‘Elvis’ drowns Butler’s spot-on performance under a frenetic flood of style
"Elvis" has entered the theaters, but in a package that often recalls the excesses associated with his Vegas-residency years: Looking bloated, gaudy and at times bordering on self-parody. Those missteps, courtesy of director Baz Luhrmann and an ill-used Tom Hanks, squander Austin Butler's brilliant moments in the title role, which deserve a much better movie. Luhrmann's most pertinent credits include the visually striking musical "Moulin Rouge!," which offers obvious stylistic parallels. Yet employing […]
