By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—It takes a special kind of woman that can capture the heart of a man raised by gorillas. Jane, as played by rising star Margot Robbie in the live-action, effects-laden “The Legend of Tarzan,” is just such a woman. Though Jane has been played by a mult [...]

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Self-described film buff Quentin Tarantino shot his new wildly over-the-top Western “The Hateful Eight” in the mostly disused “Ultra Panavision” 70mm format. The film, starring actors who regularly appear in the filmmaker’s repertory inclu [...]

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic The oddest thing about director/writer Quentin Tarantino’s wild and wicked new western “The Hateful Eight” is how unnecessary all of its lily-gilding aspects are. It’s a dialog-driven, amusingly tongue-in-cheek and sometimes i [...]

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Hailee Steinfeld is on a roll this spring. First, the sequel she stars in “Pitch Perfect 2” debuted at No. 1 in its opening weekend, upsetting the male-targeted actioner “Mad Max: Fury Road.” She then appeared in Taylor Swift’s “Bad Blood” music video [...]