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Burlesque

Right this way, small-town girls
Cher, Christina Aguilera and Alan Cumming
Directed by Steve Antin

Cher makes her big-screen comeback in “Burlesque,” an outlandish spectacle filled with clichés, lacking in story or feeling and belonging more on a live stage than anywhere else. In it she plays Tess, the owner of I’m-not-even-sure-what-you-would-call-the-club. Basically hot chicks get on stage in lingerie, sequins or diamonds fall around them, and they lip-sync and dance to music. The real ... more >