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Quincy Jones Recalls His Mentor in ‘Keep On’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|February 22, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Music impresario Quincy Jones holds the record as the most Grammy-nominated artist of all time with a total of 79 nods and 27 wins. Steeped in the world of jazz and pop, he has worked with and known all the greats. Among his notable achievements, he p [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Joely Richardson Returns to the Big Screen

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|February 12, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—After six seasons of playing the long-suffering wife of a workaholic Miami plastic surgeon on FX’s sexy drama “Nip/Tuck,” Joely Richardson decided it was time to return to her theater roots. Though she, admittedly, was a little afraid of getting back [...]

New Blu-ray, DVD Releases in Time for Valentine’s Day – 4 Photos

Film Features By Peter Gonzaga|February 9, 2014 |0

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New Blu-ray, DVD Releases in Time for Valentine’s Day

DVD Features Features By Angela Dawson|February 9, 2014 |0

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- [...]

Joel Kinnaman On the Beat in ‘RoboCop’ Update

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|February 8, 2014 |0

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 [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Quest for Conversation Leads to ‘Tim’s Vermeer’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|February 8, 2014 |0

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 [...]

A Double Dose of Zoe Kazan in ‘Pretty One’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|February 6, 2014 |0

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- [...]

George Clooney to the Rescue in ‘Monuments Men’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|February 5, 2014 |0

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 [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar-nominated ‘Cutie and the Boxer’ Subjects Speak

DVD Features By Angela Dawson|February 4, 2014 |0

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 [...]

Keaton Trades in His Cape for a Sweater in Rebooted ‘RoboCop’

Film Features By Angela Dawson|February 3, 2014 |0

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 [...]