By HEATHER TURK Front Row Features Film Critic Todd Phillips may be best known for wacky comedies (“The Hangover” trilogy, “Old School,” “Road Trip”), but the writer-director gets a little more serious with his latest big-screen effort, “War Dogs.” Based on a true story, the film follows two chil [...]
By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic Don’t believe the hate. Although Fox’s “Fantastic 4” franchise reboot has endured months of toxic pre-release buzz from Internet know-nothings who didn’t bother waiting to see the actual movie, the finished product turns [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Miles Teller likens “Whiplash,” the drama in which he plays a jazz drummer student who engages in a battle of wills with his hypercritical teacher, played by J.K. Simmons, to a boxing movie. “There are just these two guys going head to head with [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—After a star-making turn playing George Clooney’s surly daughter in “The Descendants,” Shailene Woodley delivers another noteworthy performance as a teenage “nice girl” who befriends a charming but troubled classmate in “The Spectacular Now.” The dram [...]
By Peterson Gonzaga Hollywood, CA – During their recent film junket for “21 and Over,” stars Justin Chon & Miles Teller talked to correspondent Chris Trondsen about their favorite scenes of the film. “21 and Over” opens in the U.S. on March 1.
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