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Logan Lerman Disappears into ‘Sidney Hall’ Role

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|February 26, 2018 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Former child star Logan Lerman tackles his most demanding role to date in the drama “The Vanishing of Sidney Hall,” co-written and directed by Academy Award winner Shawn Christensen (writer/director of the 2012 short film “Curfew”). Now 26, the Los A [...]

Chadwick Boseman Puts the Accent on Authenticity in ‘Black Panther’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|February 15, 2018 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—After delivering dead-on performances depicting pioneering African-American icons of the 20th century—ballplayer Jackie Robinson, vocalist James Brown and justice Thurgood Marshall—actor Chadwick Boseman dons the suit of a fictional superhero in “Blac [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Emily Mortimer Arrives at ‘The Party’ Before ‘Poppins’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|February 13, 2018 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—In the upcoming “Mary Poppins Returns,” the long-anticipated sequel to the hit 1964 Disney musical, Emily Mortimer plays an all-grown-up Jane Banks. The Rob Marshall-directed sequel, which also stars Emily Blunt, Meryl Streep and Dick Van Dyke is set [...]

‘Black Panther’ Rooted in Empowered Females

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|February 12, 2018 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—While Marvel’s “Black Panther” superhero epic is being hailed as a historic achievement in popular cinema for bringing the first black superhero—the eponymous title character who also becomes the king of an under-the-radar highly advanced African coun [...]

Nick Park & Co. Visit the Stone Age With ‘Early Man’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|February 10, 2018 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Acclaimed filmmaker Nick Park has employed the painstaking process of stop-motion animation to bring his imaginative and humorous films to life ever since he was a teenager. Influenced by stop-motion animation pioneer Ray Harryhausen, the amiable and, [...]

‘Blade of the Immortal,’ ‘Florida Project,’ ‘Broad City,’ More on Home Entertainment … Plus a Valentine’s Day Giveaway!!!

DVD Features News By Angela Dawson|February 10, 2018 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features “Blade of the Immortal,” the 100th film from acclaimed Japanese director Takashi Miike, cuts to DVD, Blu-ray, SteelBook, Digital HD Tuesday Feb. 13. In this historic epic, Manji, a highly skilled samurai, becomes cursed with immortality after a legendary battl [...]

Dan Stevens, Rebecca Hall Get ‘Permission’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|February 7, 2018 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Dan Stevens and Rebecca Hall have been friends ever since they were theater students at Cambridge. Stevens got his big break appearing in a touring production of Shakespeare’s “As You Like It,” produced by Hall’s father, legendary theater producer Pet [...]

‘Shape of Water’s’ Doug Jones on Being Guillermo del Toro’s “House Pet”

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|February 5, 2018 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Chances are you may not recognize Doug Jones on sight but more than likely you’ve seen him in some of your favorite sci-fi and horror movies and TV shows. With his tall, slim frame and almost animal-like gracefulness, Jones frequently plays monsters a [...]

Richard Jenkins Earns Second Oscar Nomination with ‘Shape of Water’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|February 1, 2018 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Oscar nominee Richard Jenkins has been an actor for nearly 50 of his 70 years. The soft-spoken thespian began his career onstage appearing in regional theater productions. It wasn’t until 1985 that he made his big screen debut in the Lawrence Kasdan W [...]

Timothee Chalamet Goes from “Nobody” to Oscar Nominee with Performance in ‘Call Me By Your Name’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|January 27, 2018 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—At 23, “Call Me By Your Name” star Timothee Chalamet is breaking all kinds of records. He is the third youngest actor ever to receive an Academy Award nomination in the Best Actor category, and the youngest in that category since 1939. The [...]