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‘The Conjuring: Last Rites,’ ‘Pride & Prejudice,’ ‘Scarface’ and More Debut on Home Entertainment

Blu-Ray / DVD Reviews DVD Streaming News Reviews By Heather Turk|19 days ago |0

Movies The Conjuring: Last Rites (Horror, Mystery, Thriller) Directed by Michael Chaves (“The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It”) and produced by franchise architects James Wan (the “M3GAN” movies) and Peter Safran (“Superman”), “The Conjuring: Last Rites” debuts on 4K UHD, Blu-ray and DVD Tuesd [...]

Original ‘Tomb Raiders,’ ‘Darkest Hour’ ‘Coco,’ More on Home Entertainment … Plus Giveaways!!!

Blu-Ray / DVD Reviews News By Angela Dawson|February 26, 2018 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features Before the newly rebooted “Tomb Raider” hits the big screen starring Alicia Vikander, fans of the original filmed adaptation starring Angelina Jolie might want to revisit the original “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider” and “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider—The Cradle of Life,” a [...]

EXCLUSIVE: ‘Darkest Hour’ Cinematographer Bruno Delbonnel Talks Recreating Wartime Britain

Features Film Features By Peter Gonzaga|December 21, 2017 |0

By PETERSON GONZAGA Front Row Features LONG BEACH, Calif.—Sitting in the Winston Churchill suite aboard the historic Queen Mary is an appropriate spot to talk to noted cinematographer Bruno Delbonnel about the process of filming “Darkest Hour,” directed by Joe Wright. Inspired by the true story o [...]

Inventive and Dazzling ‘Pan’ Takes Flight

Film Reviews Reviews By James Dawson|October 5, 2015 |0

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic The cleverly imaginative and visually stunning “Pan” soars as a potential new fantasy-film franchise, easily overcoming a few flaws that threaten to drag down its maiden flight. Although ostensibly a prequel to “Peter Pan,” Ja [...]

Knightley Stars in Wright’s Audacious ‘Anna Karenina’

Film Reviews Reviews By Angela Dawson|November 16, 2012 |0

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic Director Joe Wright’s audaciously theatrical take on “Anna Karenina” turns what William Faulkner regarded as the best novel ever written into a flamboyantly Baz Luhrmann-esque “Moulin Russia.” Although there are no songs [...]

Three’s the Charm for Keira Knightley

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

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Martin Scorsese has Leonardo DiCaprio. Ridley Scott has Russell Crowe. Director Joe Wright’s go-to actor is the lovely and versatile Keira Knightley. The director first cast Knightley as the Jane Austen heroine Elizabeth Bennet in his 2005 drama “Prid [...]