By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, what better way to celebrate the occasion than by firing up the DVD or Blu-ray player, cuddling up with your sweetheart and watching some new feature film releases on home video. We’re not just talking meet-cute rom- [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Joel Kinnaman was only seven years old when Paul Verhoeven’s cautionary sci-fi drama “RoboCop” came out. It was an iconic film for this Swedish-American actor, so when he heard from his agent that the film was set for a reboot, he thought he would be [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—With a demanding career, a wife and two small children at home, illusionist/author/comedian Penn Jillette wasn’t looking add more to his plate when he embarked on a five-year documentary project about his friend Tim Jenison, a charismatic and tenaciou [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Having proved herself as a screenwriter with her much acclaimed 2012 romantic comedy “Ruby Sparks,” in which she co-starred with real life boyfriend Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan returns to the screen in a dual role in the dark comedy “The Pretty One.” The 30- [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—As with his “Ocean’s” trilogy, “Leatherheads,” and “Good Night, and Good Luck,” George Clooney leads a band of misfits into what appears to be a hopeless, or at least a long shot situation, and manages to beat the odds in the self-directed “Monuments [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD— The life and career of an octogenarian Japanese avant-garde artist émigré living in New York City with his much younger wife are the subject of “Cutie and the Boxer,” a documentary by filmmaker Zachary Heinzerling. Cutie is Noriko Shinohara, wife of [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—It becomes clear rather quickly that Michael Keaton (nee Michael Douglas) began his career as a stand up comedian. He’s sharp, funny and can think fast on his feet. Of course, the native Pennsylvanian has had a long career as an actor, starring in com [...]
****EDITORS: Please note that the title of Teller’s TV series has been asterisked for language.**** By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Teller is internationally known as the quiet half of the Penn & Teller magic act. But the veteran entertainer has a lot to say about “Tim’s [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Jessalyn Gilsig has perfected the art of playing flawed women, sometimes deceptive, manipulative and scheming as her characters were on “Nip/Tuck,” “Glee” and “Heroes,” but always interesting to watch. The Montreal-born actress explains during a phone [...]