By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—There is an action-packed scene in the upcoming political satire “Our Brand in Crisis” where star Sandra Bullock is aboard a bus as it barrels dangerously along a highway. No, this is not another “Speed ” sequel and no, Keanu Reeves is nowhere in sigh [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Is Jon Hamm stuck in the ‘60s? In his first post-“Mad Men” project to be released since that acclaimed AMC series wrapped this spring, the square-jawed actor best known for his role as uber-brilliant ad man Don Draper, Hamm joins the voice cast of “Mi [...]
By a Front Row Features Staff Report HOLLYWOOD—Two animated series from DreamWorks Animation and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment are coming to home video Tuesday, Oct. 15. High-kicking action and fur-flying fun is in store with “Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness—The Scorpion Sting.” [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—In preparation for her role in “Gravity,” in which she plays a scientist on a space mission that goes awry, Academy Award winner Sandra Bullock (“The Blind Side”) believed she needed to speak to someone who actually had been in space and had experienc [...]
By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic The SF thriller “Gravity” basically consists of several elaborate special effects scenes strung together by a bare-minimum plot, but this astronauts-in-peril adventure looks so good it sets a stratospheric new visual standard for the genr [...]