If Cats has sent you over the edge but you love Jennifer Hudson, fear not – as there’s a new teaser out for RESPECT, the Aretha Franklin movie starring Hudson as the Queen of Soul. Here’s the synopsis: “Following the rise of Aretha Franklin’s career from a child singing in her father’s church’s choir to her international superstardom,… RESPECT… find out what it means in 2020 Read More
Valley Of The Dolls 2 stars
I knew the clothes would be terrific when I spotted Handbags by… in the opening credits. And it’s the outfits (along with the unintentionally fevered atmosphere) which stretches this film up to two stars. Small town girl turned New York secretary turned Hollywood model Anne Welles is elegant in a yellow maxi dress, a tight… Valley Of The Dolls Read More
Whitney 4 stars
A newsreader says of Whitney early in her career “it’ll take an act of Congress to keep this woman from becoming a megastar”. It’s easy to think in retrospect that a famous and ultimately tragic figure followed an immutable trajectory upwards to huge success before spiralling down to disaster; but that often only serves to… Whitney Read More