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Kyliegh Curran Has the Shine in Stephen King’s ‘Doctor Sleep’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|November 6, 2019 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Kyliegh Curran is only 13 years old but already is an accomplished actress. The Miami native starred in a Broadway production of “The Lion King,” as Young Nala when she was 10. And she now has a leading role in the big screen adaptation of Stephen Kin [...]

Documentarian Focuses Her Lens on Imelda Marcos in ‘The Kingmaker’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|November 4, 2019 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—When the name “Imelda Marcos” is mentioned, many in the West think of the shoes—all 3,000 pairs of them. But the former First Lady of the Philippines was much more than an ex-beauty queen with a fondness for footwear. She and her husband, Ferdinand Ma [...]

Taika Waititi Uses Humor to Convey Tolerance Message in ‘Jojo Rabbit’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|October 19, 2019 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Scarlett Johansson first learned of Kiwi filmmaker Taika Waititi’s idea for a World War II-set satire “Jojo Rabbit” through a familiar source. “The first person who told me about the script was (Chris) Hemsworth,” the “Avengers” actress reveals during [...]

Elle Fanning Reprises Fairy Tale Role in ‘Maleficent: Mistress of Evil’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|October 16, 2019 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Elle Fanning was only 14 when she starred in “Maleficent,” Disney’s live-action Sleeping Beauty update, where the focus was on the villainous sorceress who lured the young princess into a spell in which she could only be awakened by true love’s kiss. [...]

Neil Young Documents the Magic and Minutiae of Making ‘Colorado’ Album

Features Film Features Music Features By Angela Dawson|October 15, 2019 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Legendary rocker Neil Young serves as both director and the subject of “Mountaintop,” a fascinating unfiltered documentary about the making of his latest album, “Colorado,” due out Oct. 25. The documentary, which Young filmed under the nom-de-plume Be [...]

Angelina Jolie Learns Parenting Lessons from Reprising Maleficent Character

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|October 15, 2019 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Angelina Jolie reprises her multi-layered villainess character in “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil,” the live-action sequel to Disney’s 2014 live-action hit “Maleficent,” which was an update to the 1959 Mouse House animated feature “Sleeping Beauty.” Sig [...]

Will Smith Battles His Most Formidable Opponent in ‘Gemini Man’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|October 9, 2019 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Will Smith has been entertaining audiences for more than three decades. First, as a rap star. Then as the cross-over star of TV’s “Fresh Prince of Bel Air.” And subsequently as one of the most bankable movie stars in the world, portraying characters i [...]

Bong Joon Ho Offers a Korean ‘Upstairs-Downstairs’ with ‘Parasite’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|October 7, 2019 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Bong Joon Ho doesn’t see his dark comedy “Parasite,” in which a working-class family finagles its way into service jobs handled by others for a well-to-do family, as particularly politically charged or a commentary about social injustice. The South Ko [...]

Natalie Portman is a Space Oddity in ‘Lucy in the Sky’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|October 3, 2019 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Loosely inspired by a real-life incident in which a lovesick astronaut sought revenge against a fellow astronaut who was allegedly having an affair with another woman, “Lucy in the Sky” gives Oscar winner Natalie Portman (“Black Swan”) another opportu [...]

“It” Teen Jaeden Martell Goes for the Gold in ‘Low Tide’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|September 29, 2019 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Jaeden Martell is a young star on the rise. The 16-year-old reprised his role as Bill Denbrough in the hit horror sequel “It: Chapter 2,” which has managed to scare up more than $417 million worldwide at the box office since its Sept. 6 debut, despite [...]