By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Jason Statham has played a number of tough guy movie characters over the years, but he says what distinguishes his role in “Parker” from previous roles is the writing by author Donald Westlake, who penned more than a hundred hard-boiled crime novels b [...]
NOTE TO EDITORS: Reviews are embargoed for publication until Friday, January 25 By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic The first thing we see career criminal Parker (Jason Statham) do in the movie bearing his one-word name is park a car, which seems a bit on the nose. Unfortunately, the r [...]
By PETERSON GONZAGA Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Spartans took their war against Rome to the streets of Los Angeles as the Starz original series “Spartacus: War of the Damned” held its Los Angeles premiere at the Regal Cinemeas L.A. Live in Downtown Los Angeles Tuesday. Celebrating th [...]
By a Front Row Features Staff Report HOLLYWOOD—Award winning country singer Tim McGraw will be taping an all-star concert special in Las Vegas in April that will later air on CBS. The Academy of Country Music and Dick Clark Productions announced Wednesday the concert special, to be called “ACM Pr [...]
By a Front Row Features Staff Report HOLLYWOOD—Audiences at “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters” will be treated to a special four-minute sneak peek of “G.I. Joe: Retaliation,” Paramount Pictures, the distributor of both films announced Wednesday. This first-look at the film will play across the [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Stephen Merchant is best known as Ricky Gervais’ writing partner and frequent onscreen comedy foil. The two conceived the original acclaimed U.K. TV series “The Office,” and subsequently co-executive produced the award-winning American version that st [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—If you haven’t yet seen the Academy Award nominated “Beasts of the Southern Wild” on the big screen, now’s your chance. Fox Searchlight Pictures has re-released Benh Zeitlin’s amazing drama in select cities for a special return engagement. Nominated f [...]
By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic Jessica Chastain shines in this contemporary classic ghost story as a reluctant stand-in mother who has a violently possessive rival from the afterlife. The charm of this family-in-peril piece is its elegant simplicity, with a small cast that plays t [...]