By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—What’s scarier than ghosts, goblins, monsters or zombies? Politicians, some might say. Just in time for Halloween, movie star turned award-winning producer George Clooney drops a political satire on unsuspecting moviegoers with “Our Brand is Crisis.” [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—There is an action-packed scene in the upcoming political satire “Our Brand in Crisis” where star Sandra Bullock is aboard a bus as it barrels dangerously along a highway. No, this is not another “Speed ” sequel and no, Keanu Reeves is nowhere in sigh [...]
By LYNN BARKER Front Row Features SANTA FE, N.M.—Before it was a very successful film, “The Martian” was a popular novel by Andy Weir, a computer programming techie who first posted the novel on his website, chapter by chapter. The snowball effect from that point can only be described as a modern [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features Jake Gyllenhaal leads an all-star cast in the pugilist drama “Southpaw,” available Tuesday, Oct. 27 on Blu-ray, DVD and On Demand. Gyllenhaal (“Brokeback Mountain”) stars as Billy “The Great” Hope, a light heavyweight boxing champion who loses everything he lov [...]