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EXCLUSIVE: Jason Isaacs Throws Caution to the Wind as a Theme Park Entrepreneur in ‘Skyfire’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|January 7, 2021 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Jason Isaacs has played a number of antagonists throughout his career, from the oppressive Red Coat officer Col. William Tavington in “The Patriot,” to magic blood purist Lucius Malfoy in the “Harry Potter” films to Captain Hook in 2003’s “Peter Pan,” [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Practical Experience Plays Role in Tom Everett Scott’s Supportive Spouse Character in ‘Sister of the Groom’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|December 15, 2020 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Tom Everett Scott reunites onscreen with his “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul” co-star Alicia Silverstone to once again play a married couple dealing with family issues in “Sister of the Groom.” Best known for 1996’s music-filled comedy “Tha [...]

Band of Brothers: New Frank Marshall HBO Doc Sheds Light on the Bee Gees

Features Film Features TV Features By Angela Dawson|December 8, 2020 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—While the Bee Gees are most closely associated with disco music thanks to their involvement in the 1977 landmark soundtrack album, “Saturday Night Fever,” that featured five of their songs, the band, fronted by three British/Australian brothers, alrea [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Karim Saleh Excavates Feelings Old and New in Romantic Drama ‘Luxor’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|November 29, 2020 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Growing up in war-torn Lebanon, Karim Saleh turned to Hollywood movies as an escape from the imminent dangers of the real world. His favorite actors were swarthy Italian-Americans Marlon Brando, Robert De Niro and Al Pacino, and he reveled in the film [...]

Ultimate Dolly Parton DVD Collection Available In Time For Gift-Giving

DVD Features News By Angela Dawson|November 24, 2020 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—For more than a half-century, Dolly Parton has been synonymous with Country music. The Tennessee-born vocalist and songwriter has composed more than 3,000 songs, with 25 of them reaching No. 1 on the Billboard charts. Her music has been RIAA-certified [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Indie Filmmaker Bridges Generation Gap with Bocce in Debut Feature ‘Team Marco’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|November 15, 2020 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Staten Island, N.Y., native Julio Vincent Gambuto makes his feature directorial debut with the heartwarming comedy “Team Marco,” about a multi-generational household overcoming the generation gap. The film is set against the backdrop of bocce, similar [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Filipino-American Experience Explored in Diane Paragas’ Music-Filled ‘Yellow Rose’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|October 6, 2020 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—October is Filipino-American History Month so what better way to celebrate this rich culture than to enjoy a heartwarming film about a young Filipino-American pursuing her American dream. “Yellow Rose,” arriving in theaters in North America Friday Oct [...]

EXCLUSIVE: John Scheinfeld Doc Trumpets Accomplishments of Renaissance Man Herb Alpert

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|September 29, 2020 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Documentary filmmaker John Scheinfeld has made many documentaries over the years, many of which have centered on iconoclast artists including John Lennon (“The U.S. vs. John Lennon”), John Coltrane (Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary”), Harr [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Filmmaker Will Wernick Takes Viewers on Another Escape Room Journey with an International Twist

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|September 16, 2020 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Horror filmmaker Will Wernick recalls visiting his first escape room The Basement in northern Los Angeles in advance of making his 2017 film “Escape Room.” He has since visited 20 of these experiential game locations in which teams move through a buil [...]

Dev Patel Plays Title Role in Armando Iannucci’s ‘The Personal History of David Copperfield’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|August 25, 2020 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Oscar nominee and Emmy winning writer/director Armando Iannucci (“In the Loop,” HBO’s “Veep”) knew just who he wanted to cast as the titular character in his adaptation of Charles Dickens’ “David Copperfield,” after watching Dev Patel’s performance in [...]