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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]