By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Rising French filmmaker Alice Winocour was deep into editing her second feature, “Disorder,” when she emerged from the studio one night to discover armed soldiers on the Paris street following the deadly bombing of the Charlie Hebdo magazine offices l [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Morgan Freeman appears in his first swords-and-sandals epic “Ben-Hur,” a re-imagining of the previously adapted biblical tale. Based on Lew Wallace’s “Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ,” “Ben-Hur” tells the story of Judah Ben-Hur (Jack Huston), a prince f [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Jack Huston knew he was strapping on some pretty big sandals when he was offered the title role in the remake of “Ben-Hur.” After all, Charlton Heston, who played the Jewish freedom-fighter-turned-chariot-racer Judah Ben-Hur in the 1959 William Wyler- [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features Celebrate the series that stole America’s heart when “Little House on the Prairie: Legacy Movie Collection” arrives on DVD (plus Digital) and Digital HD Tuesday Sept. 13 from Lionsgate. Say farewell to this legendary western drama with three movie adventures: & [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Able to speak three languages fluently—German, French and English—Diane Kruger is able to move with ease between Hollywood and Europe. She notably played the beautiful Helen in “Troy,” a World War II German film star/undercover agent in Quentin Tarant [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Though Disney’s rebooted “Pete’s Dragon” is set in the U.S. Pacific Northwest, it actually was shot in far away New Zealand. The family adventure film reimagines the 1977 classic, and like that earlier film combines live action with animation. The new [...]