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J.D. Salinger-Inspired Drama Headed for Home Video

News By Angela Dawson|November 2, 2016 |0

By a Front Row Features Staff Reporter A young man sets off to find J.D. Salinger and confronts love, sex and loss in the touching coming-of-age drama “Coming Through the Rye,” arriving on DVD Tuesday Dec. 27. The film arrives on Digital HD and On Demand Tuesday Dec. 13. Sixteen-year-old Jamie Sc [...]

‘Star Trek Beyond,’ ‘Judge Archer,’ ‘Peanuts’ and More on Home Entertainment … plus giveaways!

DVD Features Features News By Angela Dawson|October 30, 2016 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features The intrepid crew of the USS Enterprise returns in “Star Trek Beyond,” which is available in 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray 3D and Blu-ray Combo Packs, DVD and On Demand Tuesday Nov. 1, from Paramount Home Media Distribution. The sci-fi adventure will also be available [...]

Dazzling ‘Alice Through the Looking Glass’ Worth a Look on Blu-ray—But Not Much Else

Blu-Ray / DVD Reviews News Reviews By Heather Turk|October 25, 2016 |0

By HEATHER TURK Front Row Features It’s hard to believe six years have passed since Disney reimagined its beloved animated tale “Alice in Wonderland” as a live-action feature film. Since then, a couple of other Disney animated classics have gotten the live-action adaptation treatment, including “ [...]

‘Skiptrace,’ ‘Agatha Raisin, ‘Janet King,’ More on Home Entertainment … plus giveaways!

DVD Features News By Angela Dawson|October 24, 2016 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features Jackie Chan and Johnny Knoxville partner in the action-packed buddy comedy “Skiptrace,” arriving on Blu-ray (plus Digital HD), DVD (plus Digital HD) and Digital HD Tuesday Oct. 25 from Lionsgate. Chan plays straight-laced Hong Kong detective Benny Chan who meet [...]

Marvel’s ‘Doctor Strange’ is Out-of-This-World Trip

Film Reviews News Reviews By James Dawson|October 23, 2016 |0

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic The doctor is out…of this world! Marvel’s mystical “Doctor Strange,” who originated in 1960s comics by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, is a surrealistically spell-spinning sorcerer who employs magic instead of might to fend [...]

Junho Chung’s Moving ‘Little Match Girl’ Now on YouTube

News By James Dawson|October 20, 2016 |0

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic Junho Chung’s beautifully drawn animated version of “The Little Match Girl,” which was broadcast in 2003 on Los Angeles’ then PBS affiliate KCET’s “Fine Line” program devoted to student films but never made a [...]

‘Independence Day: Resurgence’ Invading Home Entertainment Platforms

DVD Features News By Angela Dawson|October 17, 2016 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features Twenty years after mysterious aliens nearly wiped out humankind, they’re back with a vengeance in “Independence Day: Resurgence,” the explosive sequel to the original blockbuster hit, “Independence Day.” The action-packed sci-fi thriller is available Tuesday, O [...]

‘Doctor Thorne,’ ‘Teen Wolf,’ More on Home Entertainment

Blu-Ray / DVD Reviews News By Angela Dawson|October 17, 2016 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features From Julian Fellowes, the creator of PBS’s smash drama “Downton Abbey,” comes “Doctor Thorne,” another engaging drama about the British ruling class, from Anchor Bay Entertainment. Available on DVD Tuesday Oct. 18, the drama centers on a physician (Tom Hollande [...]

Gal Gadot Preps Audiences with ‘Keeping Up with the Joneses’

News By Angela Dawson|October 11, 2016 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features Audiences got a sneak peak at Gal Gadot’s interpretation of the DC Comics superhero Wonder Woman/Diana Prince in a supporting role in this year’s “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.” Before she reprises that iconic character in a self-titled film summer tentpo [...]

Mel Brooks Remembers Gene Wilder, ‘Young Frankenstein’

News By Angela Dawson|October 11, 2016 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features Four decades ago, comedy actor Gene Wilder had an idea for a unique update on Mary Shelley’s horror classic “Frankenstein,” which he presented to his good friend Mel Brooks. The movie would be about a 20th century scientist that was a descendant of the shamed m [...]