By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Former competitive diver Jason Statham leapt into a new career—acting—20 years ago when he was spotted by filmmaker Guy Ritchie who cast him in his action-packed crime caper “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.” Statham had a scrappy, rough-and-tumbl [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features “Hands of Stone” will be available on Blu-ray and DVD Tuesday Nov. 22. The drama follows the life of Roberto Duran (Edgar Ramirez), the Panamanian boxer who made his professional debut in 1968 as a 16 year-old and retired in 2002 at the age of 50. In June 1980, [...]
By PETERSON GONZAGA Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—”Fast and Furious” cars and cast members took over the backlot Tuesday creating a speed zone of Universal Studios Hollywood’s backlot as they celebrated the world premiere of the new thrill ride “Fast and Furious—Supercharged.” It serve [...]
By LYNN BARKER Front Row Features Fans of the “Fast and Furious” film series will love the impossible stunts and tear up at a touching tribute to late actor Paul Walker in “Furious 7.” As Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel) always says, “This is about family” and, this time, it really is. A baddie’s relativ [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—James Wan has made a name for himself in Hollywood as the go-to director for modern horror films. Already, the Australian filmmaker counts the original “Saw,” “Dead Silence, Death Sentence,” “The Conjuring” and two “Insidious” films under his belt. So [...]