By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—As a high-powered Hollywood studio executive, Susan Glatzer helped usher a wide range of films to the big screen in her career, ranging from “Napoleon Dynamite” to “The Apostle” to “Secrets & Lies.” While spinning successful deals in board rooms a [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Thinly disguised propaganda films played an important part in convincing battle-weary Brits to continue supporting the war effort during World War II. The British Ministry of Information mostly hired male writers to compose these morale-boosting melod [...]
By a Front Row Features Staff Writer The legend of Samara takes a chilling turn in the new chapter of the hit “Ring” franchise, “Rings,” which comes calling on Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD and On Demand Tuesday May 2, from Paramount Home Media Distribution. Dare to watch on Digital HD two weeks early [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Chris Evans steps out of superhero mode to play a more everyday hero in the heartwarming family drama “Gifted.” Evans plays a boat mechanic who ekes out a living in small, coastal Florida town with his seven-year-old niece. As Frank, he does what he c [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features Dark family secrets are revealed in thriller “We Don’t Belong Here,” debuting on DVD and digital Tuesday April 4 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Two-time Academy Award nominee Catherine Keener (“Being John Malkovich,” “Capote”) leads an all-star cast in [...]
By a Front Row Features Staff Reporter Time to break out your polyester suit and put on your boogie shoes. It’s been 40 years since “Saturday Night Fever” became a cultural touchstone like few movies before or since. The film stars John Travolta, as a Brooklyn paint store clerk who lives fo [...]