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‘Spectre,’ ‘Love,’ ‘Freaks,’ and ‘Crisis’ on Home Video

Blu-Ray / DVD Reviews News Reviews By Angela Dawson|February 7, 2016 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features The 24th James Bond film adventure “Spectre,” arrives on Blu-ray and DVD Tuesday, Feb. 9. A cryptic message from the past sends James Bond (Daniel Craig) on a rogue mission to Mexico City and eventually Rome, where he meets Lucia Sciarra (Monica Bellucci), the [...]

Demented ‘Deadpool’ Redeems Reynolds

Film Reviews Reviews By James Dawson|February 6, 2016 |0

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic Ryan Reynolds is so appealingly demented as Marvel’s super-but-no-hero motormouth “Deadpool” that he might actually make fanboys forgive him for starring in 2011’s DC Comics dud “Green Lantern.” And that’s sa [...]

‘Steve Jobs,’ Horror, Suspense and Kids Fare on Home Video

Blu-Ray / DVD Reviews Reviews By Angela Dawson|January 31, 2016 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features An intimate and revealing portrait of one of the chief architects of the digital age, “Steve Jobs” arrives on Digital HD on Tuesday, Feb. 2, and in a Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD and On Demand Tuesday, Feb. 16, from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. From Oscar- [...]

‘Everest,’ ‘Intern,’ ‘Prada’ and ‘Seven Dwarfs’ on Home Entertainment

Blu-Ray / DVD Reviews News Reviews By Angela Dawson|January 18, 2016 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features In 1996, a small group of mountaineers attempted to reach the summit of the world’s highest mountain. Each had personal reasons for aspiring to achieve this difficult feat. Some of them paid for this risky adventure with their lives. “Everest,” directed and pro [...]

No Time for Politics in ’13 Hours’

Film Reviews Reviews By James Dawson|January 13, 2016 |0

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic Like 2001’s “Black Hawk Down,” which frustratingly did not include any mention of that horrendous debacle’s most shocking and politically devastating incident, “13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi” likewise i [...]

Shakespeare Spinoff, ‘Martian’ Rescue, Horror, and Kids Fare on Home Video

Blu-Ray / DVD Reviews DVD Features Features News Reviews By Angela Dawson|January 11, 2016 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead” arrives on Blu-ray and DVD and digital video Tuesday, Jan. 12. Directed and written by Tom Stoppard (“Shakespeare in Love”), the film stars Gary Oldman (“Harry Potter” and “Batman” franchises), Tim Roth (“Pulp Fiction”) a [...]

Agatha Christie, ‘Close Range,’ ‘Malala’ and More on Home Video

Blu-Ray / DVD Reviews News Reviews By Angela Dawson|January 3, 2016 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features BBC’s “Agatha Christie’s Partners in Crime” makes its DVD and Blu-ray debut on Tuesday Jan. 5, from Acorn. David Walliams and Jessica Raine play an ordinary married couple that gets caught up in international intrigue and discovers that they have a knack [...]

‘Shameless,’ ‘Bone Tomahawk’ and ‘Hitman’ on Home Video

Blu-Ray / DVD Reviews News Reviews By Angela Dawson|December 29, 2015 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features The Gallagher clan is back in the fifth season of Showtime’s popular series “Shameless,” which is set for release on DVD and Blu-ray Tuesday Dec. 29 from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. Titled “Shameless: The Complete Fifth Season,” it features all 12 episodes [...]

‘Pan,’ ‘Transporter Refueled,’ ‘Nasty Baby,’ More on Home Video

Blu-Ray / DVD Reviews News Reviews By Angela Dawson|December 19, 2015 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features Audiences will discover how Peter Pan got to Neverland when “Pan” arrives on Blu-ray Combo Pack Tuesday Dec. 22, from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. Directed by Joe Wright (“Atonement”), the live-action feature presents a wholly original adventure about the b [...]

‘Hateful Eight’ Scores 9 Out of 10

Film Reviews News Reviews By James Dawson|December 16, 2015 |0

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic The oddest thing about director/writer Quentin Tarantino’s wild and wicked new western “The Hateful Eight” is how unnecessary all of its lily-gilding aspects are. It’s a dialog-driven, amusingly tongue-in-cheek and sometimes i [...]