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 [...]

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features Bleecker Street’s powerful drama “Eye in the Sky,” arrives on Blu-ray, DVD and On Demand Tuesday June 28, from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.  Tackling an ethical dilemma in a thought-provoking suspenseful story, the gritty film stars Academy Award winn [...]