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.

Zeta-Jones To be Part of Oscars Musical Salute

News By Angela Dawson|January 27, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Oscar winner Catherine Zeta-Jones revealed today she is a bit anxious but excited about her upcoming appearance at the Academy Awards as part of a special celebration of movie musicals of the last 10 years. Speaking at a press junket to promote her n [...]

High-Firepower ‘Hansel & Gretel’ Go Witch Hunting

Film Reviews Reviews By Angela Dawson|January 27, 2013 |0

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters” fractures the classic fairy tale by aging the children into adult action heroes who have a lot of attitude and a cartload of fantasy firearms. The movie has its moments, but disappoints by not taking i [...]

Jason Statham Tackles Literary Thief ‘Parker’

Film Features By Angela Dawson|January 24, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Jason Statham has played a number of tough guy movie characters over the years, but he says what distinguishes his role in “Parker” from previous roles is the writing by author Donald Westlake, who penned more than a hundred hard-boiled crime novels b [...]

‘Parker’ More Runny Than Hard Boiled

Film Reviews Reviews By Angela Dawson|January 24, 2013 |0

NOTE TO EDITORS: Reviews are embargoed for publication until Friday, January 25 By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic The first thing we see career criminal Parker (Jason Statham) do in the movie bearing his one-word name is park a car, which seems a bit on the nose. Unfortunately, the r [...]

McGraw Plans All-Star Concert Special in Vegas

News By Angela Dawson|January 23, 2013 |0

By a Front Row Features Staff Report HOLLYWOOD—Award winning country singer Tim McGraw will be taping an all-star concert special in Las Vegas in April that will later air on CBS. The Academy of Country Music and Dick Clark Productions announced Wednesday the concert special, to be called “ACM Pr [...]

‘G.I. Joe’ Sequel Snippet Sneaks at ‘Hansel & Gretel’

News By Angela Dawson|January 23, 2013 |0

By a Front Row Features Staff Report HOLLYWOOD—Audiences at “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters” will be treated to a special four-minute sneak peek of “G.I. Joe: Retaliation,” Paramount Pictures, the distributor of both films announced Wednesday. This first-look at the film will play across the [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Stephen Merchant Cozies Up to Halle Berry in ‘Movie 43’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|January 21, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Stephen Merchant is best known as Ricky Gervais’ writing partner and frequent onscreen comedy foil. The two conceived the original acclaimed U.K. TV series “The Office,” and subsequently co-executive produced the award-winning American version that st [...]

‘Beasts’ Makes a Return Engagement

News By Angela Dawson|January 19, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—If you haven’t yet seen the Academy Award nominated “Beasts of the Southern Wild” on the big screen, now’s your chance. Fox Searchlight Pictures has re-released Benh Zeitlin’s amazing drama in select cities for a special return engagement. Nominated f [...]

‘Mama’ Delivers Family-Style Chills

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

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic Jessica Chastain shines in this contemporary classic ghost story as a reluctant stand-in mother who has a violently possessive rival from the afterlife. The charm of this family-in-peril piece is its elegant simplicity, with a small cast that plays t [...]

Seth Gabel Pledges His ‘Allegiance’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|January 16, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Fans of the TV series “Fringe,” will recognize Seth Gabel from his depictions of various versions of Lincoln Lee, a recurring character on the Fox sci-fi series who ultimately settled in an alternate universe. His portrayal of a tactical agent for the [...]