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‘Saving’ Mr. Hanks

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

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Beloved actor Tom Hanks adopts the persona of another beloved movie icon—Walt Disney—in the whimsical drama “Saving Mr. Banks.” Inspired by true events, “Saving Mr. Banks” tells how the motion picture studio founder convinced P.L. Travers, the very re [...]

Getting to the Heart of ‘Her’

Film Reviews Reviews By Angela Dawson|December 18, 2013 |0

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic Writer/director Spike Jonze’s thoroughly modern romance “Her” is one of the most thought-provoking films of the year, raising intriguing questions about what constitutes not only love but life itself. The most pertinent here is whet [...]

‘Anchorman 2’ More Adequate Than Legendary

Film Reviews Reviews By Angela Dawson|December 17, 2013 |0

****NOTE TO EDITORS: THIS REVIEW IS EMBARGOED UNTIL 12/18/13**** By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic More adequate than legendary and far too long, “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues” brings back Will Ferrell’s pompously bombastic news reader Ron Burgundy for a seven- [...]

Vanessa Hudgens Accepts $100K HFPA Donation For Typhoon Haiyan Victims

News By Peter Gonzaga|December 13, 2013 |0

By PETERSON GONZAGA Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—In its continued support of philanthropic endeavors, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association best known for its Golden Globe Awards Show, presented a check for $100,000 to Filipina-American actress Vanessa Hudgens on behalf of UNICEF Philippines in [...]

Video: Vanessa Hudgens receives $100k from Golden Globes

Interviews By Peter Gonzaga|December 13, 2013 |0

By Peterson Gonzaga Hollywood-Vanessa Hudgens accepted a check of $100,000 on behalf of UNICEF Philippines from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. The HFPA is the organization that produces the Golden Globe Awards. In this clip, correspondent Chris Trondsen talks to Hudgens about receiving [...]

Badfinger’s Joey Molland Releases New Solo Album

Features Film Features Music Features By Angela Dawson|December 13, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Joey Molland, best known for his work with the legendary English band Badfinger, has released his fourth solo album “Return To Memphis” on UK’s Gonzo Multimedia! The CD features 10 new tracks the singer-songwriter recorded at the world famous Royal St [...]

Peter Jackson Returns to Middle-earth with ‘Hobbit’ Sequel

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

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Peter Jackson’s “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” hits theaters just in time for the holidays. The New Zealand filmmaker returns to Middle-earth with Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) and his band of dwarf companions on their quest to reclaim the Lon [...]

‘Walter Mitty’ Scraps Imagination for Action

Film Reviews Reviews By Angela Dawson|December 12, 2013 |0

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic Here’s the secret that apparently eluded the makers of “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”: Eliminating the elaborate CGI fantasies that serve as its main advertising draw actually would have improved the movie. This well photographed [...]

A Sweet 16 for ‘The Simpsons’

News TV Features By Angela Dawson|December 6, 2013 |0

By a Front Row Features Staff Reporter Just in time for holiday shopping, the 16th season of “The Simpsons,” has arrived on DVD and Blu-ray. This season originally ran on Fox from November 2004 through May of 2005. Professor Frink, Springfield’s beaver-toothed, slightly muddled mad scientist char [...]

Just a Spoonful of Emma Thompson

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|December 5, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Emma Thompson knows how to make an entrance. As the renowned British actress arrives for a press conference in the ballroom of a tony Beverly Hills hotel to promote her new Disney movie “Saving Mr. Banks,” she climbs over the dais to her seat rather t [...]