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The Bellas, ‘Family’ and ‘Journey Home’ on Home Video

Blu-Ray / DVD Reviews News Reviews By Angela Dawson|September 21, 2015 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features The fabulous Bellas of Barden University are back to compete in the World Championships of a cappella in “Pitch Perfect 2,” available on Blu-ray and DVD on Tuesday, Sept. 22. The music-filled comedy sequel already is available on Digital HD. The high-spirited s [...]

Elizabeth Banks Wears Two Hats in ‘Pitch Perfect’ Sequel

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|May 11, 2015 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Audiences may know Elizabeth Banks as the color-coordinated and well-coifed chaperone Effie Trinket in “The Hunger Games” films or as Jack Donaghy’s peripatetic wife on the sitcom “30 Rock.” Having directed a few short films and a segment of the 2013 [...]

Anna Kendrick Continues Musical Odyssey with ‘Five Years’

Film Features By Angela Dawson|February 12, 2015 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Actress and singer Anna Kendrick has followed up an outstanding performance in the big screen adaptation of Stephen Sondheim’s “Into the Woods,” with yet another memorable musical piece. Though less grandiose, the big screen version of Jason Robert Br [...]

Photos: Anna Kendrick Continues Musical Odyssey with ‘Five Years’

Film Features Photos Photo Gallery By Angela Dawson|February 12, 2015 |0

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Olivia Wilde Drafts a Feisty Character in ‘Drinking Buddies’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|August 21, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Olivia Wilde is one of those naturally beautiful women who could wear a potato sack and make it look like a Chanel gown. Dressed in a white t-shirt decorated with a painted man’s face on the front (a gift from a friend), pin-stripped grey pants and hi [...]

Anna Kendrick is Simply ‘Perfect’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|October 2, 2012 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Anna Kendrick got her start in musical theater, earning a Tony nomination at the tender age of 12 for her role as Dinah Lord in the 1997 Broadway musical production of “High Society.” One of her earliest film roles was playing a musical theater studen [...]

Scene Stealer Rebel Wilson Returns in ‘Pitch Perfect’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|September 25, 2012 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Rebel Wilson came to fame in Australia in the TV comedy series “Bogan Pride.” For non-Aussies, “bogan” is a derogatory term for someone who is uneducated and unfashionable. Of course, the plus-size Wilson, who created and starred in the series, manage [...]

‘Pitch Perfect’ More Flat Than Sharp

Film Reviews Reviews By Angela Dawson|September 25, 2012 |0

*****Note to Editor: Release date is Friday September 28, and there is no embargo. ***** By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic Less cleverly ironic and movie-musical stylized than “Glee” but obviously greenlighted to capitalize on that TV show’s success, the off-key [...]

Kendrick Gives Voice to ‘ParaNorman”s Big Sister – 3 Photos

Film Features Photos By Peter Gonzaga|August 15, 2012 |0

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Kendrick Gives Voice to ‘ParaNorman”s Big Sister

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|August 15, 2012 |0

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Actress Anna Kendrick, who voices 11-year-old Norman’s self-absorbed big sister Courtney in the animated zombie adventure “ParaNorman,” was shown a picture of her blond, beautiful but very big-bottomed character when she was hired for [...]