
A hunka hunka burning Elvis 🎵
USA TODAY
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Hail to the King, baby.
Even if you're not obsessed with Elvis Presley, you might be after seeing him in all his jumpsuited majesty taking care of business in "EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert," Baz Luhrmann's sensational mix of documentary and concert film. That and a new "Scream" movie will keep you entertained at the cinema this weekend, while the guys from "Scrubs" are back for the sitcom's revival on ABC and Hulu. It's also the Actor Awards this weekend, and we're just two weeks away from the Academy Awards, so now's the time to get ready for that last push toward Oscar glory.
Now on to the good stuff:
So, fun fact: I like Elvis but I don't loooooove Elvis. But watching "EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert" is like a history lesson and a holy awakening all at once. Baz Luhrmann found hours upon hours of old footage buried in a salt mine of Presley performing in the early 1970s at his Vegas residency and on tour. The director has used all that to craft a jaw-dropping look at the man and the musician in his creative prime. (Peep my ★★★½ review.)
Another fun fact: Our movie editor Kim Willis looooooves Elvis and is a bonafide expert on the legend. She talked with Luhrmann about his "Raiders of the Lost Ark"-type quest to find boxes of film and how the movie reaches beyond the hardcore Elvis crowd. “People are coming in who don’t care about Elvis and going, ‘Who is this guy? I had no idea,' " the filmmaker says. Kim also did a piece on the rock star who has an unexpected cameo at the end of "EPiC."













