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Tim Burton Reanimates his ‘Frankenweenie’ Classic

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|October 3, 2012 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features ANAHEIM, Calif.—Tim Burton has come a long way since he made his original “Frankenweenie,” short film about a boy named Victor who brings his dead dog back to life via a good jolt of electricity, an homage to Mary Shelley’s horror classic “Frankenstein” and the [...]

Anna Kendrick is Simply ‘Perfect’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|October 2, 2012 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Anna Kendrick got her start in musical theater, earning a Tony nomination at the tender age of 12 for her role as Dinah Lord in the 1997 Broadway musical production of “High Society.” One of her earliest film roles was playing a musical theater studen [...]

Winona Ryder: From ‘Beetlejuice’ to ‘Frankenweenie’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|October 1, 2012 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—At 13, Winona Ryder landed a plum role in Tim Burton’s horror comedy “Beetlejuice.” Young and relatively new to Hollywood at the time, she didn’t recognize the filmmaker when they first met on the Warner Bros lot. She simply assumed the gangly fellow [...]

‘Crimson’ Miniseries is a Victorian Delight

Film Reviews Reviews TV Features By Angela Dawson|September 27, 2012 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features Prostitution. Insanity. Infidelity. Those are some of the subjects delved into in “The Crimson Petal and the White,” a provocative four-part miniseries about an ambitious young prostitute and her wealthy john, set in Victorian England. The Gothic melodrama is b [...]

Gordon-Levitt Tackles Time Travel in ‘Looper’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|September 27, 2012 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Joseph Gordon-Levitt is having quite a year. Having starred in the box office hit “The Dark Knight Rises” and the end-of-summer action thriller “Premium Rush,” as well as hosting “Saturday Night Live,” the busy performer is now playing Bruce Willis. [...]

Scene Stealer Rebel Wilson Returns in ‘Pitch Perfect’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|September 25, 2012 |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 [...]

Claire Danes Returns for More ‘Homeland’

Features News TV Features By Judy Sloane|September 24, 2012 |0

By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—At 15, Claire Danes starred as Angela Chase on the TV drama “My So-Called Life.” The ABC network series only ran 19 episodes, but became a cult favorite. Danes went on to embody such diverse characters as Juliet in Baz Luhrmann’s “Romeo + Ju [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Matthew Lillard Spells ‘Trouble’ for Clint Eastwood in New Drama

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|September 18, 2012 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—It’s never easy to be nasty to film icon Clint Eastwood, but Matthew Lillard had the pressure of having to do it in just one take. Best known for his roles in “Scream” and the “Scooby-Doo” franchise, Lillard plays the upstart heavy in “Trouble with th [...]

Clint Eastwood Scouts for ‘Trouble’ in Baseball Pic

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|September 17, 2012 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Time will tell whether Clint Eastwood will be remembered for his phenomenal acting and filmmaking career or his bizarre improvised discussion with an empty chair representing President Obama at the 2012 GOP convention in Tampa. Or both. In the meantim [...]

The ‘Perks’ of Being Ezra Miller

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|September 17, 2012 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Ezra Miller, who played the sociopathic title character in last year’s “We Need to Talk About Kevin,” is nothing like that and other dark troubled youths he has played in his brief but productive career. In fact, when he calls an hour late by phone fr [...]