By HEATHER TURK Front Row Features A tale as old as time gets the silver anniversary treatment, as “Beauty and the Beast” joins “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” on home video as part of the new Walt Disney Signature Collection. An animated movie that captivates viewers just as much today as it d [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features Nature gets gangster in the acclaimed comedy “Hunt for the Wilderpeople,” debuting on DVD Tuesday Sept. 27, from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Written and directed by award-winning filmmaker Taika Waititi (“What We Do in the Shadows,” upcoming “Thor: Ragnar [...]
By HEATHER TURK Front Row Features Film Critic Remaking a Hollywood classic like “The Magnificent Seven”—even if the 1960 Steve McQueen film is an adaptation of the 1954 Japanese epic “Seven Samurai” itself—is no easy task. While some find that MGM and Columbia Pictures’ star-studded attempt isn’ [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON and JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD— “Lethal Weapon” famously starred Mel Gibson and Danny Glover as mismatched but likable cops in a series of lighthearted action-packed films in the 1980s and 1990s. The series, which premiered Sept. 21, airs Wednesdays on Fox at 8/7c. [...]