Singer Gloria Jones Keeps Marc Bolan Legacy Alive
By PETERSON GONZAGA Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—It’s been a great week for music artist Gloria Jones, who was in town recently to attend The Academy Awards on behalf of the Oscar-nominated documentary, “20 Feet From Stardom.”  Upon her arrival, Jones explained, “Two years ago, we were involved i [...]
‘Spartans’ March to Blu-ray
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features With the imminent theatrical release of “300: Rise of an Empire,” the sequel to the hit 2006 swords-and-sandals epic, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment is releasing for the first time a Blu-ray edition of “The 300 Spartans.” The 1962 historic epic, direc [...]
Fox Chairman Comments on Shirley Temple’s Passing
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Following news of the death of actress and former ambassador Shirley Temple Black, Fox Filmed Entertainment’s chairman and chief executive Jim Gianopulos issued the following statement: “Today, as the world mourns the loss of ‘America’s Little D [...]
‘Runner Runner’ All In on Home Video
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  [...]
‘The Family’ Puts a Hit on Blu-ray
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 [...]
A Sweet 16 for ‘The Simpsons’
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 [...]