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EXCLUSIVE: Frankie Goes to Hollywood (Again)

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|September 23, 2019 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—For seven seasons, Frankie Muniz starred in the acclaimed comedy “Malcolm in the Middle.” When the show wrapped 13 years ago, the gifted, wholesome-looking actor decided to pursue another passion: racing cars. After sustaining several concussions duri [...]

‘Downton Abbey’ Cast Recall Fond Memories of the Show and Their New Movie

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|September 22, 2019 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Life sort of imitated art on the set of “Downton Abbey” as the cast became giddy during a visit by none other than the Duchess of Cambridge. That’s Kate Middleton, Prince William’s wife, for those unfamiliar with royal titles. The Duchess was only sch [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Michael Engler Takes ‘Downton Abbey’ from the Small Screen to the Big Screen

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|September 21, 2019 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—The day that the highly anticipated period drama “Downton Abbey” arrives in North American theaters, the film’s director Michael Engler is still hard at work promoting the picture, which is likely to have a built-in audience of rabid fans. Since it wa [...]

EXCLUSIVE: The Strange Magical Journey of ‘The Amazing Johnathan’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|August 15, 2019 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD— “The Amazing Johnathan” is ostensibly a documentary about famed magician, comedian and self-described prankster Johnathan Szeles, but it morphs into a case study on the increasingly competitive world of documentary filmmaking. Anyone who was captivat [...]

EXCLUSIVE: No Country for Young Women in ‘Gwen’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|August 12, 2019 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Eleanor Worthington-Cox plays a young farm girl eking out a living with her mother and younger sister in the remote mountainous range of Wales’ Snowdonian in the folk tale drama “Gwen.” The 18-year-old British actress plays the title character, a youn [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Filmmakers Go For Authenticity in ‘Peanut Butter Falcon’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|August 10, 2019 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—After meeting Zack Gottsagen, an aspiring actor with Down syndrome while volunteering at a camp for actors with disabilities, Tyler Nilson, an actor, hand model and aspiring filmmaker, along with his co-directing partner Michael Schwartz, saw somethin [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Melanie Liburd Plays Sexual Assault Victim, Providing Balance in ‘Brian Banks’ Drama

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|August 8, 2019 |0

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EXCLUSIVE: Tom Shadyac Tackles Wrongful Conviction with ‘Brian Banks’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|August 7, 2019 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Tom Shadyac has been making movie audiences laugh for more than a quarter-century. From “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective” to “The Nutty Professor” to “Bruce Almighty” and its sequel “Evan Almighty,” the Virginia native has carved out a niche of making popu [...]

Bart Freundlich Casts Real Life Mate Julianne Moore in ‘After the Wedding’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|August 7, 2019 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Filmmaker Bart Freundlich met his future wife more than a quarter-century ago on the set of his first feature film “The Myth of Fingerprints.” The pair had a son and a daughter and eventually made their relationship official with a wedding in 2003. Th [...]

Guillermo del Toro Scares Up Classic Story Collection in New Film

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|August 7, 2019 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Horror storyteller-with-a-soul Guillermo del Toro recalls roaming through a San Antonio bookstore as a young teenager and coming across Alvin Schwartz’s “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark,” illustrated by Stephen Gammell. “The cover illustration was s [...]