By PETERSON GONZAGA Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—For years, Stephen Susco has been producing Hollywood horror hits such as “The Grudge,” “The Possession” and “Texas Chainsaw 3D.” But now it’s his time to shine as director with his new film “Unfriended: Dark Web.” As the writer/director of the fil [...]
By PETERSON GONZAGA Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—In an age where our lives are so influenced by the internet, computers and social media, Stephen Susco’s film “Unfriended: Dark Web” ( a sequel to the 2014 horror flick) has given a darker view into the negative aspects of modern communications tec [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Jessica Keenan Wynn was enjoying a career-building run on Broadway depicting legendary pop songwriter Cynthia Weil in the production of “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical,” when she was cast in “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again,” the sequel to the hit 200 [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Alexa Davies considers herself the “Number 1” fan of two-time Oscar nominee Julie Walters (“Educating Rita,” “Billy Elliot”). That’s probably a good thing as the spunky 22-year-old actress plays Rosie, a younger version of the same character Walters p [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—With “Skyscraper,” Dwayne Johnson (formerly known as The Rock) officially takes over the Last Action Hero mantle from Arnold Schwarzenegger (and Bruce Willis, Sylvester Stallone, Harrison Ford, Vin Diesel et. al.). Johnson plays Will Sawyer, a former [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Marvel Studios gets its first headlining female superhero in “Ant-Man and the Wasp,” with the latter character being played by Evangeline Lilly, previously part of TV’s “Lost” cast and the “Hobbit” films. The native Canadian, introduced in 2015’s “Ant [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Shana Feste burst onto the filmmaking scene in 2009 with her heartfelt debut drama “The Greatest,” about grief-stricken parents struggling to cope with the loss of their teenage son. The story was based on her own father’s experience with his wife pri [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—After replacing alleged serial fondler Kevin Spacey in “All the Money in the World,” Christopher Plummer once again finds himself in another film imbroglio. The Oscar-winning octogenarian stars in Shana Feste’s semi-autobiographical family dramedy “Bo [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Bryce Dallas Howard and Chris Pratt return to the jungles of Isla Nublar in “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom,” the inevitable sequel to the hit 2015 movie, in which their characters—Claire and Owen, respectively—were introduced into this longrunning fr [...]