll start with baz luhrmann s long awaited biopic of the king elvis and the man who discovered him, colonel tom parker, played by tom hanks. and then we go to france for, literally, a prison drama a drama being made in a prison where inmates put on samuel beckett s waiting for godot. they do have time on their hands, after all. and then i will not let you down it s george michael freedom uncut. will it be any good? you ve got to have faith, jane. excellent. plenty more puns where they came from. let s start with elvis. i mean, i love a lot of baz luhrmann s work. so tell me, what s it like? yeah, this is the man who made strictly ballroom, moulin rouge, the great gatsby. he s got this typically frenetic style, and here he is taking on th
about greed and fame and how that bloats you and how that is dangerous. and it s sort of all there. ijust thought it needed to have a little break at some point and make us think and sort of put ourselves in this. and if you re from the generation who don t know elvis, and i m presuming that quite a lot of people don t know him any more, you want to find out. there are some brilliant reconstructions, as you can see there, of the tv special and the vegas special, but those are actually available to view on dvd, so you might almost be better off watching those bits, brilliantly restaged as they are. it reminded me a little bit of the end of bohemian rhapsody when freddie mercury does the live aid, it s brilliantly staged and it is here, but what does it mean is what i couldn t find out. 0k. 0h, interesting. it s going to look lovely. but, yeah, there s clearly some question marks. a lot of music. a lot of talking and some silences in your second choice. yeah. we ll go to france for the b