It's nearly three hours long, but this Elvis shakes, rattles and rolls, writes BRIAN VINER

Elvis Rating: Verdict: A remarkable life, all shook up George Michael: Freedom Uncut Rating: Verdict: Vanity exercise Which music biopic is your No 1, top of your own hit parade? It is rare to find Hanks playing a character practically without virtue, so it perhaps helps that he is prosthetised almost beyond recognition beneath a fat suit, sporting acres of wobbly jowls and an elongated nose, like a corpulent version of the sinister Child Catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. It is rare to find Hanks playing a character practically without virtue, so it perhaps helps that he is prosthetised almost beyond recognition beneath a fat suit, sporting acres of wobbly jowls and an elongated nose But then he also acts as the film's narrator, and why would he emphasise his own foreignness? But the film's message is really that nobody except Elvis made Elvis, much as he wallows in the influences of black artists such as Big Mama Thornton, Little Richard and B.B. George Michael devotees will relish this film but there's not much to excite the rest of us Also showing The Black Phone Rating: Considering the Mediterranean weather outside, there was a surprisingly big crowd at the Odeon Hereford's 6.30pm showing of The Black Phone on Wednesday.