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Freddie Highmore Talks ‘Bates Motel’ Season Finale

News TV Features By Angela Dawson|May 5, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—The final episode of the season for the eerie drama series “Bates Motel” airs Monday on A&E. Series star Freddie Highmore, who plays conflicted oddball Norman Bates opposite Vera Farmiga, who plays his manipulative mother, Norma, promises some res [...]

Eisenberg Brilliantly Bedeviled in ‘The Double’

Film Reviews Reviews By Angela Dawson|May 3, 2014 |0

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic Director/co-writer Richard Ayoade’s deliciously dark “The Double” is Fyodor Dostoevsky by way of David Fincher’s “Fight Club” and Terry Gilliam’s “Brazil.” Outrageously stylish, frequently unsettl [...]

Director Marc Webb Spins Another ‘Spider-Man’ Adventure

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|May 2, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features NEW YORK—Marc Webb returns to helm the second installment of the rebooted web-slinging superhero series with “The Amazing Spider-Man 2.” The Bloomington, Ind. native says it’s important to present a Spider-Man that is not stoic, but a kid. He says it’s importan [...]

Teen Stars Take the Stage at Radio Disney Music Awards

News By Peter Gonzaga|April 30, 2014 |0

By CHRIS TRONDSEN Front Row Features LOS ANGELES—It was a teen dream come true as some of the hottest young stars in pop culture turned out for the 2014 Radio Disney Music Awards at the Nokia Live Theater in Los Angeles this past Sunday. The red carpet was star-studded with nominees such as Fifth [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Sam Reid Plays Progressive in Historic ‘Belle’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|April 29, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Sam Reid joins a list of talented hunky actors from Down Under—Hugh Jackman, Heath Ledger, Eric Bana and the Hemsworth brothers—that have risen to stardom. The son of a farmer, he was drawn to acting at a young age. Playing the title role in “Hamlet” [...]

The ‘Devil’ is Due on Home Video

DVD Features News By Angela Dawson|April 29, 2014 |0

By a Front Row Features Staff Reporter Consider it a cautionary tale about parenthood … and sex tapes. The horror flick “Devil’s Due,” is now available on Blu-ray and DVD. Newlyweds Zach and Samantha McCall (Zach Gilford and Allison Miller) find themselves dealing with an earlier-than-planned pre [...]

John Turturro Enlists Woody Allen for ‘Fading Gigolo’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|April 28, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—John Turturro has delivered some memorable performances in films such as the Coen Brothers’ “Barton Fink” and “The Big Lebowski,” and Spike Lee’s “Mo Better Blues” and “Jungle Fever,” among his dozens of film, TV and stage roles. He studied drama at Y [...]

‘Amazing Spider-Man 2’ Swings to New Heights

Film Reviews Reviews By Angela Dawson|April 26, 2014 |0

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic “The Amazing Spider-Man,” 2012’s first installment of the webslinger’s rebooted film franchise, was more interesting, fun and faithful to the character than any of the three earlier films this century featuring the Marvel Comi [...]

Rapper RZA Scales ‘Brick Mansions’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|April 23, 2014 |0

By PETERSON GONZAGA Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—RZA is known for his legendary record producing skills and the founding member of Wu-Tang Clan. The rapper also has been able to move smoothly into the film and TV world without any hesitation. Along with his acting chops, RZA has parlayed his musi [...]

Kate Upton Plays the Other ‘Other Woman’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|April 21, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Supermodel Kate Upton makes her acting debut in the revenge comedy “The Other Woman.” The 21-year-old blonde, blue-eyed beauty co-stars alongside Cameron Diaz (“There’s Something About Mary”) and Leslie Mann (“Knocked Up”) as three women who plot reve [...]