By HEATHER TURK Front Row Features Film Critic A tale as old as time is at once fresh and familiar, thanks to Disney’s remarkable live-action adaptation of the animated classic, “Beauty and the Beast.” The story of a beautiful young girl who selflessly gives up her freedom to free her father from [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Joel Hopkins is living proof that “when God closes a door, he opens a window.” After making the well-received low-budget feature “Jump Tomorrow,” the native Brit was among the directors considered to helm the big screen adaptation of the popular child [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Beloved actor Tom Hanks adopts the persona of another beloved movie icon—Walt Disney—in the whimsical drama “Saving Mr. Banks.” Inspired by true events, “Saving Mr. Banks” tells how the motion picture studio founder convinced P.L. Travers, the very re [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Emma Thompson knows how to make an entrance. As the renowned British actress arrives for a press conference in the ballroom of a tony Beverly Hills hotel to promote her new Disney movie “Saving Mr. Banks,” she climbs over the dais to her seat rather t [...]