By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—The final episode of the season for the eerie drama series “Bates Motel” airs Monday on A&E. Series star Freddie Highmore, who plays conflicted oddball Norman Bates opposite Vera Farmiga, who plays his manipulative mother, Norma, promises some res [...]
By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic Director/co-writer Richard Ayoade’s deliciously dark “The Double” is Fyodor Dostoevsky by way of David Fincher’s “Fight Club” and Terry Gilliam’s “Brazil.” Outrageously stylish, frequently unsettl [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features NEW YORK—Marc Webb returns to helm the second installment of the rebooted web-slinging superhero series with “The Amazing Spider-Man 2.” The Bloomington, Ind. native says it’s important to present a Spider-Man that is not stoic, but a kid. He says it’s importan [...]
By CHRIS TRONDSEN Front Row Features LOS ANGELES—It was a teen dream come true as some of the hottest young stars in pop culture turned out for the 2014 Radio Disney Music Awards at the Nokia Live Theater in Los Angeles this past Sunday. The red carpet was star-studded with nominees such as Fifth [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Sam Reid joins a list of talented hunky actors from Down Under—Hugh Jackman, Heath Ledger, Eric Bana and the Hemsworth brothers—that have risen to stardom. The son of a farmer, he was drawn to acting at a young age. Playing the title role in “Hamlet” [...]