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Olivia Thirlby Explores the Path of Sexuality in ‘Nobody Walks’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|October 16, 2012 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Olivia Thirlby almost was cast in the acclaimed new HBO series “Girls,” but conflicts with other projects changed all that. Still, the 26-year-old actress hasn’t ruled out eventually guest starring on the series created by her childhood pal Lena Dunha [...]

Matthew Fox Found in ‘Alex Cross’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|October 16, 2012 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—When “Lost” went off the air, Matthew Fox, who played the heroic doctor Jack Shephard, decided to stay out of the limelight for a while. For a year he went home to Oregon and was simply a husband and father. (He has two children with his wife Margheri [...]

‘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 [...]

Ben Affleck Wears Many Hats and a Beard for ‘Argo’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|October 12, 2012 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Ben Affleck has gone from leading man to a respected filmmaker the past decade or so. With the success of 2007’s “Gone Baby Gone” and 2010’s “The Town” under his belt, Affleck now tackles a historic drama involving a daring rescue in “Argo.” The 40-ye [...]

Sam Rockwell Plays Another Dangerous Mind in ‘Seven Psychopaths’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|October 11, 2012 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—It’s difficult to steal scenes in a film that boasts famed scenery chewers Colin Farrell, Woody Harrelson and Christopher Walken, yet Sam Rockwell manages to do just that in the dark comedy “Seven Psychopaths.” Rockwell, known for playing offbeat char [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Breaking From his TV Series, Bryan Cranston Goes Undercover in ‘Argo’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|October 9, 2012 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Bryan Cranston has mixed emotions about the upcoming fifth and final season of the critically acclaimed AMC series “Breaking Bad.” Though he will miss his colleagues and playing the drug-dealing schoolteacher Walter White, a role that has earned him t [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Colin Farrell Reteams With Martin McDonagh for ‘Seven Psychopaths’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|October 5, 2012 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Over the course of his career, Colin Farrell has played seven or so psychopaths, or at least characters that are unbalanced or on the verge of becoming unhinged. Extreme examples include the villainous Bullseye in “Daredevil,” the killer neighbor in 2 [...]

Tim Burton Reanimates his ‘Frankenweenie’ Classic

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|October 3, 2012 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features ANAHEIM, Calif.—Tim Burton has come a long way since he made his original “Frankenweenie,” short film about a boy named Victor who brings his dead dog back to life via a good jolt of electricity, an homage to Mary Shelley’s horror classic “Frankenstein” and the [...]

Anna Kendrick is Simply ‘Perfect’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|October 2, 2012 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Anna Kendrick got her start in musical theater, earning a Tony nomination at the tender age of 12 for her role as Dinah Lord in the 1997 Broadway musical production of “High Society.” One of her earliest film roles was playing a musical theater studen [...]

Winona Ryder: From ‘Beetlejuice’ to ‘Frankenweenie’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|October 1, 2012 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—At 13, Winona Ryder landed a plum role in Tim Burton’s horror comedy “Beetlejuice.” Young and relatively new to Hollywood at the time, she didn’t recognize the filmmaker when they first met on the Warner Bros lot. She simply assumed the gangly fellow [...]