New Blu-ray, DVD Releases in Time for Valentine’s Day – 4 Photos
Film Features By Peter Gonzaga|February 9, 2014 |0
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New Blu-ray, DVD Releases in Time for Valentine’s Day
DVD FeaturesFeatures By Angela Dawson|February 9, 2014 |0
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, what better way to celebrate the occasion than by firing up the DVD or Blu-ray player, cuddling up with your sweetheart and watching some new feature film releases on home video. We’re not just talking meet-cute rom- [...]
Joel Kinnaman On the Beat in ‘RoboCop’ Update
FeaturesFilm Features By Angela Dawson|February 8, 2014 |0
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Joel Kinnaman was only seven years old when Paul Verhoeven’s cautionary sci-fi drama “RoboCop” came out. It was an iconic film for this Swedish-American actor, so when he heard from his agent that the film was set for a reboot, he thought he would be [...]
EXCLUSIVE: Quest for Conversation Leads to ‘Tim’s Vermeer’
FeaturesFilm Features By Angela Dawson|February 8, 2014 |0
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—With a demanding career, a wife and two small children at home, illusionist/author/comedian Penn Jillette wasn’t looking add more to his plate when he embarked on a five-year documentary project about his friend Tim Jenison, a charismatic and tenaciou [...]
A Double Dose of Zoe Kazan in ‘Pretty One’
FeaturesFilm Features By Angela Dawson|February 6, 2014 |0
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Having proved herself as a screenwriter with her much acclaimed 2012 romantic comedy “Ruby Sparks,” in which she co-starred with real life boyfriend Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan returns to the screen in a dual role in the dark comedy “The Pretty One.” The 30- [...]
‘Monuments Men’ Mixes Forgery and Facts
Film ReviewsReviews By Angela Dawson|February 5, 2014 |0
By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic “The Monuments Men” alternates between a bland bloodlessness that even a couple of cast-member killings can’t make moving and director/co-writer George Clooney’s usual brand of smirking self-satisfaction that trivializes the b [...]
George Clooney to the Rescue in ‘Monuments Men’
FeaturesFilm Features By Angela Dawson|February 5, 2014 |0
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—As with his “Ocean’s” trilogy, “Leatherheads,” and “Good Night, and Good Luck,” George Clooney leads a band of misfits into what appears to be a hopeless, or at least a long shot situation, and manages to beat the odds in the self-directed “Monuments [...]
EXCLUSIVE: Oscar-nominated ‘Cutie and the Boxer’ Subjects Speak
DVD Features By Angela Dawson|February 4, 2014 |0
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD— The life and career of an octogenarian Japanese avant-garde artist émigré living in New York City with his much younger wife are the subject of “Cutie and the Boxer,” a documentary by filmmaker Zachary Heinzerling. Cutie is Noriko Shinohara, wife of [...]
Kazan Twice as Nice in ‘The Pretty One’
Film ReviewsReviews By Angela Dawson|February 3, 2014 |0
*****NOTE TO EDITORS: Review is embargoed until February 7, 2014.***** By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic Actress Zoe Kazan (“Ruby Sparks”) does adorable double duty as different but identical twin sisters in the appealing light dramedy “The Pretty One” by firs [...]
Keaton Trades in His Cape for a Sweater in Rebooted ‘RoboCop’
Film Features By Angela Dawson|February 3, 2014 |0
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—It becomes clear rather quickly that Michael Keaton (nee Michael Douglas) began his career as a stand up comedian. He’s sharp, funny and can think fast on his feet. Of course, the native Pennsylvanian has had a long career as an actor, starring in com [...]