One of the most celebrated songs in soul-R&B, Aretha's version is a feminist declaration from a strong woman who demands respect and "her propers," a term that originated from 1960s Detroit slang ...
Tom Santilli is a respected journalist and member of the Critics Choice Association, Detroit Film Critics Society and Online Film Critics Society since 2010. Tom is the Executive Producer and co-host ...
Star Jennifer Hudson hits a few high notes in a film beset by the usual biopic tropes and shortcuts, few of which allow for a deep enough look at the Queen of Soul. When Liesl Tommy’s Aretha Franklin ...
The average musical biopic — and most of them are pretty average — follows a predictable arc: the troubled childhood marked by flashes of genius; the record deals and hit album montages; the marriages ...
It was the Queen of Soul's request that Jennifer Hudson portray her in a biopic. Aretha Franklin's legacy lives on in Respect, and the first trailer for the biopic has officially revealed Jennifer ...
The 'Dreamgirls' star looks and sounds great in the role, but this overly respectful biopic steers clear of revealing the traumas that shaped the soul legend. Pandemic delays pushed “Respect” from the ...
The new biopic “Respect” runs through two decades of Aretha Franklin’s life in 2½ hours, starting at age 9 and culminating with her back-to-the-roots gospel project “Amazing Grace.” The film, starring ...
When you're a legendary soul singer, there are certain things you can do that others might be afraid to try, and this habit ...
Aretha Franklin deserved a better movie than “Respect.” But it will do for now. For those who watched Franklin’s meteoric rise in the 1960s and ’70s, she, like so many of her peers, became famous ...
The first of eight episodes of Genius: Aretha, premiering Sunday, March 21 at 9 p.m. EDT/8 CDT, shows the star’s rise from girlhood to her first recording sessions, as well as her struggles with men, ...
The 'Dreamgirls' star looks and sounds great in the role, but this overly respectful biopic steers clear of revealing the traumas that shaped the soul legend. Pandemic delays pushed “Respect” from the ...