Guillermo del Toro Archives - Front Row Features

Corey Stoll Tackles Vampires on ‘The Strain’

Features TV Features By Angela Dawson|August 13, 2015 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON and JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Corey Stoll stars as Dr. Ephraim Goodweather on FX’s vampire series “The Strain.” Like other characters he’s played, “Eph” isn’t entirely a good guy or a bad guy. As the second season of the series has unfolded, his character seems to [...]

A Colorful New Chapter for Zoe Saldana in ‘Book of Life’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|October 17, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—In the colorful, folkloric, Latin-infused animated feature “The Book of Life,” Zoe Saldana provides the voice of Maria, a beautiful villager who has captured the charms of two men: Manolo and Joaquin. When two spirits take sides in the outcome of the [...]

Sean Astin: Sci-Fi is Now in his Blood

Features TV Features By Angela Dawson|September 10, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—For those who haven’t watched the Aug. 31 episode of “The Strain,” the eighth installment of the exciting and intense sci-fi/horror series on the FX network, you may want to move on to the next article. For those who’ve watched it, and are still in sh [...]

Halle Berry, Guillermo Del Toro and Charlie Hunnan Among Huading Recipients

News By Peter Gonzaga|June 4, 2014 |0

HOLLYWOOD— For the first time in its 12-year history, The Huading Awards, China’s biggest film awards ceremony, was held at the Ricardo Montalban Theatre here on Sunday, June 1. The awards ceremony reached over 1 billion viewers through its telecast on various Chinese networks in China, Hong Kong [...]

Monster Madness for Charlie Day

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|July 8, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features EMERYVILLE, Calif.—Monsters are very much a big part of Charlie Day’s life this summer. The “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” star plays a brilliant but somewhat offbeat scientist trying to conceive a way to stop alien monsters known as Kaiju from invading ea [...]

‘Pacific Rim’ Goes Big and Scores – 4 Photos

Review Photos By Peter Gonzaga|July 8, 2013 |0

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‘Pacific Rim’ Goes Big and Scores

Film Reviews Reviews By Angela Dawson|July 8, 2013 |0

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic Bigger definitely is better in the hugely entertaining “Pacific Rim,” a massive-scale mechanical-men vs. monsters blockbuster with a story as good as its special effects. Director/writer Guillermo del Toro (“Pan’s Labyrinth,&# [...]

‘Mama’ Delivers Family-Style Chills – 2 Photos

Review Photos By Peter Gonzaga|January 17, 2013 |0

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‘Mama’ Delivers Family-Style Chills

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

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic Jessica Chastain shines in this contemporary classic ghost story as a reluctant stand-in mother who has a violently possessive rival from the afterlife. The charm of this family-in-peril piece is its elegant simplicity, with a small cast that plays t [...]