By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic Director/screenwriter Sofia Coppola’s gauzily gutless remake of director Don Siegel’s deliciously devilish “The Beguiled” betrays nearly every earthy element that made the 1971 version such a wickedly guilty pleasure. Where th [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—When Bella Heathcote arrived in Hollywood from her native Australia six years ago she didn’t know anyone. Luckily, the Melbourne actress met fellow Aussie actress Teresa Palmer, who’d emigrated here a few years earlier. The two instantly bonded. Palme [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Few recent high school graduates know what they’re going to do next. Elle Fanning already knows what she hopes to do for the rest of her life: act. The Georgia-born actress—kid sister of actress Dakota Fanning—already has been plying her trade for 15 [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Actress Elle Fanning knew nothing about Dalton Trumbo or Hollywood’s infamous blacklist when she got word that she was in line for a part in the biopic “Trumbo.” Of course, it didn’t take long for the teenager to start researching the period (post-Wor [...]
By LYNN BARKER Front Row Features Film Critic The “Maleficent” Blu-ray/DVD/Digital package is available for gifting and collecting on Tuesday, Nov. 4, and it’s worth buying. The home entertainment offering looks and sounds amazing and the short extras are either informative or quite fun, although [...]
***NOTE TO EDITORS: Kingsley uses the word “damned.” You may want to edit for your publication.*** By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—When Sir Ben Kingsley arrived at the studio to record his lines as the villainous Archibald Snatcher for the animated feature “The Boxtrolls [...]