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Will Smith Finds a Way to Discover His Inner Genie in Disney’s All-New ‘Aladdin’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|May 22, 2019 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—In his long and illustrious acting career, superstar Will Smith has done it all onscreen. He’s played the greatest boxer of all time in “Ali.” He’s battled aliens as a no-nonsense government agent in the “Men in Black” franchise. He’s pursued “Happyne [...]

EXCLUSIVE: David Yarovesky Turns Superhero Origins Story on Its Head in Terrifying ‘Brightburn’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|May 21, 2019 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Rising filmmaker David Yarovesky was one of those kids who was considered an oddball, an outsider when he was growing up. He had dyed jet black hair. He wore Freddy Krueger t-shirts. He wrote creepy horror stories in English class. Sometimes, his mom [...]

EXCLUSIVE: ‘A Dog’s Journey’ Actress Says it’s High Time for Girl-and-her-Dog Movie

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|May 15, 2019 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Actress Kathryn Prescott didn’t let on to her “A Dog’s Journey” co-star Dennis Quaid that she and her twin sister, Megan, were obsessed with his version of “The Parent Trap” back when they were kids. “We’d make our mum play it again and again,” recall [...]

EXCLUSIVE: K-Pop Star Henry Lau Sets Course for Hollywood with ‘A Dog’s Journey’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|May 13, 2019 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—When popular Asian musician/actor Henry Lau was offered his first English-language role in “A Dog’s Journey,” he initially didn’t realize how important it was for him to accept it. After all, the character he plays in the film also is the Caucasian fe [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Dennis Quaid Returns for ‘A Dog’s Journey’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|May 13, 2019 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—When the modestly budgeted tearjerker “A Dog’s Purpose,” became the unexpected big dog at the box office in 2017, Dennis Quaid, the film’s star, wasn’t surprised at all. The film, which cost an estimated $22 million to make, wound up earning more than [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Couple Trades City Life for the Joys and Challenges of Working the Land in ‘The Biggest Little Farm’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|May 6, 2019 |1

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—In the heartwarming documentary “The Biggest Little Farm,” John and Molly Chester, a couple of city dwellers —he’s a documentarian and she’s a successful food blogger and professional chef—trade in their cramped Santa Monica [...]

‘Riverdale’ Star Tackles Teen Angst in Netflix’s ‘The Last Summer’

Features Online / Streaming Features Online Films By Angela Dawson|May 1, 2019 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—KJ Apa is best known for playing all-American Archie Andrews, a high school student trying to navigate the rough waters of growing up while pursuing his passions of writing and performing music, on the hit CW TV series “Riverdale.” Apa actually hails [...]

11 Years and 22 Films Later, ‘Avengers’ Reaches Destination with ‘Endgame’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|April 10, 2019 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Beginning with 2008’s “Iron Man,” and followed by 20 more superhero films in what has become known as the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the press conferences preceding the movies’ arrival in theaters have shared a common festive atmosphere. For “Avengers [...]

‘We Die Young,’ ‘On the Basis of Sex,’ ‘Matriarch,’ More Available on Home Entertainment … Plus a Giveaway!!!

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|April 8, 2019 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features We Die Young Action legend Jean-Claude Van Damme (“Double Impact,” “Bloodsport”) takes a powerful dramatic turn as a war veteran with PTSD helping two boys get revenge on a violent drug lord in the gritty crime thriller, “We Die Young,” arriving on Blu-ray and [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Mike Leigh Delivers Relevant History Lesson with ‘Peterloo’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|April 3, 2019 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Filmmaker Mike Leigh couldn’t have imagined the divisiveness of Brexit, the rise of the yellow jacket protestors in France and general unrest elsewhere in Europe as well as this side of the pond when he was contemplating making his historic epic “Pete [...]