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Sandra Bullock Made Space Connection Through Family

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|October 1, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—In preparation for her role in “Gravity,” in which she plays a scientist on a space mission that goes awry, Academy Award winner Sandra Bullock (“The Blind Side”) believed she needed to speak to someone who actually had been in space and had experienc [...]

‘Room 237’ Doc Shines on SundanceNOW

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|September 27, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—It’s been more than 30 years since the release of Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining,” yet this horror film, adapted from a Stephen King novel, continues to fascinate audiences. For some, “The Shining,” which starred Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall as [...]

Hader & Co. Load Up in ‘Cloudy 2’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|September 26, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Flint, “Baby” Brent, Sam, Earl and the rest of food world gang return for seconds in “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2.” The gastronomical animated action comedy picks up just moments after the 2009 original ended, with inventor Flint and friends h [...]

Paltrow is ‘Sharing’ Her Views on Sex Addiction, Sci-Fi

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

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—In “Thanks for Sharing,” Gwyneth Paltrow plays a perfectionist and fitness freak that falls for a man who seems unable or unwilling to get physically romantic. She soon discovers the reason for her guy’s intimacy issues are because he is a recovering [...]

Chris Hemsworth: Life in the Fast Lane

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|September 17, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Chris Hemsworth seems to have an affinity for four letter movie titles. Before his star-making turn as the Norse thunder god in “Thor,” he starred opposite Sean Bean in 2010’s independent crime thriller “Ca$h.” He now plays legendary British Formula 1 [...]

Sax Man Vincent Ingala Burns Up the Jazz Charts

Film Features By Michael Hixon|September 16, 2013 |0

By MICHAEL HIXON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Saxophonist Vincent Ingala hasn’t even reached his 21st birthday, but he already has released two hit albums and a No. 1 single on the Billboard charts, while performing with some of the top jazz musicians in the country. “There’s nothing wrong with s [...]

‘The Fly,’ ‘Leverage’ Final Season on Home Video

DVD Features Features By Angela Dawson|September 14, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features A couple of new titles are available on home video that may be worth checking out. The original 1958 version of the horror classic “The Fly,” is out on Blu-ray from Twentieth-Century Fox Studio Classics. When a scientist (David Hedison) attempts to transfer mat [...]

Julia Louis-Dreyfus Tackles Middle Age in ‘Enough Said’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|September 14, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features TORONTO—From Elaine to Christine to Selena, Julia Louis-Dreyfus has filled the small screen with iconic funny characters for the past two decades that will be making generations laugh for years to come. The former “Seinfeld” star now plays a somewhat more serio [...]

Three’s the Charm for De Niro, Pfeiffer

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|September 12, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features NEW YORK—After co-starring in two films in which their characters never interacted, two-time Oscar winner Robert De Niro and three-time Oscar nominee Michelle Pfeiffer finally get screen time together in “The Family.” They previously co-starred in 2007’s “Stard [...]

Filmmaker James Wan Returns for Another Round of ‘Insidious’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|September 9, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—James Wan’s films are a bit like New York taxis. If you miss one, another will come along shortly. The 36-year-old filmmaker of Malaysian and Chinese descent is one of the big brains behind the hit “Saw” films. Though he directed only the first instal [...]