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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 [...]

The Sixth TCM Classic Film Festival Gets Under Way in Hollywood

Features Film Features News By Angela Dawson|March 26, 2015 |0

The sixth TCM Classic Film Festival gets under way in Hollywood Thursday, March 26. The four-day event, sponsored annually by the popular cable channel, attracts thousands of movie lovers from around to watch movies and hear from legendary movie stars, filmmakers and screen experts. The movies an [...]

Rihanna Brings it ‘Home’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|March 24, 2015 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features GLENDALE, Calif.—Grammy winner Rihanna is no stranger to the recording booth, and yet the world-famous singer reveals she was a little apprehensive about providing the voice of the young human heroine Tip in the DreamWorks animated feature “Home.” “I’ve never d [...]

Musical Fairy Tale, Horror and Wall Street on Home Video

DVD Features News By Angela Dawson|March 23, 2015 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features The Academy Award nominated “Into the Woods” arrives in a Blu-ray Combo Pack Tuesday, March 24. From the director of “Chicago” and the producer of “Wicked,” this musical offers up a modern twist on the beloved fairy tales you thought you knew. Academy Award-win [...]

Imagine Al Pacino as a Rock Star in ‘Danny Collins’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|March 20, 2015 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Oscar and Tony winning actor Al Pacino has played a number of roles in his long and celebrated career. From mobsters, notably the fictional mobster Michael Corleone in the “Godfather” trilogy, to Shakespeare’s Shylock (on stage and on film) in “The Me [...]

Sean Penn Turns Action Star in ‘Gunman’

Film Features By Angela Dawson|March 17, 2015 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Wearing an olive green jacket, blue denim shirt and jeans for a press conference, Sean Penn appears to still be in the wardrobe of a former special ops turned assassin, whose past catches up with him in the political action-thriller “The Gunman.” Thou [...]

Shailene Woodley Reprises Outcast Heroine in ‘Insurgent’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|March 16, 2015 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Shailene Woodley reprises her role as rebellious outcast Tris Prior in “Insurgent,” the second installment of the big screen adaptation of the futuristic action adventure young adult novels by Veronica Roth. Shearing off her long locks at the beginnin [...]

‘Amazing’ Life Gets Documentary and Feature Adaptation Treatment

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

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—For years, James “The Amazing” Randi was a fixture on TV, frequently appearing on “The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson” and other talk shows. Now, his amazing life is the subject of a fascinating new documentary called “An Honest Liar.” More than simp [...]