The tag line for the latest biopic about an American icon reads: “Find out what it means.” Good luck with that. After more than two hours of the new messy Aretha Franklin biopic “Respect,” it’s not ...

In the wake of Aretha Franklin’s death in 2018, competing biopics on the Queen of Soul were announced: one coming to movie screens and the other making up the third season of National Geographic‘s ...

The world of music is in mourning this weekend, following the passing of legendary singer Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, on Thursday at the age of 76. Tributes have been pouring in from the great ...

Movies that tell the life story of a famous person have an inherent distraction factor: How closely does the actor resemble and simulate the celebrity, or provide an acceptable substitute? (The ...

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With hits like “Respect” and “Chain of Fools,” she defined a female archetype: sensual and strong, long-suffering but ...

The film does create a through-line of Aretha’s “demon” or her psychological problems stemming back to a childhood trauma that she experienced. I don’t believe that Franklin ever talked about this ...

Cynthia Erivo's take on the legendary singer gives this NatGeo series on Franklin's life and times some truly amazing grace To further hammer home its ambitions — and to avoid the strictly ...