By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—It takes a special kind of woman that can capture the heart of a man raised by gorillas. Jane, as played by rising star Margot Robbie in the live-action, effects-laden “The Legend of Tarzan,” is just such a woman. Though Jane has been played by a mult [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Alexander Skarsgard joins the ranks of notable Hollywood actors including Jock Mahoney, Johnny Weissmuller, Ron Ely and Christopher Lambert who have portrayed the legendary jungle hero Tarzan on the silver screen. The star of the new action-adventure [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—A speech impediment as a child may have led BAFTA and Oscar winner Mark Rylance (best supporting actor for “Bridge of Spies”) to become an actor. “I couldn’t be understood by anyone until I was six,” Rylance revealed during a recent interview. “I woul [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Todd Solondz’s films aren’t for everyone. A mixture of despair and humor, they often examine put-upon underdogs and seemingly normal people with deep flaws. His newest film, “Wiener-Dog,” may be one of his lighter satires—a story ostensibly about a da [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—After years of working with various Hollywood movie studios, acclaimed director Steven Spielberg (ET, the Extra-terrestrial, Saving Private Ryan) finally links up Disney to create a fantasy family movie “The BFG.” The story is based on Roald Dahl’s 19 [...]