I'd like to know which writer sat down one day and thought 'do you know what I'd like to see? Cher and Christina Aguilera in a film about a struggling Burlesque club'...I'd like to know so I can thank them because honestly this film may be my favourite thing I've seen all year. Scrap that, in the last decade. In all seriousness when I first heard about this film my brain couldn't fully compute how or why it existed. I was working in a cinema at the time so when it came out I saw parts of it several times over for a period of a couple of weeks. The songs were extremely catchy and despite every fibre of my being telling me I shouldn't like it I couldn't take my ...  Read the complete review

Burlesque is a 2010 film that fits firmly into the category of musicals. Some of my favourite films of all time have been musicals - from Annie, and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers when I was a kid, to more recently falling in love with films like Chicago, Evita and my favourite of all time being Moulin Rouge. I had read a review about this film quite a long time ago, and then only recently discovered that it was available to watch online as part of my lovefilm subscription. The main attraction of this to me is the two starring ladies - Cher and Christina Aguilera. Neither are really at the height of their popularity really at the moment, but both ladies have ...  Read the complete review

Ah, the old trick of the pop star giving the big screen a go. It's as predictable as Aussie soap stars becoming pop stars themselves! Rarely, though, does one of the pop stars make a success story as a big screen actor, and Christina Aguilera wouldn't exactly be the first choice for a pop star turned actor. Here, she stars in Burlesque as a small town girl looking to get onto the stage as a dancer. Along the way there are pitfalls, but with a big voice like hers, she's soon to get noticed. I have to say, Aguilera was miles better than I had thought she would have been. When I first heard she was giving acting a go on the big screen, I wasn't bothered at all ...  Read the complete review

"Show a little more, Show a little less..." invites a perma-sarcastic Cher early on in this potentially flawed musical. Musical films have been a little short on the ground in the past couple of years with Mamma Mia scooping large returns at the cinema, whilst being nearly rubbish, and more recently Nine, which was just completely rubbish. Thankfully, Burlesque borrows more from the likes of Chicago, throwing in toe-tapping songs to flesh out a story that is predictable and dated. Christina Aguilera stars as Ali, a small town girl with big dreams. See, this girl can really carry a tune, but is stuck in a dead end job as a waitress. All the ...  Read the complete review