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EXCLUSIVE: Chris Messina Goes Behind the Lens with ‘Alex of Venice’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|April 12, 2015 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Ubiquitous actor Chris Messina (“Argo,” “The Mindy Project”) steps behind the camera for his feature film directorial debut with the heartwarming drama “Alex of Venice.” The Long Island native says directing a film seemed a logical next step from acti [...]

Jon Hamm & Co. Reflect on ‘Mad Men’

Features TV Features By Angela Dawson|April 6, 2015 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON and JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—They say all good things must come to an end, and so it is with AMC’s award-winning drama series “Mad Men,” which began airing the last seven episodes of the seventh—and final—season last Sunday night. The brainchild of writer-director [...]

James D. Cooper Sheds Light on Who Managers in ‘Lambert & Stamp’

Features Film Features Music Features By Angela Dawson|April 6, 2015 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Few film documentaries tell the story of documentary filmmakers. The story of Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp, British filmmakers who in the Swingin’ Sixties approached an up-and-coming band called The High Numbers (which became The Who) to illustrate the [...]

Simon Pegg Plays Hit Man Times ‘Three’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|April 3, 2015 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Simon Pegg is known for playing lovable reluctant antiheroes like the titular zombie killer in “Shaun of the Dead,” starship engineer Montgomery “Scotty” Scott in the rebooted “Star Trek” franchise and helpful techie Benji in the “Mission: Impossible” [...]

‘Furious 7’ Drives Home Action, Heart

Features Film Reviews Reviews By Lynn Barker|April 2, 2015 |0

By LYNN BARKER Front Row Features Fans of the “Fast and Furious” film series will love the impossible stunts and tear up at a touching tribute to late actor Paul Walker in “Furious 7.” As Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel) always says, “This is about family” and, this time, it really is. A baddie’s relativ [...]

Police Guitarist Andy Summers Offers Arresting Portrait of a Band

Features Film Features Music Features By Angela Dawson|March 30, 2015 |1

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—A fit middle-aged man with sun-bleached blond hair and a tan strolls into a tony Beverly Hills hotel ballroom dressed mostly in black. His open jacket reveals a bright pink t-shirt emblazoned with the words “surfer” in lower-case white letters. While [...]

EXCLUSIVE: James Wan Switches Lanes from Horror to Action

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|March 30, 2015 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—James Wan has made a name for himself in Hollywood as the go-to director for modern horror films. Already, the Australian filmmaker counts the original “Saw,” “Dead Silence, Death Sentence,” “The Conjuring” and two “Insidious” films under his belt. So [...]

Reese Witherspoon, Hugh Grant and a Space Pirate on Home Video

DVD Features News By Angela Dawson|March 30, 2015 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features With the long winter of 2015 finally coming to an end, audiences may get inspired to head to the great outdoors with the Blu-ray and DVD release Tuesday, March 31 of “Wild,” the adventure film starring Academy Award winner Reese Witherspoon. Available from Twen [...]

Julie Andrews and Other Stars Grace TCM Festival Kickoff

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|March 28, 2015 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—It was a cornucopia of legendary celebrities and rising stars on the red carpet Thursday, March 26, at the opening night of the TCM Classic Film Festival, beginning this year with a special presentation of the Academy Award winning “The Sound of Music [...]

Jim Parsons Gets Animated in ‘Home’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|March 28, 2015 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features GLENDALE, Calif.—“Big Bang Theory” star Jim Parsons provides the voice of Oh, a banished alien, who kindly helps a human girl (voiced by singer Rihanna) try to find her mother (played by actress/singer/talent judge Jennifer Lopez) in DreamWorks animated comedy [...]