2014 - Page 29 of 37 - Front Row Features

Young Lovers, Godot, Transformers, Costner and Napoleon Come Home

DVD Features News By Angela Dawson|May 12, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features Alex Pettyfer and Gabriella Wilde star in the remake of the romantic drama “Endless Love.” Like the 1981 original that starred Brooke Shields and Mark Hewitt, this update, directed by Shana Feste, is about two star-crossed teenagers who fall truly, madly and de [...]

‘Million Dollar’ Man

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|May 12, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—On the eve of the season finale of the popular AMC drama series “Mad Men,” the show’s star Jon Hamm is busy promoting his much more kid-friendly movie, “Million Dollar Arm.” The Disney movie is based on the true story of JB Bernstein, a down-on-his-lu [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Johnny Depp Had ‘Good Reason’ to be in Ralph Steadman Doc

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|May 9, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—It’s not often that you’ll see Johnny Depp in a film where he isn’t playing some larger than life costumed character. In the documentary, “For No Good Reason,” the internationally acclaimed star is just himself, and he serves as a guide into the world [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Painting Inspires Writer to Pen Historic Romantic Drama

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|May 6, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—A visit to Scotland’s Scone Palace in the mid-1990s proved fateful for Misan Sagay, a medical student at the time attending nearby prestigious St. Andrews University. While walking through the rooms, she spied a beautiful painting. The 200-year-old un [...]

Kevin Spacey’s Shakespearean Odyssey

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|May 6, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Kevin Spacey reunites with his “American Beauty” director Sam Mendes to bring the experience of taking Shakespeare’s Richard III on the road in an around the world touring production in the documentary “Now: In the Wings on a World Stage.” The 54-year [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Rose Byrne is the Girl Next Door in ‘Neighbors’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|May 6, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Aussie actress Rose Byrne began her career 20 years ago in her native land in the romantic comedy “Dallas Doll,” playing a UFO-obsessed teenager. The brunette beauty went on to gain worldwide exposure playing the double of Natalie Portman’s Senator Pa [...]

Freddie Highmore Talks ‘Bates Motel’ Season Finale

News TV Features By Angela Dawson|May 5, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—The final episode of the season for the eerie drama series “Bates Motel” airs Monday on A&E. Series star Freddie Highmore, who plays conflicted oddball Norman Bates opposite Vera Farmiga, who plays his manipulative mother, Norma, promises some res [...]

Eisenberg Brilliantly Bedeviled in ‘The Double’

Film Reviews Reviews By Angela Dawson|May 3, 2014 |0

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic Director/co-writer Richard Ayoade’s deliciously dark “The Double” is Fyodor Dostoevsky by way of David Fincher’s “Fight Club” and Terry Gilliam’s “Brazil.” Outrageously stylish, frequently unsettl [...]

Director Marc Webb Spins Another ‘Spider-Man’ Adventure

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|May 2, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features NEW YORK—Marc Webb returns to helm the second installment of the rebooted web-slinging superhero series with “The Amazing Spider-Man 2.” The Bloomington, Ind. native says it’s important to present a Spider-Man that is not stoic, but a kid. He says it’s importan [...]

Teen Stars Take the Stage at Radio Disney Music Awards

News By Peter Gonzaga|April 30, 2014 |0

By CHRIS TRONDSEN Front Row Features LOS ANGELES—It was a teen dream come true as some of the hottest young stars in pop culture turned out for the 2014 Radio Disney Music Awards at the Nokia Live Theater in Los Angeles this past Sunday. The red carpet was star-studded with nominees such as Fifth [...]