Elvis
Cast: Tom Hanks, Austin Butler, Dacre Montgomery
Director: Baz Luhrmann
Rating: 3/5

Flamboyant filmmaker Baz Luhrmann’s bio-pic of Elvis Presley as seen through the complicated relationship with his enigmatic manager, Colonel Tom Parker (Tom Hanks), has his trademark flourish of glitz, fantastic style, choreography and music - as expected from a movie about the King.

The icon’s story is revealed to us as the singer’s longtime, crooked manager Colonel Tom Parker (Tom Hanks) collapses in his memorabilia-filled office, and then awakens alone in a Las Vegas hospital room. He has been labeled a crook who took advantage of Elvis (Austin Butler), so he gets the opportunity to set the record straight.