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‘Norma Rae,’ ’47 Ronin,’ ‘Nut Job’ and More on Home Video

DVD Features News By Angela Dawson|April 7, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features It’s April, so that means you’d be a fool to miss the wide range of theatrical films making their way to home video. Sally Field delivered an Oscar-winning performance in the 1979 drama “Norma Rae,” playing a Southern mill worker who revolutionizes a small town [...]

Diego Luna and Cast Celebrate ‘Chavez’ Biopic Premiere, Filipinos Disappointed

News By Peter Gonzaga|March 26, 2014 |0

By PETERSON GONZAGA Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—It was a night that Cesar Chavez supporters have been waiting for, the biopic “Cesar Chavez,” directed by Diego Luna premiered at the TCL Chinese Theatre this week. The red carpet premiere was a historic moment for the UFW as UFW co-founder Dolores [...]

Dinosaurs, Dragons, Shortcake and More on DVD/Blu-ray

DVD Features News By Angela Dawson|March 21, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features Get into the spirit of Spring with film and TV show releases now available for the first time on DVD and Blu-ray. DreamWorks Animation’s “How to Train Your Dragon” is kicking off the Year of the Dragon with the DVD release Tuesday, March 25, of “Dragons: Defend [...]

Singer Gloria Jones Keeps Marc Bolan Legacy Alive

News By Peter Gonzaga|March 4, 2014 |0

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

DVD Features News By Angela Dawson|February 24, 2014 |0

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

News By Angela Dawson|February 11, 2014 |0

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 [...]

Alternate Ending, Deleted Scenes on ‘Carrie’ Blu-ray

DVD Features News By Angela Dawson|January 16, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features Teen actress Chloe Grace Moretz stars in Kimberly Peirce’s reimagined horror drama “Carrie,” now available on Blu-ray and DVD. Based on the classic Stephen King horror novel, which was previously made into a 1976 feature film starring Sissy Spacek and Piper Lau [...]

‘Riddick’ Surfaces on Blu-ray with Bonus Features

DVD Features News By Angela Dawson|January 15, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features Vin Diesel reprises the role of Richard Riddick, a dangerous escaped convict wanted by every bounty hunter in the known galaxy in “Riddick,” now available on DVD and Blu-ray Combo Pack. This third installment of the popular sci-fi franchise picks up with Riddic [...]

‘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 [...]