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‘Almost Famous,’ ‘Snatch,’ ‘SpongeBob,’ More on Home Entertainment

Blu-Ray / DVD Reviews News By Angela Dawson|July 12, 2021 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features Movies Almost Famous (Drama) Academy Award winner Cameron Crowe’s deeply personal and universally entertaining coming-of-age film “Almost Famous” turns 21 in style, arriving for the first time on 4K Ultra HD in a limited edition Steelbook, as well as in a new l [...]

‘Words’ Matter in Teen Drama Starring Charlie Plummer

Features Film Features By Lynn Barker|August 17, 2020 |0

By LYNN BARKER Front Row Features Contributor In “Words on Bathroom Walls,” based on Julia Walton’s YA novel, the lead character Adam Petrazelli gets expelled from his high school, is diagnosed with schizophrenia and dreams of becoming a chef. At a new school, he connects with Maya, who inspires [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Melanie Liburd Plays Sexual Assault Victim, Providing Balance in ‘Brian Banks’ Drama

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|August 8, 2019 |0

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Bart Freundlich Casts Real Life Mate Julianne Moore in ‘After the Wedding’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|August 7, 2019 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Filmmaker Bart Freundlich met his future wife more than a quarter-century ago on the set of his first feature film “The Myth of Fingerprints.” The pair had a son and a daughter and eventually made their relationship official with a wedding in 2003. Th [...]

EXCLUSIVE: James Kent’s Post-War Drama Explores Reconciliation and Forgiveness

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|March 14, 2019 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—While James Kent (“Testament of Youth”) was in pre-production on the post-World War II drama “The Aftermath,” Brexit wasn’t yet a political hot button issue, nor was Donald Trump a dark horse candidate who would surprise the world by winning the 2016 [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Theater Vet Benedict Andrews Makes Film Directorial Debut with ‘Una’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|October 14, 2017 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—It’s not often that a director has an opportunity to revisit a work in a different medium but that is just what has happened with Benedict Andrews, a veteran theater director who has brought the provocative play “Blackbird” to the big screen as his de [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Colm Meaney Revisits “The Troubles” Resolution in ‘The Journey’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|June 19, 2017 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—To his American fans, Colm Meaney will always be Transporter Chief Miles O’Brien of “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” a role he carried over into “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.” But Meaney, who’s lived in the U.S. for three decades, began life in Dubli [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Garth Davis Talks Butterflies and the ‘Lion’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|December 15, 2016 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Garth Davis recalls a meeting with producer Emile Sherman prior to an event at the Sydney Opera House where they were discussing the details of making their movie “Lion,” when the subject of butterflies came up. Davis, who was onboard to direct the dr [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Stefania Owen Talks ‘All We Had’ and Working with Katie Holmes

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|December 5, 2016 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Stefania Owen is an up and coming actress who may not yet be a household name but may be familiar to some moviegoers and TV viewers alike. She got her big break at the tender age of 10 playing Flora Hernandez, one of the child murder victims in Peter [...]