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Armie Hammer Explores Forbidden Passion in ‘Call Me By Your Name’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|November 22, 2017 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Armie Hammer knew it would be a challenge take on the role of 24-year-old grad student who has a passionate affair with the teenage son of the professor for whom he is interning in Luca Guadagnino’s adaptation of Andre Aciman’s acclaimed novel, “ [...]

‘Coco’s’ Cast, Filmmakers Talk Politics, Mexican Culture

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|November 20, 2017 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—While Disney/Pixar’s “Coco” is a colorful and musical homage to the Mexican annual tradition of celebrating the Day of the Dead, it also arrives in theaters just as a political storm has engulfed the U.S. regarding immigration from South of the Border [...]

Actresses Delighted to Join Cast of ‘Marvel’s Runaways’

Features TV Features By Peter Gonzaga|November 17, 2017 |1

By PETERSON GONZAGA Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Life for young actresses Lyrica Okano and Virginia Gardner changed once they knew they were going to be part of the Marvel family. Along with the other cast members, Okano and Gardner were so excited about the news of being part of a successful fra [...]

The Gang’s All Here in ‘Justice League’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|November 14, 2017 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features LONDON—Batman, Wonder Woman and Superman are joined by fellow DC Comics superheroes Aquaman, The Flash and Cyborg in the highly anticipated fantasy action spectacle “Justice League.” Ben Affleck reprises his role as Bruce Wayne/Batman, alongside Gal Gadot, who [...]

Ferguson Doc, Agatha Christie Titles, ‘Rake,’ More on Home Entertainment … Plus a Giveaway!!!

DVD Features News By Angela Dawson|November 12, 2017 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features “Whose Streets?,” an unflinching documentary about the Ferguson, Mo., uprising and its aftermath, is available Tuesday Nov. 14 on DVD, from Magnolia Home Entertainment. It also is available on Digital HD. Filmmakers Sabaah Folayan and Damon Davis document the e [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Documentarian Joe Berlinger Goes Behind the Scenes of Hollywood’s Armenian Genocide Fail

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|November 11, 2017 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Various attempts over the years to make a Hollywood studio feature film about the Armenian genocide have been thwarted, including an attempt by legendary producer Irving Thalberg to make a film about the subject in the 1930s. The U.S. State Department [...]

Kenneth Branagh Takes a Stab at Classic Whodunit ‘Murder on the Orient Express’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|November 6, 2017 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—One might think it takes a lot of hubris to remake Sidney Lumet’s successful 1974 adaptation of Agatha Christie’s “Murder on the Orient Express.” After all, the critically acclaimed and popular feature film boasted a star-studded cast that included La [...]

Photos: New Technology Allows Visually-Impaired to Enjoy ‘Dealt’ Documentary

Film Features By Peter Gonzaga|November 4, 2017 |0

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Cast, Filmmakers Game for ‘Thor: Ragnarok’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|October 31, 2017 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—A press conference for the highly anticipated “Thor: Ragnarok” begins to resemble an episode of “The Price is Right” game show, with press and bloggers assigned numbers to enter a hotel ballroom to interview—or at least gaze upon and record—cast membe [...]

Criterion’s ‘Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me’ Adds 90 Must-See Minutes

DVD Features Features By James Dawson|October 29, 2017 |0

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic The new “Director Approved” Criterion Collection edition of 1992’s “Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me,” available as a single Blu-ray and a two-disc DVD, adds a whopping 90 minutes of expanded and deleted scenes plus other e [...]