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
his signature style. this is the can, can, can frenetic atmosphere. but here it needs a bit of drama. it needs to work out why elvis is caught up in this act, caught in the trap, as it continually says, from suspicious minds. why is he in this trap? why can t he get out? what s his problem ? what s he thinking? and i don t think i ever really got to know. huh. beautiful as it was, itjust is a series of people going, oh, oh, reaction shots about, 0h, we re about to hear a hit number. 0h, isn t he six? and, his hips are about to shake. isn t he naughty? because there s an interesting tale about the tom hanks character. by all accounts, not a nice character and took a huge percentage of all elvis s earnings. 50%. and i mean, you could get a lot of drama out of that, a lot of real tension out of that fact. yeah, elvis seems to be quite happy with the relationship. he seems to sort of say, well, i owe him everything, i wouldn t be where i am without colonel tom parker. it s the hang