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‘Unfriended’ Ushers in Screencast Movies

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|April 14, 2015 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Fifteen years ago, the “found footage” storytelling technique used in “The Blair Witch Project” changed the way many horror movies were made. The next evolution in the genre may be one started by Russian filmmaker Timur Bekmambetov (“Night Watch,” “Da [...]

Sondheim, More ‘Iron Fists,’ a Vigilante and the end of ‘War’ on Home Video

DVD Features News By Angela Dawson|April 13, 2015 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features “The Stephen Sondheim Collection,” a DVD compilation of the composer’s greatest works is available on DVD Tuesday, April 14. The collection includes stage performances of “Into the Woods,” “Company,” “Sunday in the Park With George,” “Follies In Concert,” [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Chris Messina Goes Behind the Lens with ‘Alex of Venice’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|April 12, 2015 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Ubiquitous actor Chris Messina (“Argo,” “The Mindy Project”) steps behind the camera for his feature film directorial debut with the heartwarming drama “Alex of Venice.” The Long Island native says directing a film seemed a logical next step from acti [...]

James D. Cooper Sheds Light on Who Managers in ‘Lambert & Stamp’

Features Film Features Music Features By Angela Dawson|April 6, 2015 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Few film documentaries tell the story of documentary filmmakers. The story of Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp, British filmmakers who in the Swingin’ Sixties approached an up-and-coming band called The High Numbers (which became The Who) to illustrate the [...]

Simon Pegg Plays Hit Man Times ‘Three’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|April 3, 2015 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Simon Pegg is known for playing lovable reluctant antiheroes like the titular zombie killer in “Shaun of the Dead,” starship engineer Montgomery “Scotty” Scott in the rebooted “Star Trek” franchise and helpful techie Benji in the “Mission: Impossible” [...]

Police Guitarist Andy Summers Offers Arresting Portrait of a Band

Features Film Features Music Features By Angela Dawson|March 30, 2015 |1

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—A fit middle-aged man with sun-bleached blond hair and a tan strolls into a tony Beverly Hills hotel ballroom dressed mostly in black. His open jacket reveals a bright pink t-shirt emblazoned with the words “surfer” in lower-case white letters. While [...]

EXCLUSIVE: James Wan Switches Lanes from Horror to Action

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|March 30, 2015 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—James Wan has made a name for himself in Hollywood as the go-to director for modern horror films. Already, the Australian filmmaker counts the original “Saw,” “Dead Silence, Death Sentence,” “The Conjuring” and two “Insidious” films under his belt. So [...]

Reese Witherspoon, Hugh Grant and a Space Pirate on Home Video

DVD Features News By Angela Dawson|March 30, 2015 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features With the long winter of 2015 finally coming to an end, audiences may get inspired to head to the great outdoors with the Blu-ray and DVD release Tuesday, March 31 of “Wild,” the adventure film starring Academy Award winner Reese Witherspoon. Available from Twen [...]

Julie Andrews and Other Stars Grace TCM Festival Kickoff

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|March 28, 2015 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—It was a cornucopia of legendary celebrities and rising stars on the red carpet Thursday, March 26, at the opening night of the TCM Classic Film Festival, beginning this year with a special presentation of the Academy Award winning “The Sound of Music [...]

Jim Parsons Gets Animated in ‘Home’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|March 28, 2015 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features GLENDALE, Calif.—“Big Bang Theory” star Jim Parsons provides the voice of Oh, a banished alien, who kindly helps a human girl (voiced by singer Rihanna) try to find her mother (played by actress/singer/talent judge Jennifer Lopez) in DreamWorks animated comedy [...]