By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Tom Shadyac has been making movie audiences laugh for more than a quarter-century. From “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective” to “The Nutty Professor” to “Bruce Almighty” and its sequel “Evan Almighty,” the Virginia native has carved out a niche of making popu [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—“The Nutcracker” is as much a Christmas holiday tradition as figgy pudding, Santa Claus and the exchanging presents. Disney’s new music-filled live-action fantasy “The Nutcracker and the Four Realms” is based on the E.T.A. Hoffman’s 1816 story, which [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Over the course of her four-decade acting career, charming and sexy Rene Russo has worked with Hollywood’s most renowned leading men: Robert De Niro (“Showtime”), Kevin Costner (“Tin Cup”), Mel Gibson (“Lethal Weapon 3 & 4”), Pierce Brosnan (“The [...]
By HEATHER TURK Front Row Features Film Critic Few things in life are scarier than losing your only source of income. If you’re young, hopefully you’ll find a new job quickly, but if you’re old, retired and your pension suddenly stops, it can be devastating. Joe (Michael Caine), Willie (Morgan Fr [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Morgan Freeman appears in his first swords-and-sandals epic “Ben-Hur,” a re-imagining of the previously adapted biblical tale. Based on Lew Wallace’s “Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ,” “Ben-Hur” tells the story of Judah Ben-Hur (Jack Huston), a prince f [...]