Jon Favreau Archives - Front Row Features

‘Mandalorian’ Kicks Off Disney+ Streaming Service Launch

Features Online / Streaming Features By Angela Dawson|November 5, 2019 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Hankering for “Star Wars,” but can’t wait until Dec. 20 for the theatrical release of “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker?” Subscribers to the new streaming service Disney+ can tune in Tuesday, Nov. 12 when the service goes live for the premiere of the [...]

Hans Zimmer Scores Again with Lebo M on ‘Lion King’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|July 18, 2019 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—During a press conference to promote Disney’s new big screen version of “The Lion King,” Hans Zimmer, who won an Academy Award for his score of the 1995 animated film, recalled the challenges of recording some of the music during Apartheid in South Af [...]

REVIEW: ‘The Lion King’ is Dazzling Yet Disappointing

Blu-Ray / DVD Reviews Reviews By Heather Turk|July 15, 2019 |0

By HEATHER TURK Front Row Features Film Critic In Hollywood these days, the Circle of Life means that if a movie was a hit in the past, it’s likely going to be remade in the future. This is especially true of Disney’s animated classics, many of which—like “Aladdin,” “Dumbo,” “Beauty and the Beast [...]

Cub Actors Roar to Life as Simba and Nala in New ‘The Lion King’

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

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Child actor JD McCrary provides the voice of Young Simba and teenager Shahadi Wright Joseph plays his lioness bestie Young Nala in the all-new animated feature “The Lion King.” At a press conference to promote the release of the remake of the Disney c [...]

Tom Holland and Zendaya Travel ‘Far from Home’ in Latest Spider-Man Outing

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|July 2, 2019 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—In “Spider-Man: Far from Home,” Tom Holland and Zendaya reprise their roles as teenagers Peter Parker and MJ, respectively, whose budding relationship is complicated by the fact that Peter is a masked superhero Spider-Man, who possesses superpowers th [...]

REVIEW: Funny Albeit Predictable ‘Spider-Man: Far from Home’ is Another Worthy Addition to the MCU

Film Reviews Reviews By Heather Turk|June 29, 2019 |0

By HEATHER TURK Front Row Features Film Critic Spider-Man has some tough shoes to fill—not just the character, but also the latest entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (or MCU for short), Columbia Pictures’ “Spider-Man: Far from Home.” Following the near-perfect “Avengers: Endgame,” the final f [...]

11 Years and 22 Films Later, ‘Avengers’ Reaches Destination with ‘Endgame’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|April 10, 2019 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Beginning with 2008’s “Iron Man,” and followed by 20 more superhero films in what has become known as the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the press conferences preceding the movies’ arrival in theaters have shared a common festive atmosphere. For “Avengers [...]

Photos: ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ Swings Into the Marvel Universe

Film Review Photos Photo Gallery Review Photos By James Dawson|June 29, 2017 |0

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‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ Swings Into the Marvel Universe

Film Reviews Reviews By James Dawson|June 29, 2017 |0

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic “Spider-Man: Homecoming” gets enough little things wrong about the classic superhero to bug fans of the original comic-book version of the character. Fortunately, it gets two very big things right: Tom Holland is the most likeable and age [...]

Disney’s ‘The Jungle Book’ Swings On To Home Video

Blu-Ray / DVD Reviews News Reviews By Heather Turk|August 29, 2016 |0

By HEATHER TURK Front Row Features Rudyard Kipling’s “The Jungle Book” might be a literary classic, but many would say that Walt Disney Productions’ 1967 animated film of the same name is the definitive version of the coming-of-age tale of a man-cub raised in the jungle by a family of wolves. Tha [...]