By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—As Mark Ruffalo waits to hear official word on whether he will be returning as Bruce Banner/Hulk in “Avengers: Infinity War, Part 1,” slated to hit theaters in 2018, the peripatetic actor is keeping busy doing what he enjoys: making independent films [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—In the colorful, folkloric, Latin-infused animated feature “The Book of Life,” Zoe Saldana provides the voice of Maria, a beautiful villager who has captured the charms of two men: Manolo and Joaquin. When two spirits take sides in the outcome of the [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—“Guardians of the Galaxy” director James Gunn can’t say enough nice things about Benicio Del Toro, who plays Taneleer Tivan a.k.a. The Collector, one of the bizarre characters five superheroes, led by a human named Peter Quill, encounter during their [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Before he became an action star in the “Fast & Furious” franchise, the “Riddick” franchise and the “xXx” movies, Vin Diesel provided the voice of an animated robot in 1999’s “The Iron Giant.” Now, after establishing himself in Hollywood with numer [...]
*****NOTE TO EDITORS: THIS REVIEW IS EMBARGOED FROM PUBLICATION UNTIL FRIDAY, AUGUST 1.***** By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic “Guardians of the Galaxy” is the movie that non-fans of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” worried “The Avengers” would turn out [...]