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The often-dazzling "Elvis” finds its King, a rock & roll savior that tragically ends like its subject — bloated by bad influences.

We review the latest from Baz Luhrmann, the glossy biopic Elvis, starring Austin Butler as Elvis and Tom Hanks as Colonel Tom Parker

Austin Butler plays the singer, with Tom Hanks as his devilish manager, in Baz Luhrmann’s operatic, chaotic anti-biopic.

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Elvis lives. Well, not quite. But Baz Luhrmann has breathed new life into the legend and aura surrounding the consummate performer, the best-selling solo recording artist of all time. Elvis the movie unfolds as a hero and villain story. The hero is obviously Presley (Austin Butler), an artist with prodigious talent, while the villain is…

It’s overstuffed, bloated, and succumbs to trite biopic decisions.

Swae Lee & Diplo drop new single “Tupelo Shuffle” featuring Gary Clark Jr. (who plays Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup in the film) and Austin Butler (who give voice to Elvis Presley on the track and plays him in the film) from the ELVIS Original Motion Picture Soundtrack via House of Iona/RCA Records.

Actor Austin Butler is praised, but some critics say he is the "only thing that works" in the film.

Australian director Baz Luhrmann's Warner Bros. biopic Elvis features a terrific lead performance from Austin Butler as it gleefully distorts the singer's life.

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