When Liesl Tommy’s Aretha Franklin biopic “Respect” opens, Aretha is still just a kid, hoping to please her dad (the formidable minister C.L. Franklin, played here by a well-cast Forest Whitaker) with ...

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Respect is immediately too smoothed over and inert to garner much soul. Its opening scene, doused in honeyed, nostalgic light, shows Aretha (played as a child by the talented Skye Dakota Turner) ...

For Tracey Scott Wilson, Aretha Franklin was the “soundtrack of my childhood.” Now, Tracey has penned the ultimate tribute to the Queen of Soul serving as the screenwriter for the singer’s biopic ...

(WTRF) – Rolling Stone has released its latest list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, and the Queen of Soul is at the top. Aretha Franklin’s “Respect” topped the list as the No. 1 song, according ...

After delays in production and release, the long-awaited Aretha Franklin biopic “Respect” will be in theaters Friday. You might have a few, “Oh, hey, that looks familiar” moments while watching the ...

The biopic is slated to hit theaters next year. If what you want is a first look at Jennifer Hudson portraying the Queen of Soul in the upcoming Aretha Franklin biopic "Respect," you got it! A ...

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 ...

In a surprise and sudden move, the Aretha Franklin biopic "Respect" is now available to rent at home via on video-on-demand services, just two weeks after it opened in theaters. The movie arrived ...