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Sigourney Weaver Guest Stars on ‘Doc Martin’

News By Angela Dawson|February 18, 2016 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features Sigourney Weaver guest stars on the British dramedy “Doc Martin.” The film icon and award-winning actress (“Avatar,” the “Alien” movies) plays an American tourist who visits the sleepy seaside community of Portwenn where she [...]

Lauper Travels Down Classic Country Road with ‘Detour’

News By Angela Dawson|February 17, 2016 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features Cyndi Lauper’s musical journey takes an unexpected southern turn on “Detour,” her 11th studio album, which finds the Grammy, Emmy and Tony-winning singer-songwriter putting her unique spin on a dozen classic country songs. The album showcases Lauper [...]

Johnny Depp, ‘Trumbo,’ ‘Danish Girl’ and More on Home Video

Blu-Ray / DVD Reviews News Reviews By Angela Dawson|February 15, 2016 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features “Black Mass,” starring Johnny Depp as notorious mobster James “Whitey” Bulger, arrives on Blu-ray Combo Pack and DVD Tuesday, Feb. 16. The true crime drama also is available on Digital HD. Directed by Scott Cooper (Crazy Heart”), “Black Mass” also stars Joel Ed [...]

Spotlight Takes ‘Courage’ Internationally

News By Angela Dawson|February 12, 2016 |0

By a Front Row Features Staff Reporter HOLLYWOOD—Spotlight Pictures has acquired international sales rights for the sports drama, “Courage,” based on an inspirational true story and the novel “Courage Beyond the Game: The Freddie Steinmark Story” by Jim Dent, it was announced Friday. [...]

‘Spectre,’ ‘Love,’ ‘Freaks,’ and ‘Crisis’ on Home Video

Blu-Ray / DVD Reviews News Reviews By Angela Dawson|February 7, 2016 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features The 24th James Bond film adventure “Spectre,” arrives on Blu-ray and DVD Tuesday, Feb. 9. A cryptic message from the past sends James Bond (Daniel Craig) on a rogue mission to Mexico City and eventually Rome, where he meets Lucia Sciarra (Monica Bellucci), the [...]

Dakota Johnson Psyched for ‘Fifty Shades’ Spoof

News By Angela Dawson|January 29, 2016 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features Actress Dakota Johnson, who starred in the big screen adaptation of “Fifty Shades of Grey,” and is slated to film two more installments of the S&M-themed romantic dramedy, apparently has a great sense of humor. When asked Wednesday whether she p [...]

‘Everest,’ ‘Intern,’ ‘Prada’ and ‘Seven Dwarfs’ on Home Entertainment

Blu-Ray / DVD Reviews News Reviews By Angela Dawson|January 18, 2016 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features In 1996, a small group of mountaineers attempted to reach the summit of the world’s highest mountain. Each had personal reasons for aspiring to achieve this difficult feat. Some of them paid for this risky adventure with their lives. “Everest,” directed and pro [...]

Shakespeare Spinoff, ‘Martian’ Rescue, Horror, and Kids Fare on Home Video

Blu-Ray / DVD Reviews DVD Features Features News Reviews By Angela Dawson|January 11, 2016 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead” arrives on Blu-ray and DVD and digital video Tuesday, Jan. 12. Directed and written by Tom Stoppard (“Shakespeare in Love”), the film stars Gary Oldman (“Harry Potter” and “Batman” franchises), Tim Roth (“Pulp Fiction”) a [...]

Nick Cannon Stars in Spike Lee’s ‘Chi-Raq’

Features Film Features News By Angela Dawson|January 6, 2016 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Though he primarily is known as a rapper and host of TV’s “America’s Got Talent,” Nick Cannon also is an actor. He gets to show off his chops in Spike Lee’s musical-political-social satire “Chi-Raq.” In it, he plays a fearsome Chicago gangbanger, who [...]

Agatha Christie, ‘Close Range,’ ‘Malala’ and More on Home Video

Blu-Ray / DVD Reviews News Reviews By Angela Dawson|January 3, 2016 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features BBC’s “Agatha Christie’s Partners in Crime” makes its DVD and Blu-ray debut on Tuesday Jan. 5, from Acorn. David Walliams and Jessica Raine play an ordinary married couple that gets caught up in international intrigue and discovers that they have a knack [...]