Dinah Washington

Driving Madeleine (15): A Tale in Pursuit of the Silver Dollar (But With Added Grit).

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A One Mann’s Movies review of “Driving Madeleine” (2023). Original title: Une belle course “Driving Madeleine” took me by surprise. When I started watching it, I thought “Oh, another gentle little movie that might bring in the ‘silver dollar’ audience”. Which is something I love seeing: the joy of going into a cinema screening in … Read more

Respect (12A): Re, re, re, re, ‘spect… Just a little bit.

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A One Mann’s Movies review of “Respect” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: What with holidays and Bond, it’s taken me a few weeks to get to see this Aretha Franklin biopic. But I finally caught it this week. Arriving at the New York record companies. Aretha (Jennifer Hudson) with her controlling father (Forest Whitaker). … Read more