By HEATHER TURK Front Row Features Walt Disney Studios’ recent reimagining of the classic 1977 film “Pete’s Dragon” is now available to own on DVD and Blu-ray, and while it may not be Disney’s strongest live-action adaptation to date, it’s still a heartwarming adventure families will want to add [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Though Disney’s rebooted “Pete’s Dragon” is set in the U.S. Pacific Northwest, it actually was shot in far away New Zealand. The family adventure film reimagines the 1977 classic, and like that earlier film combines live action with animation. The new [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—On August 18, Robert Redford turns 80. Yet the two-time Academy Awards winner (one for directing “Ordinary People” and an honorary award for his contribution to the independent film industry through Sundance) feels as though he’s just hitting his stri [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Disney’s original “Pete’s Dragon” flew into theaters four years before Bryce Dallas Howard was born. Now, the 35-year-old actress stars in the studio’s 2015 update of the iconic fantasy adventure film. In it she plays Grace, the sensible grown daughte [...]