Angela Dawson, Author at Front Row Features

Angela Dawson

Editor/Co-owner

Angela Dawson is an award-winning journalist and 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.

‘The Family’ Puts a Hit on Blu-ray

News By Angela Dawson|December 19, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features After co-starring in two films in which their characters never interacted, two-time Oscar winner Robert De Niro and three-time Oscar nominee Michelle Pfeiffer finally share screen time in “The Family.” The action-comedy about a mob family in the witness protect [...]

Critic’s Choice: James Dawson’s 10 Favorite (and Least Liked) Films of 2013

Film Reviews Reviews By Angela Dawson|December 19, 2013 |0

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic No one can see every movie that makes it to the multiplexes, which is why it’s a good idea to be skeptical of any critic claiming to have a “10 Best” list this time of year. Instead, here are my 10 favorites of the films I caught [...]

‘Saving’ Mr. Hanks

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|December 18, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Beloved actor Tom Hanks adopts the persona of another beloved movie icon—Walt Disney—in the whimsical drama “Saving Mr. Banks.” Inspired by true events, “Saving Mr. Banks” tells how the motion picture studio founder convinced P.L. Travers, the very re [...]

Getting to the Heart of ‘Her’

Film Reviews Reviews By Angela Dawson|December 18, 2013 |0

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic Writer/director Spike Jonze’s thoroughly modern romance “Her” is one of the most thought-provoking films of the year, raising intriguing questions about what constitutes not only love but life itself. The most pertinent here is whet [...]

‘Anchorman 2’ More Adequate Than Legendary

Film Reviews Reviews By Angela Dawson|December 17, 2013 |0

****NOTE TO EDITORS: THIS REVIEW IS EMBARGOED UNTIL 12/18/13**** By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic More adequate than legendary and far too long, “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues” brings back Will Ferrell’s pompously bombastic news reader Ron Burgundy for a seven- [...]

Badfinger’s Joey Molland Releases New Solo Album

Features Film Features Music Features By Angela Dawson|December 13, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Joey Molland, best known for his work with the legendary English band Badfinger, has released his fourth solo album “Return To Memphis” on UK’s Gonzo Multimedia! The CD features 10 new tracks the singer-songwriter recorded at the world famous Royal St [...]

Peter Jackson Returns to Middle-earth with ‘Hobbit’ Sequel

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|December 12, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Peter Jackson’s “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” hits theaters just in time for the holidays. The New Zealand filmmaker returns to Middle-earth with Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) and his band of dwarf companions on their quest to reclaim the Lon [...]

‘Walter Mitty’ Scraps Imagination for Action

Film Reviews Reviews By Angela Dawson|December 12, 2013 |0

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic Here’s the secret that apparently eluded the makers of “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”: Eliminating the elaborate CGI fantasies that serve as its main advertising draw actually would have improved the movie. This well photographed [...]

A Sweet 16 for ‘The Simpsons’

News TV Features By Angela Dawson|December 6, 2013 |0

By a Front Row Features Staff Reporter Just in time for holiday shopping, the 16th season of “The Simpsons,” has arrived on DVD and Blu-ray. This season originally ran on Fox from November 2004 through May of 2005. Professor Frink, Springfield’s beaver-toothed, slightly muddled mad scientist char [...]

Just a Spoonful of Emma Thompson

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|December 5, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Emma Thompson knows how to make an entrance. As the renowned British actress arrives for a press conference in the ballroom of a tony Beverly Hills hotel to promote her new Disney movie “Saving Mr. Banks,” she climbs over the dais to her seat rather t [...]