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 [...]

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” [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]