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Message: [QUOTE="HuskyHawk, post: 4379784, member: 1414"] [B]Elvis[/B]. 2022. Streaming free HBOMax. The casting is impressive. Austin Butler is really very good as one of the most iconic figures in modern history. Not an easy role. Olivia de Jong is a good Pricilla. Tom Hanks as colonel Parker, someone I knew nothing about. And therein lies the core of the story. Plenty about Elvis growing up in Memphis, mixing with black kids and loving the blues and gospel. Truly a critical force at a key time in our history. But there’s a lot about how Parker directed his career, right to its untimely end. Having seen several very old performers recently, it strikes me that had Elvis gotten through the 70s, he could have been huge for decades more. A great loss for us all. It’s a good movie. Long, but worth it. [/QUOTE]