“Elvis & Nixon” Is As Mixed a Mashup of Genres As Its Premise Suggests, but Not Without Charm

Elvis & Nixon (Liza Johnson, 2016) Michael Shannon, like him or not, is an actor who brings an almost violent intensity to every performance. Roiling emotions vibrate from within, his large frame barely able to control a bubbling rage. I, for one, have generally found him a bit much, his manic posturing spoiling films like Premium Rush and Man of Steel (which, to be fair, didn’t […]