2014 - Page 26 of 37 - Front Row Features

Kathy Bates Adds Flash to ‘Tammy’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|June 26, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Kathy Bates earned an Academy Award for playing an obsessed fan in the big screen adaption of Stephen King’s “Misery.” The Memphis, Tenn., native now plays another oddball in the Melissa McCarthy comedy “Tammy,” whose obsession is blowing things up. I [...]

Tilda Swinton is Ice Cold Enforcer in ‘Snowpiercer’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|June 25, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD— Chameleon-like actress Tilda Swinton continues to add to her repertoire of unusual characters with Mason, a ruthless enforcer for a mysterious tyrant in Bong Joon Ho’s futuristic thriller “Snowpiercer.” Swinton, 53, nearly disappears in the role unde [...]

Video Clip – ‘Deliver Us From Evil’ Featurette

Movie Trailers By Peter Gonzaga|June 25, 2014 |0

By a Front Row Features Staff Reporter HOLLYWOOD—Screen Gems presents a special featurette of its upcoming horror movie, “Deliver Us From Evil.” The film is based on the true story of NYPD police officer and noted demonologist Ralph Sarchie. The film opens nationwide on July 2. <if [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Paul Haggis Reflects on Writing in ‘Third Person’ Ensemble

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|June 19, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Paul Haggis has established himself as one of the most successful and in-demand screenwriters in town. He was the first screenwriter to win Oscars two years in a row with 2004’s “Million Dollar Baby,” directed by Clint Eastwood, and 2005’s “Crash,” wh [...]

Robert Pattinson Heads Down Under for ‘The Rover’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|June 18, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—It’s opening day for the newest film starring international heartthrob Robert Pattinson. Only, there’s been no big Hollywood red carpet premiere and “The Rover,” a small, indie road movie set in the Australian outback is only showing on a handful of s [...]

Billy Bob Thornton Weighs In on ‘Fargo’ Role

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|June 18, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—As the mysterious and violent Lorne Malvo, Billy Bob Thornton has served as a thorn in the side of put-upon insurance salesman Lester Nygaard (Martin Freeman) for 10 episodes of the dark comedy series “Fargo,” on FX. He’s also eluded local Deputy Moll [...]

‘Jersey Boys’ a New Tune for Clint Eastwood

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|June 16, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features NEW YORK—Clint Eastwood’s acting career was just getting into full swing when Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons rose to fame as a homegrown pop band in the early 1960s. Already an adult at that point, Eastwood’s musical taste leaned more towards jazz than pop [...]

Romance, Wolfmen and Transformers on Home Entertainment

DVD Features By Angela Dawson|June 16, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features Released in theaters a year ago, “Four of Hearts” is a romantic drama reminiscent of the 1969 classic “Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice.” Available for the first time on DVD Tuesday, it is written and helmed by first time feature director Eric Haywood. Dar [...]

‘Napoleon’ Complex

News By Angela Dawson|June 12, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features One of cinema’s most beloved nerds is now forever immortalized with a life-size statue installed on the Twentieth Century Fox lot. The eponymous antihero from “Napoleon Dynamite” was unveiled in a ceremony conducted on the Los Angeles movie lot earlier this wee [...]

’22 Jump Street’ Makes Small Leap Forward as Sequel

Film Reviews Reviews By Angela Dawson|June 11, 2014 |0

By LYNN BARKER Special to Front Row Features “22 Jump Street” is a little more scattered story-wise than “21 Jump Street” was, but it does show more heart as the bumbling undercover cop duo Jenko (Channing Tatum) and Schmidt (Jonah Hill) have to examine their “bro” relationship and finally realiz [...]