Focus Features’ hilarious coming-of-age story “Dìdi (弟弟)” is now available to rent or own on Digital while still playing in theaters. The film debuts on Blu-ray Tuesday, Oct. 29, from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. In 2008, during the last month of summer before high school begins, an imp [...]
By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD-Actor Roddy McDowall was born on September 17, 1928 in London, England. He made his film debut in the 1936 movie “Scruffy,” but it was his role as Huw in the 1941 classic “How Green was my Valley” that brought him fame at the early age of thirteen. Some [...]
By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD-Robert Stack began his acting career in the Deanna Durbin movie “First Love” in 1939, giving Deanna her first on-screen kiss. He went on to do many films including “The High and the Mighty,” “1941” and “Written on the Wind,” for which he was nominated f [...]
By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD-Trans American Airlines, en route to Chicago, has a choice of two entrees for dinner – steak or fish. Unfortunately, the pilot, co-pilot, navigator and half the passengers decide on the fish, which has now led to massive food poisoning. With trepidation [...]
By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD-Mary Badham was 9-years-old when she auditioned for the pivotal role of Scout in the movie version of Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird,” which told the story of the relationship between a widower lawyer, Atticus Finch (Gregory Peck,) and his two chil [...]
BY JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD-Son of Douglas Fairbanks, the iconic silent movie star, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. created a thriving career for himself as an actor and producer. During World War II, he was awarded the United States Navy’s Legion of Merit for valor, finally retiring from t [...]
By JANET SUSAN R. NEPALES Special Contributor HOLLYWOOD-Award-winning filmmaker Ramona Diaz and 2021 Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa took time off from their busy schedule at the Sundance Film Festival and shared more information with us on the making of their new documentary, “And So It Beg [...]
By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD-What would the world be like if “It’s a Wonderful Life” hadn’t been ‘born’? We would never have known George Bailey or the other inhabitants of Bedford Falls. Never had the opportunity to experience the story of a small-town businessman whose most heart [...]