Angela Dawson, Author at Front Row Features

Angela Dawson

Editor/Co-owner

Angela Dawson is the editor and co-owner of frontrowfeatures.com. An award-winning journalist, she has covered Hollywood since 2000. Her interviews with actors, directors, writers, authors and musicians have run in numerous outlets. She is the author of the novel "Generations: A Greek Family Odyssey" available on Amazon.com.

Romance, Wolfmen and Transformers on Home Entertainment

DVD Features By Angela Dawson|June 16, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features Released in theaters a year ago, “Four of Hearts” is a romantic drama reminiscent of the 1969 classic “Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice.” Available for the first time on DVD Tuesday, it is written and helmed by first time feature director Eric Haywood. Dar [...]

‘Napoleon’ Complex

News By Angela Dawson|June 12, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features One of cinema’s most beloved nerds is now forever immortalized with a life-size statue installed on the Twentieth Century Fox lot. The eponymous antihero from “Napoleon Dynamite” was unveiled in a ceremony conducted on the Los Angeles movie lot earlier this wee [...]

’22 Jump Street’ Makes Small Leap Forward as Sequel

Film Reviews Reviews By Angela Dawson|June 11, 2014 |0

By LYNN BARKER Special to Front Row Features “22 Jump Street” is a little more scattered story-wise than “21 Jump Street” was, but it does show more heart as the bumbling undercover cop duo Jenko (Channing Tatum) and Schmidt (Jonah Hill) have to examine their “bro” relationship and finally realiz [...]

Gerard Butler Reprises Stoick Role in ‘Dragon 2’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|June 10, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Gerard Butler lends his voice once again as the elder Viking leader Stoick the Vast in the action-adventure animated feature, “How to Train Your Dragon 2.” On the heels of the 2010 film, which introduced audiences to Stoick, leader of a proud dragon-f [...]

Channing Tatum Back on the Force in ’22 Jump Street’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|June 10, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features NEW YORK—New dad Channing Tatum will be celebrating Father’s Day privately this Sunday with his wife, actress Jenna Dewan, and 13-month-old daughter, Everly, but another baby—one he’s willing to share with the world—is due Friday: the sequel to his hit buddy co [...]

Neil deGrasse Tyson Talks on Post-‘Cosmos’

News TV Features By Angela Dawson|June 8, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—“Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey” wrapped its 13th and final episode Sunday night. Hosted by renowned astrophysicist Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, the acclaimed family-friendly science series took viewers on a journey of exploration of the universe for an hour [...]

The Universe, the Afterlife and Drag Queens on Home Video

DVD Features News By Angela Dawson|June 8, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features Thinking about what to get dad for Father’s Day but just don’t know. Here are some suggestions: The 13-part Fox science series “Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey,” the acclaimed follow up to Carl Sagan’s groundbreaking 1980 TV series about the universe, is available [...]

‘Miss USA’ Co-host Giuliana Rancic Talk On Sunday’s Pageant

News TV Features By Angela Dawson|June 5, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—TV personality Giuliana Rancic returns for the fourth time as co-host of the “Miss USA” pageant, airing Sunday, June 8, on NBC from Baton Rouge, La. Contestants from all 50 states, plus the District of Columbia, will compete for the crown. Rancic, 39, [...]

Cruise and Blunt Suit Up for ‘Edge of Tomorrow’

Film Reviews Reviews By Angela Dawson|June 4, 2014 |0

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic “Edge of Tomorrow,” an inventively clever mashup of “Starship Troopers” and “Groundhog Day,” is a just about perfect sci-fi adventure and a real showcase for stars Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt. Cruise is Major Willia [...]

Filmmaker Joel Hopkins Finds His Muse in Emma Thompson

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|June 4, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Joel Hopkins is living proof that “when God closes a door, he opens a window.” After making the well-received low-budget feature “Jump Tomorrow,” the native Brit was among the directors considered to helm the big screen adaptation of the popular child [...]