BURLESQUE- Karl Sides (The FlickFanatic.com)

Posted by Karl Dec 18, 2010 | Movie: Burlesque
CHRISTINA AGUILERA SINGING, STRUTTING AND ACTING WILL HAVE MORE THAN YOUR TOES TAPPING! Director Steve Antin (The Young Americans TV series) tells the Coyote Ugly tale of small town girl running away to the big bad city to become a star. With Burlesque, Antin hung up the 10 gallon hats and boots in favor of fishnets and lingerie! I am a big fan! Ali (Christina Aguilera) a waitress and karaoke singer from small town Ohio quits her job to head west to Hollywood and make it big. She hits town and takes up residence in a seedy motel and hit the pavement with a copy of Variety only to become personnel friends with rejection. That is until the...

“Burlesque” – Blake Fehl (ReviewSTL)

Posted by Blake Fehl Dec 09, 2010 | Movie: Burlesque
"Burlesque" - Blake Fehl (ReviewSTL) Burlesque follows a story that many have seen before, in fact we saw a similar story a decade ago with Coyote Ugly. You know the one, about the small town girl who has big city dreams. She moves to the city only to find that her dream isn’t waiting for her on a silver platter. However, this girl has talent that no one around her knows about or would ever assume. Such is the story with Ali (Christina Aguilera), despite the fact that she is drop dead gorgeous, and is oozing with vocal talent, everything in life has been hard for her. She lost her mother at a young age (what happened to the rest of her family is never explained), and she’s...