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French-Canadian YA Book Series ‘Amos Daragon’ Set for Big Screen Adaptation

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

By a Front Row Features Staff Reporter Award-winning Canadian filmmaking trio RKSS (Anouk Whissell, Francois Simard and Yoann-Karl Whissell) are attached to direct the live-action adaption of the international literary phenomenon “Amos Daragon.” Executive-produced by Sylvain Viau of IceWorks Pict [...]

Guillermo del Toro’s Fable-like Monster Movie Conjures 13 Oscar Nominations

Features Film Features News By Angela Dawson|January 23, 2018 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Mexican film auteur Guillermo del Toro earned three Oscar nominations Tuesday for his fable-like sci-fi romance “The Shape of Water,” which has been soaking up trophies throughout this awards season. Del Toro was nominated in the directing, writing (w [...]

A Double Dose of J.K. Simmons in Starz Series ‘Counterpart’

Features TV Features By Judy Sloane|January 20, 2018 |0

By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—J.K. Simmons had a recurring role on the “Law & Order” franchise, co-starred in the prison drama “Oz” and won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of an abusive band instructor in “Whiplash,” but he probably is still best kn [...]

‘Waco’ Miniseries Recalls Tragic Standoff, Premieres on Paramount Network

Features TV Features By Judy Sloane|January 20, 2018 |0

By JUDY SLOANE and ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—February 28 marks the 25th anniversary of the beginning of an infamous standoff between a religious cult known as the Branch Davidians who clashed with federal and state law enforcement agencies in Waco, Texas. For the next 51 days, th [...]

Gerard Butler, 50 Cent Starrer Banks on Audiences’ Love of Old School Action Flicks

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|January 17, 2018 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—“300’s” Gerard Butler and rapper/actor Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson head up a predominantly male cast in “Den of Thieves,” a testosterone-fueled heist movie that feels almost like an Old-School shoot-‘em-up throwback amidst Hollywood’s current fetish for [...]

Alex Roe Goes Country for ‘Forever My Girl’

Features Film Features By Lynn Barker|January 17, 2018 |0

By LYNN BARKER Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Filmgoers know 27-year-old British actor Alex Roe as a sci-fi and horror leading man. His work as hunky outdoorsman turned freedom fighter Evan Walker in the film adaptation of popular Sci-Fi, YA novel “The Fifth Wave” and as a young man trapped by a vi [...]

Chris Hemsworth Leads the Cavalry in ’12 Strong’

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

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Moviegoers know Chris Hemsworth for his depiction of Marvel’s godly superhero Thor. But the Australian actor trades his hammer for an M4 assault rifle as a U.S. Army Special Forces captain in the action-packed war drama “12 Strong.” Hemsworth says it [...]

Jane Seymour & Co. Revisit the Eighties in Pop’s ‘Let’s Get Physical’ Comedy Series

Features TV Features By Judy Sloane|January 15, 2018 |0

By JUDY SLOANE and ANGELA DAWSON HOLLYWOOD—Actress and former “Dancing with the Stars” celebrity contestant Jane Seymour returns to the small screen in the ‘80s flashback comedy series “Let’s Get Physical.” The perennial British beauty plays a new widow thrust into taking over the operations of h [...]

A Bear-y Welcome Return for ‘Paddington 2’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|January 9, 2018 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Hugh Grant reunites with his “Notting Hill” co-star Hugh Bonneville in the highly anticipated sequel to 2014’s family friendly adventure “Paddington,” starring the beloved children’s book character, an anthropomorphic Peruvian bear that appears lifeli [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Peter Fonda Back in the Saddle in ‘The Ballad of Lefty Brown’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|January 2, 2018 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—This year marks the 50th anniversary of the making of the seminal ‘60s counterculture classic, “Easy Rider.” To mark the occasion, the film’s producer, co-writer and iconic star Peter Fonda expects that he will get back on a motorcycle. Never mind tha [...]