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‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ Swings Into Stores November 9

DVD Features Features By Angela Dawson|November 6, 2012 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Better in every way than the recent trilogy it reboots, “The Amazing Spider-Man” succeeds by boldly going forward into the comic-book character’s past. The epic-length 136-minute adventure not only updates the web-slinger’s origin but also [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Sean Stone Makes A Frightening Directorial Debut with ‘Greystone Park’

DVD Features Features By Angela Dawson|October 17, 2012 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—They say the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, and in the case of Sean Stone, son of legendary filmmaker Oliver Stone, that certainly is the case. The 27-year-old, who has appeared as an actor in 13 of his father’s films, including “Salvador” and [...]

‘Neil Young Journeys’ on DVD

DVD Features Features By Angela Dawson|October 15, 2012 |0

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic Some of the hometown landmarks Neil Young recalls during on-the-road segments of this concert documentary may be long gone, but the singer-songwriter himself remains enduringly iconic after nearly a half-century of rocking in the free world. “N [...]

An Un’Holy’ Version of Monty Python’s ‘Life of Brian’ Controversy

DVD Features By Angela Dawson|September 4, 2012 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features In 1979, the members of the irreverent Monty Python comedy troupe released their most outrageous and controversial movie, “The Life of Brian.” Loosely based on the life of Christ—it was ostensibly about another child born in Israel around the same time as Jesus [...]

‘Kent Chronicles’ Trilogy Available on DVD

DVD Features Features By Angela Dawson|August 1, 2012 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—During the Golden Age of the miniseries—the late 1970s—TV viewers were transported back to the beginnings of America as seen through the eyes of a French-English immigrant in the mesmerizing melodramatic trilogy “The Kent Chronicles,” based on the pop [...]

Le Carre’s Cold War Spy George Smiley on Blu-Ray

DVD Features By Angela Dawson|April 10, 2012 |0

A Front Row Features Staff Report HOLLYWOOD—Recently called “The greatest spy show ever made,” the original “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” debuts on Blu-ray on April 24 with new extras, including deleted scenes and a lengthy, new interview with director John Irvin. John le Carré’s cla [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Robin Ellis Remembers ‘Poldark’

DVD Features By Angela Dawson|February 4, 2012 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—As American TV viewers are now hooked on “Downton Abbey,” there was a time 35 years ago when another spellbinding British saga took the former colonies by storm. It was called “Poldark,” and it aired over two seasons on PBS’ “Masterpiece Theatre.” The [...]