By LYNN BARKER Front Row Features “Lucy,” writer/director Luc Besson’s female-empowered sci-fi tale of an average girl turned mega-brainiac, is available now on DVD and Blu-ray. This mix of think-fest and gangster action/drama is uneven but is worth a watch. Extras, although sparse, are enjoyable [...]
By LYNN BARKER Front Row Features Film Critic Boyz II Men. NSync. New Direction. All are among the success stories of boy bands. Record producers, rich entrepreneurs looking to make big bucks or indulging in a Godhead fantasy manufactured many of these groups. Backstreet Boys, one of the most suc [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features Academy Award winners Kevin Kline (“A Fish Called Wanda”) and Dame Maggie Smith (“The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie,” “California Suite”) spar in “My Old Lady,” available Tuesday, Jan, 27, on Blu-ray and DVD. Prolific playwright [...]
By PETERSON GONZAGA Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—The cast of “Americons” celebrated the premiere of the film at the Arclight Theaters in Hollywood Thursday. The drama is based on a true story of the experiences of Beau Martin Williams during the real estate boom. The one-time collegi [...]
By PETERSON GONZAGA Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—It was all about mustaches as the TCL Chinese Theatre hosted the movie premiere of “Mortdecai,” starring Johnny Depp, Gwyneth Paltrow, Olivia Munn and Ewan McGregor. Other celebrities joined the cast of the comedy caper on the red carp [...]
By PETERSON GONZAGA Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Celebrities and fans alike turned out to celebrate and support world boxing champion Manny Pacquiao for the premiere of the documentary film “Manny,” at the TCL Chinese Theatre Tuesday. Directed and produced by Ryan Moore, the film take [...]
Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Oscar winner and one-time Academy Awards show co-host Anne Hathaway reveals that she will be watching the ceremony from the comfort of her home this year—and that’s just fine with her. Still, the 32-year-old actress says she is ready and willing to be there for her no [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—It’s an atypical cold and rainy day here in Southern California but the dreary conditions seem to be the appropriate setting for an interview with Scottish director Kevin Macdonald, who is in town promoting his new underwater thriller, “Black Sea.” In [...]