By HEATHER TURK Front Row Features While at first glance this year’s “The Nice Guys” and 2015’s private-eye caper “Inherent Vice” might have some similarities (both are Warner Bros. films, both stories take place in Los Angeles in the 1970s, both follow down-on-their-luck private investigat [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—People magazine’s designated Sexiest Man Alive co-stars alongside Oscar-winning actor Russell Crowe (“Gladiator”) in the ‘70s-set crime caper “The Nice Guys.” Gosling, who recently became a parent for the second time with actress Eva Mendes, spoke abo [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Although A-list bad boy Russell Crowe has mellowed since his phone-throwing, temper-tantrum days, the Aussie (by way of New Zealand) Oscar winner can still be rebellious. For example, when he enters a Beverly Hills hotel room for an interview, the fir [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features Ryan Gosling, who stars in the upcoming Warner Bros action dramedy “The Nice Guys,” in which he plays a ‘70s-era L.A. private eye on the trail of a missing woman, spoke Friday about his upcoming role in the new “Blade Runner.” Initially hesitant—he quipped that [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Seven years ago, after years of unprecedented industry growth, the U.S. housing market collapsed as the global economy took a nosedive. In “The Big Short,” which is based on Michael Lewis’ bestseller about the crisis, four individuals were able to pre [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Danish filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn reconnects with his “Drive” team Ryan Gosling and musician Cliff Martinez on “Only God Forgives,” a dark drama that takes place in Thailand. Refn says he always had wanted to make a martial arts film, but thought [...]