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‘Runner Runner’ All In on Home Video

DVD Features News By Angela Dawson|January 6, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features “Runner Runner” was more like a short walk when it was released briefly in theaters last September. With an all-star cast including Ben Affleck (fresh from “Argo”), Justin Timberlake and Gemma Arterton, this crime thriller about the high stakes world of online [...]

A Real Life Goodfella Talks ‘Family’ Business – 4 Photos

DVD Features By Peter Gonzaga|January 1, 2014 |0

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A Real Life Goodfella Talks ‘Family’ Business

DVD Features Features By Angela Dawson|January 1, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features Ronald “Ronnie” Lorenzo was once an alleged member of the Bonanno crime family. Eventually, he was busted on drug charges, convicted of conspiracy to distribute and sentenced to 12 years in federal prison. The way Lorenzo tells it, the charges against him were [...]

‘Don Jon,’ ‘Sweetwater’ Arrive on Home Video

DVD Features Features News By Angela Dawson|December 28, 2013 |0

By Angela Dawson Front Row Features Two new DVD/Blu-ray releases to look for as the year winds down to a close are “Don Jon,” a comedic love triangle starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Scarlett Johansson and Internet porn, and an offbeat revenge western called “Sweetwater,” starring Jason Isaacs, Ed [...]

Stallone Back in the Ring for ‘Match’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|December 24, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features NEW YORK—Billed as “a rivalry 30 years in the making,” “Grudge Match” pits Sylvester Stallone (“Rocky”) against Robert De Niro (“Raging Bull”). These two film boxing legends and Oscar winners aren’t reprising their iconic characters but [...]

Ralph Fiennes Sheds Light on Dickens

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|December 24, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Veteran actor Ralph Fiennes found out just how challenging it is to simultaneously star in and direct a film when he brought Shakespeare’s tragedy “Coriolanus” to the screen in 2010. He was adamant he would never do both again. But as the old saying g [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Felicity Jones ‘Invisible’ No More

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|December 24, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—British actress Felicity Jones has dwelled in the shadows of Hollywood, delivering solid performances in well-regarded independent dramas such as “The Tempest,” “Hysteria,” and “Like Crazy,” but hardly box office blockbusters that make an actress a ho [...]

‘Wolf of Wall Street’ Wins the Year

Film Reviews Reviews By Angela Dawson|December 23, 2013 |0

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic Director Martin Scorsese’s manic, hilarious, deliciously depraved and unexpectedly epic “The Wolf of Wall Street” is so much wild and crazy wall-to-wall fun that it’s by far the most enjoyable movie I’ve seen all year. I [...]

‘The Family’ Puts a Hit on Blu-ray

News By Angela Dawson|December 19, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features 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 share screen time in “The Family.” The action-comedy about a mob family in the witness protect [...]

Critic’s Choice: James Dawson’s 10 Favorite (and Least Liked) Films of 2013

Film Reviews Reviews By Angela Dawson|December 19, 2013 |0

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic No one can see every movie that makes it to the multiplexes, which is why it’s a good idea to be skeptical of any critic claiming to have a “10 Best” list this time of year. Instead, here are my 10 favorites of the films I caught [...]