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‘Runner Runner’ All In on Home Video

DVD Features News By Angela Dawson|January 6, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features “Runner Runner” was more like a short walk when it was released briefly in theaters last September. With an all-star cast including Ben Affleck (fresh from “Argo”), Justin Timberlake and Gemma Arterton, this crime thriller about the high stakes world of online [...]

‘Don Jon,’ ‘Sweetwater’ Arrive on Home Video

DVD Features Features News By Angela Dawson|December 28, 2013 |0

By Angela Dawson Front Row Features Two new DVD/Blu-ray releases to look for as the year winds down to a close are “Don Jon,” a comedic love triangle starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Scarlett Johansson and Internet porn, and an offbeat revenge western called “Sweetwater,” starring Jason Isaacs, Ed [...]

‘The Family’ Puts a Hit on Blu-ray

News By Angela Dawson|December 19, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features After co-starring in two films in which their characters never interacted, two-time Oscar winner Robert De Niro and three-time Oscar nominee Michelle Pfeiffer finally share screen time in “The Family.” The action-comedy about a mob family in the witness protect [...]

Vanessa Hudgens Accepts $100K HFPA Donation For Typhoon Haiyan Victims

News By Peter Gonzaga|December 13, 2013 |0

By PETERSON GONZAGA Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—In its continued support of philanthropic endeavors, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association best known for its Golden Globe Awards Show, presented a check for $100,000 to Filipina-American actress Vanessa Hudgens on behalf of UNICEF Philippines in [...]

A Sweet 16 for ‘The Simpsons’

News TV Features By Angela Dawson|December 6, 2013 |0

By a Front Row Features Staff Reporter Just in time for holiday shopping, the 16th season of “The Simpsons,” has arrived on DVD and Blu-ray. This season originally ran on Fox from November 2004 through May of 2005. Professor Frink, Springfield’s beaver-toothed, slightly muddled mad scientist char [...]

HBO Scores With ‘Six by Sondheim’

Film Reviews News Reviews By James Dawson|December 5, 2013 |0

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic Don’t let the title fool you. Although the new feature-length documentary “Six by Sondheim” devotes special attention to a mere half-dozen of the acclaimed lyricist/composer’s songs, it also provides a fascinating look at Step [...]

Worldwide Rights Sold for Philippines Oscar Contender ‘Transit’

News By Angela Dawson|October 28, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Dean Devlin’s Electric Entertainment has picked up all worldwide sales rights, excluding the Philippines, to the critically acclaimed Filipino drama “Transit,” it was announced Monday. The drama marks the debut of director Hannah Espia. The Taga [...]

Pandas, Aliens and Sandra Bullock on Home Video

News By Angela Dawson|October 14, 2013 |0

By a Front Row Features Staff Report HOLLYWOOD—Two animated series from DreamWorks Animation and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment are coming to home video Tuesday, Oct. 15. High-kicking action and fur-flying fun is in store with “Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness—The Scorpion Sting.” [...]

School Grants Available in Conjunction with ‘Shrek’ Blu-ray Release

News By Angela Dawson|October 12, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—First it was a book. Then it was an animated movie. Then it was a Broadway stage production. Now the Broadway stage production of Shrek, called “Shrek the Musical,” is coming to home video. DreamWorks’ highly acclaimed Broadway production is based on [...]

Contestants Discuss Their Blind Auditions on NBC’s ‘The Voice’

News By Peter Gonzaga|October 10, 2013 |0

By PETERSON GONZAGA Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—It’s been an uphill battle for many contestants of this season’s blind auditions of NBC’s “The Voice.” This past Tuesday, some of the contestants making it onto the various teams came together for a press conference to talk [...]