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Aaron Paul and Norman Reedus Play Brothers in Crime Drama ‘Triple 9’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|February 23, 2016 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD— Aaron Paul and Norman Reedus both have starred on wildly popular TV shows on the cable network AMC. Paul played meth-making apprentice Jesse Pinkman on “Breaking Bad,” and Reedus stars as the crossbow-toting zombie killer Daryl Dixon on “The Walking [...]

‘Spotlight,’ ‘Fargo’ redux, ‘Irish R.M.’ and More on Home Video

Blu-Ray / DVD Reviews DVD Features Features News Reviews By Angela Dawson|February 22, 2016 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features A true story of the dogged investigative team that blew the lid off a monumental cover up, “Spotlight” is available in a Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD and On Demand on Tuesday, Feb. 23, from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. It also is available on Digital HD. D [...]

Cliff Curtis Finally Plays Dream Role in ‘Risen’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|February 19, 2016 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Cliff Curtis grew up in his native New Zealand a devout Roman Catholic. He attended church daily and served as an altar boy in his youth. Curtis even pondered entering the priesthood but eventually changed his mind and became an actor. Still, his deep [...]

Millennial Actor Stephan James Steps Back into History with ‘Race’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|February 18, 2016 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Stephan James is only 22, but already the Canadian actor has learned quite a bit about the deep-rooted history of racism in North America through his portrayal of several real-life and fictional historic figures. He played civil rights activist John L [...]

Joseph Fiennes Talks on Jackson, ‘Risen’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|February 16, 2016 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—As Hollywood was going all politically correct in admonishing the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences for not having enough diversity in its Academy Awards nominations this year (and last), Joseph Fiennes inadvertently touched off his own min [...]

Jason Sudeikis Plays ‘Accidental Non-racist’ in ‘Race’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|February 15, 2016 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Behind almost any great athlete is an almost equally great coach. Legendary African-American track runner and U.S. Olympic champion Jesse Owens had Larry Snyder, his color-blind coach from Ohio State University, when he began his incredible road to th [...]

Katie Holmes’ Poetic Turn in ‘Touched With Fire’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|February 11, 2016 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features NEW YORK—Katie Holmes plays a poet with bipolar disorder whose work is fueled by her emotional extremes in the romantic drama “Touched With Fire.” As Carla, she meets Marco, also a poet (played by Luke Kirby, TV’s “Rectify”), with the same condition while recei [...]

Rebel Wilson Talks on ‘How to Be Single’

Film Features By Angela Dawson|February 8, 2016 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Rebel Wilson came to fame in Australia in the TV comedy series “Bogan Pride.” For non-Aussies, “bogan” is a derogatory term for someone who is uneducated and unfashionable. Of course, the plus-size Wilson, who created and starred in the series, manage [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Alden Ehrenreich Ropes a Leading Role in ‘Hail, Caesar!’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|February 5, 2016 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—In Joel and Ethan Coen’s “Hail, Caesar!” he gets third billing, after Josh Brolin and George Clooney, but odds are audiences may not be familiar with the actor Alden Ehrenreich. That could change after his starring turn as an acting-challenged singing [...]

George Clooney Returns to Coens Fold in ‘Hail, Caesar!’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|February 3, 2016 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—George Clooney, who starred in Joel and Ethan Coens’ 1930’s-set comedy “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” in 2000, reconnects with the sibling filmmakers, starring in their latest comedy, “Hail, Caesar!” a tongue-in-cheek homage to Hollywood’s Golden Age. C [...]