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EXCLUSIVE: Johnny Depp Had ‘Good Reason’ to be in Ralph Steadman Doc

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|May 9, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—It’s not often that you’ll see Johnny Depp in a film where he isn’t playing some larger than life costumed character. In the documentary, “For No Good Reason,” the internationally acclaimed star is just himself, and he serves as a guide into the world [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Painting Inspires Writer to Pen Historic Romantic Drama

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|May 6, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—A visit to Scotland’s Scone Palace in the mid-1990s proved fateful for Misan Sagay, a medical student at the time attending nearby prestigious St. Andrews University. While walking through the rooms, she spied a beautiful painting. The 200-year-old un [...]

Kevin Spacey’s Shakespearean Odyssey

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|May 6, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Kevin Spacey reunites with his “American Beauty” director Sam Mendes to bring the experience of taking Shakespeare’s Richard III on the road in an around the world touring production in the documentary “Now: In the Wings on a World Stage.” The 54-year [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Rose Byrne is the Girl Next Door in ‘Neighbors’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|May 6, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Aussie actress Rose Byrne began her career 20 years ago in her native land in the romantic comedy “Dallas Doll,” playing a UFO-obsessed teenager. The brunette beauty went on to gain worldwide exposure playing the double of Natalie Portman’s Senator Pa [...]

Director Marc Webb Spins Another ‘Spider-Man’ Adventure

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|May 2, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features NEW YORK—Marc Webb returns to helm the second installment of the rebooted web-slinging superhero series with “The Amazing Spider-Man 2.” The Bloomington, Ind. native says it’s important to present a Spider-Man that is not stoic, but a kid. He says it’s importan [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Sam Reid Plays Progressive in Historic ‘Belle’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|April 29, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Sam Reid joins a list of talented hunky actors from Down Under—Hugh Jackman, Heath Ledger, Eric Bana and the Hemsworth brothers—that have risen to stardom. The son of a farmer, he was drawn to acting at a young age. Playing the title role in “Hamlet” [...]

The ‘Devil’ is Due on Home Video

DVD Features News By Angela Dawson|April 29, 2014 |0

By a Front Row Features Staff Reporter Consider it a cautionary tale about parenthood … and sex tapes. The horror flick “Devil’s Due,” is now available on Blu-ray and DVD. Newlyweds Zach and Samantha McCall (Zach Gilford and Allison Miller) find themselves dealing with an earlier-than-planned pre [...]

John Turturro Enlists Woody Allen for ‘Fading Gigolo’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|April 28, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—John Turturro has delivered some memorable performances in films such as the Coen Brothers’ “Barton Fink” and “The Big Lebowski,” and Spike Lee’s “Mo Better Blues” and “Jungle Fever,” among his dozens of film, TV and stage roles. He studied drama at Y [...]

Rapper RZA Scales ‘Brick Mansions’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|April 23, 2014 |0

By PETERSON GONZAGA Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—RZA is known for his legendary record producing skills and the founding member of Wu-Tang Clan. The rapper also has been able to move smoothly into the film and TV world without any hesitation. Along with his acting chops, RZA has parlayed his musi [...]

Kate Upton Plays the Other ‘Other Woman’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|April 21, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Supermodel Kate Upton makes her acting debut in the revenge comedy “The Other Woman.” The 21-year-old blonde, blue-eyed beauty co-stars alongside Cameron Diaz (“There’s Something About Mary”) and Leslie Mann (“Knocked Up”) as three women who plot reve [...]