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‘Creed II’ Cast and Filmmakers Talk Up New Sequel

Features Film Features By Peter Gonzaga|November 19, 2018 |0

By PETERSON GONZAGA Front Row Features LONG BEACH, Calif.—The filmmaker and stars of “Creed II” were on hand at ComplexCon, an annual three-day festival that brings pop culture, music, art, food and fashion together. They were there to promote the boxing film sequel set to debut Wednesday, Nov. 2 [...]

Reilly and Silverman Download Ralph and Vanellope in Sequel

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|November 19, 2018 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—John C. Reilly and Sarah Silverman reprise their roles as Ralph and Vanellope, respectively, in the sequel to 2012’s hit Disney animated feature “Wreck-it Ralph.” In that earlier film, video game character Ralph got fed up with being the perennial bad [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Julie Hagerty Fosters Another Funny Character in ‘Instant Family’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|November 15, 2018 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Julie Hagerty has been making audiences laugh for four decades. From her first starring film role as feisty flight attendant Elaine in the Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker comedy “Airplane!” to her memorable performances as an uprooted yuppie in Albert Brooks’ [...]

Cast, Filmmaker Ponder the ‘Crimes of Grindelwald’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|November 14, 2018 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—The latest installment of J.K. Rowling’s magical world of wizards moves from America to Paris where a schism is forming among its members as to what course to take over the governance of magical beings in relation to those whom are non-magical. Meanwh [...]

Redmayne and Waterston Back on the Hunt for ‘Grindelwald’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|November 12, 2018 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD— Eddie Redmayne and Katherine Waterston reprise their roles as an intrepid Magizoologist and an independent-minded Auror, respectively, on the tail of an escaped demagogic wizard, in the fantasy adventure film “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelw [...]

Benedict Cumberbatch Gets Dastardly in ‘Grinch’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|November 7, 2018 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—After more than 50 years of stealing Christmas from the merry residents of Whoville, everyone’s favorite holiday party pooper is at it again in an all-new animated feature “The Grinch.” Benedict Cumberbatch (“Doctor Strange,” “Avengers: Infinity War”) [...]

MacKenzie Foy, Keira Knightley Show Girl Power in Disney’s ‘Nutcracker’ Film

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|October 31, 2018 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—“The Nutcracker” is as much a Christmas holiday tradition as figgy pudding, Santa Claus and the exchanging presents. Disney’s new music-filled live-action fantasy “The Nutcracker and the Four Realms” is based on the E.T.A. Hoffman’s 1816 story, which [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Documentarian Tells Maria Callas’ Story in her Own Words

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|October 30, 2018 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Maria Callas wasn’t simply one of the world’s greatest opera singers. She specialized in bel cantos of the romantic period of the 18th and early 19th century. The beguiling brunette was known for her wide-ranging voice and distinctive dramatic interpr [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Mia Goth in a Witch’s Brew of Dance in ‘Suspiria’

Film Features By Angela Dawson|October 26, 2018 |2

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Mia Goth joins a stellar, mostly female cast in Luca Guadagnino’s remake of the 1977 classic horror film “Suspiria,” now in limited release in theaters. Goth plays a member of a world-renowned modern dance company, which turns out to be run by a coven [...]

Blum, Carpenter Talk Bringing ‘Halloween’ Back to Life

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|October 18, 2018 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Horrormeister Jason Blum considers himself among the legion of fans of John Carpenter’s original “Halloween,” and perhaps an even bigger admirer of the venerable filmmaker himself. So, when the idea of making another “Halloween” movie began to take sh [...]