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EXCLUSIVE: Ryan Kwanten Keeps from Becoming ‘Expired’

Features Film Features By Chris Trondsen|March 18, 2022 |0

By CHRIS TRONDSEN and PETERSON GONZAGA Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—For years, Australian actor Ryan Kwanten and writer/director Ivan Sen toiled to make the sci-fi thriller “Expired.” It finally has come to fruition, co-starring new actress Jillian Nguyen and iconic actor Hugo Weaving. Jack (Kwan [...]

‘Belfast,’ ‘Highway to Heaven,’ ‘The Pilot,’ More on Home Entertainment This Week … Plus a Giveaway!

Blu-Ray / DVD Reviews News By Angela Dawson|February 26, 2022 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features Movies Belfast (Drama) The historic epic “Belfast” arrives on Blu-ray and DVD Tuesday March 1, from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. The film tells a poignant story of love, laughter and loss in one boy’s childhood amid the music and social tumult of the [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Dee Wallace Revisits the Sci-Fi Realm in ‘Beyond the Sky’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|September 19, 2018 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Dee Wallace famously played Elliott’s mom, Mary, in Steven Spielberg’s Academy award-winning “E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial.” The blond, blue-eyed actress subsequently has gone on to star in dozens of films over the subsequent four decades, many of them [...]

Guillermo del Toro’s Fable-like Monster Movie Conjures 13 Oscar Nominations

Features Film Features News By Angela Dawson|January 23, 2018 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Mexican film auteur Guillermo del Toro earned three Oscar nominations Tuesday for his fable-like sci-fi romance “The Shape of Water,” which has been soaking up trophies throughout this awards season. Del Toro was nominated in the directing, writing (w [...]

A Double Dose of J.K. Simmons in Starz Series ‘Counterpart’

Features TV Features By Judy Sloane|January 20, 2018 |0

By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—J.K. Simmons had a recurring role on the “Law & Order” franchise, co-starred in the prison drama “Oz” and won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of an abusive band instructor in “Whiplash,” but he probably is still best kn [...]

Harrison Ford Reprises Another Classic Role in ‘Blade Runner 2049’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|October 2, 2017 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—It may be one of the longest waits for a Hollywood sequel but, at last, the follow up to Ridley Scott’s groundbreaking 1982 sci-fi thriller “Blade Runner,” based on a Philip K. Dick novel, is set to hit movie screens. Reprising his role as Rick Deckar [...]

‘Walking Dead’s’ Sonequa Martin-Green Discovers the Heavens in New ‘Star Trek’ Series

Features TV Features By Judy Sloane|September 14, 2017 |0

By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Fifty years after Gene Roddenberry’s groundbreaking sci-fi series “Star Trek” premiered, a new chapter begins with “Star Trek: Discovery.” Set during wartime 10 years before the original TV series’ time period, the series is populated with [...]

Seth MacFarlane Boldly Goes Where Sci-Fi Shows Used to Go in New Series

Features TV Features By Judy Sloane|September 5, 2017 |0

By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Seth MacFarlane (“Ted, “Family Guy”), creator/writer/executive producer and star of Fox’s “The Orville,” wants viewers to know the series is not a spoof of the classic sci-fi series “Star Trek,” but it is an homage to the franchise. The live-action spac [...]

Spielberg Classic Sci-Fi Film Returns to Theaters for Limited Engagement

News By Angela Dawson|August 22, 2017 |0

By a Front Row Features Staff Reporter “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” returns to theaters for an exclusive one week engagement beginning Friday Sept. 1 in celebration of the 40th anniversary of legendary director Steven Spielberg’s epic science fiction adventure. After an encounter with U. [...]

‘Dark Tower’ Mixes SF, Horror and Wild, Wild Western

Film Reviews Reviews By James Dawson|August 3, 2017 |0

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic The deliciously distinctive “The Dark Tower,” adapted from a series of Stephen King novels by Akiva Goldsman, Jeff Pinkner, Anders Thomas Jensen and director Nikolaj Arcel, is a genre-blending mash-up of young-adult fantasy, dystopian SF [...]