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.

‘Oz’ Classic Bigger and Better in IMAX 3D

News By Angela Dawson|September 18, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Even if you can’t remember the number of times you’ve seen the “The Wizard of Oz,” you’ve never seen it like this. For one week only starting Sept. 20, the 1939 classic is being presented in 300 theaters across North Amer [...]

Chris Hemsworth: Life in the Fast Lane

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|September 17, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Chris Hemsworth seems to have an affinity for four letter movie titles. Before his star-making turn as the Norse thunder god in “Thor,” he starred opposite Sean Bean in 2010’s independent crime thriller “Ca$h.” He now plays legendary British Formula 1 [...]

Soaring ‘Gravity’ Visuals Overcome Lightweight Plot

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

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 [...]

‘The Fly,’ ‘Leverage’ Final Season on Home Video

DVD Features Features By Angela Dawson|September 14, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features A couple of new titles are available on home video that may be worth checking out. The original 1958 version of the horror classic “The Fly,” is out on Blu-ray from Twentieth-Century Fox Studio Classics. When a scientist (David Hedison) attempts to transfer mat [...]

Julia Louis-Dreyfus Tackles Middle Age in ‘Enough Said’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|September 14, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features TORONTO—From Elaine to Christine to Selena, Julia Louis-Dreyfus has filled the small screen with iconic funny characters for the past two decades that will be making generations laugh for years to come. The former “Seinfeld” star now plays a somewhat more serio [...]

Just Say No to ‘Thanks for Sharing’

Film Reviews Reviews By Angela Dawson|September 14, 2013 |0

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic While there’s a certain amount of entertainment value in seeing Iron Man’s girlfriend give the Hulk’s alter ego a slow-grind lap dance in black lingerie, that’s not nearly enough to make up for the rest of this bizarrely earne [...]

Likeable Louis-Dreyfus Lights Up ‘Enough Said’

Film Reviews Reviews By Angela Dawson|September 13, 2013 |0

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic The endearingly adorable Julia Louis-Dreyfus appears in and steals every scene in the sweet second-time-around romantic comedy “Enough Said.” As single-mom masseuse Eva, she begins a tentative but hopeful relationship with an unassuming d [...]

Three’s the Charm for De Niro, Pfeiffer

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

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features NEW YORK—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 get screen time together in “The Family.” They previously co-starred in 2007’s “Stard [...]

Filmmaker James Wan Returns for Another Round of ‘Insidious’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|September 9, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—James Wan’s films are a bit like New York taxis. If you miss one, another will come along shortly. The 36-year-old filmmaker of Malaysian and Chinese descent is one of the big brains behind the hit “Saw” films. Though he directed only the first instal [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Lovely Freda, Beatles’ Aide

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|September 4, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Talk about your dream job. Freda Kelly was a teenager living in Liverpool, England in the early 1960s when she landed a job as the Beatles secretary. A fan of the band before they were famous, Kelly answered a call for a secretary from their manager B [...]