By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Although Morgan Freeman and Tom Cruise have headlined Hollywood films for decades, the two prolific actors never appeared onscreen together until this year. (Freeman narrated the 2005 Cruise starrer “War of the Worlds,” but the two did not interact in [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—In his storied 47-year career in movies, Harrison Ford has never appeared in a sports movie and rarely has depicted a real life person. In “42,” he does both, playing Brooklyn Dodgers owner Wesley “Branch” Rickey, who broke the color barrier in 1945 b [...]
By MICHAEL HIXON Special to Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Four friends from Johannesburg, South Africa formed The Parlotones nearly 15 years ago. With lead singer Kahn Morbee, drummer Neil Pauw and brothers Paul Hodgson (guitar, keyboard) and Glenn Hodgson (bass, piano), the quartet quickly vaulte [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Danny Boyle is an unstoppable multi-tasker. While preparing 2012’s elaborate opening ceremony for the London Olympic Games, the Academy Award winning filmmaker (“Slumdog Millionaire”) used his down time to make a movie, the dreamlike sci-fi thriller “ [...]
By a Front Row Features Staff Reporter HOLLYWOOD—The long-awaited sequel to the Oscar-winning Disney/Pixar animated feature “Finding Nemo” is on its way. “Finding Dory” tells the story of Nemo’s friend, a beloved but forgetful blue tang fish voiced by Ellen DeGeneres. It is scheduled to swim into [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—“Dirk Gently,” a quirky BBC comedy about a private detective in the vein of “Bored to Death” and “Monk,” makes its U.S. debut on DVD Tuesday. Stephen Mangan (“Episodes”) plays the wild-haired title character who relies on “holistic” sleuthing methods— [...]