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Bale, Affleck Generate Heat in ‘Furnace’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|November 30, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Christian Bale and Casey Affleck play brothers struggling to survive in a dying Pennsylvania steel town, who face an even bigger threat when one of the siblings crosses a local crime boss (played by Woody Harrelson). Bale plays Russell Baze, a hardwor [...]

Bruce Dern Enlivens ‘Nebraska’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|November 20, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Bruce Dern has been a workhorse character actor throughout his career, which has spanned five decades and more than 80 films as well as dozens of guest starring roles on TV. He’s primarily known for playing offbeat characters, heroic and villainous, a [...]

EXCLUSIVE: A ‘Dear’ Look at Calvin & Hobbes

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|November 20, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Calvin & Hobbes, a comic strip featuring an adventuresome and imaginative boy and his beloved toy tiger, began appearing in newspapers in 1985, and quickly became one of the most popular strips of all time. It ran only 10 years before its creator, [...]

‘The Wolverine’ Unleashed in Extended Edition

DVD Features Features By Angela Dawson|November 19, 2013 |0

By a Front Row Features Staff Reporter HOLLYWOOD—“The Wolverine” Unleashed Extended Edition debuts on Digital HD today and on Blu-ray and DVD on Dec. 3. It features an extended unrated cut with more intense action than the theatrical release did earlier this year. Hugh Jackman appears as the icon [...]

William Shatner ‘Ponders’ His Feelings in Song

Features Film Features By Michael Hixon|November 19, 2013 |0

By MICHAEL HIXON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—William Shatner is 82, yet the sci-fi icon is showing no signs of slowing down. After more than five decades in the entertainment industry, he is as active as ever, from acting to performing his one-man show. The original James T. Kirk now has returne [...]

Jennifer Lawrence On Fire in ‘Hunger Games’ Sequel

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|November 18, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Jennifer Lawrence gets emotional as she recalls a “Hunger Games” fan she met on the set while shooting the movie’s sequel “Catching Fire.” “There was a girl who was an extra and she was covered in scars—she’d been burned—and I remember her coming up t [...]

Kristen Bell Sings Praises of ‘Frozen,’ ‘Mars’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|November 18, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Kristen Bell provides the voice of a perky princess named Anna, who desperately wants to connect with her inexplicably icy older sister in Disney’s new animated adventure “Frozen.” The youngest of three, Bell could relate to the love-hate relationship [...]

Vince Vaughn Makes a Special ‘Delivery’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|November 16, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Motormouth actor Vince Vaughn, best known for his performances in comedies like “Old School” and “The Wedding Crashers,” has returned to his somewhat more serious roots in the dramedy “Delivery Man.” In it he plays David Wozniak, a meat delivery man, [...]

Macdonald and Ronan Bring ‘How I Live Now’ to Life

Film Features By Peter Gonzaga|November 9, 2013 |0

Note to editors: In question #4, the word “bitch” has been replaced by “*****” By PETERSON GONZAGA Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD-When director Kevin Macdonald was given the book “How I Live Now,” he loved it. Known for his film, “Last King of [...]

Rush, Nelisse Steal a Moment in ‘Book Thief’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|November 6, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Geoffrey Rush has worked with a lot of talented leading ladies in his day—from Kate Winslet to Cate Blanchett to Charlize Theron—but one of the most enchanting young actresses he has met is Montreal-born adolescent Sophie Nelisse. The Oscar winning ac [...]