James Dawson, Author at Front Row Features

Criterion ‘Betty Blue’ Blu-ray Features Restored 185-Minute Director’s Cut, Bonuses

Blu-Ray / DVD Reviews Reviews By James Dawson|November 20, 2019 |0

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features The Criterion Collection Blu-ray edition of “Betty Blue,” the third film by stylish French director Jean-Jacques Beineix, presents the tragic erotic romance in its full 185-minute glory. The original 1986 theatrical release, described by its cinemato [...]

Photos: Strangest Heroes ‘Doom Patrol’ Now Available on Home Video

DVD Features Photos DVD Review Photos Photo Gallery Review Photos By James Dawson|October 3, 2019 |0

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Strangest Heroes ‘Doom Patrol’ Now Available on Home Video

Blu-Ray / DVD Reviews Reviews By James Dawson|October 2, 2019 |0

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—The new home video release of the DC Universe video-on-demand series “Doom Patrol” includes all 15 season-one episodes, plus unaired scenes and a gag reel. Inspired by the DC Comics series first published in 1963, “Doom Patrol” [...]

Photos: REVIEW: Marvel’s Epic ‘Avengers Endgame’ Blu-ray Brims With Bonuses

DVD Features Photos DVD Review Photos News Photos Photo Gallery Review Photos By James Dawson|August 8, 2019 |0

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REVIEW: Marvel’s Epic ‘Avengers Endgame’ Blu-ray Brims With Bonuses

Blu-Ray / DVD Reviews News Reviews By James Dawson|August 8, 2019 |0

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic “Avengers: Endgame,” the epic wrap-up of superhero stories woven through all 22 Marvel Studios movies, arrives on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, DVD and On-Demand Tuesday Aug. 13. Now the highest-grossing film of all time, as well as the record-ho [...]

Photos: REVIEW: ‘Hedwig’ Fans Will Flip Their Wigs Over New Criterion Edition

Blu-Ray / DVD Reviews DVD Features Photos Photo Gallery Reviews By James Dawson|June 29, 2019 |0

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REVIEW: ‘Hedwig’ Fans Will Flip Their Wigs Over New Criterion Edition

Blu-Ray / DVD Reviews Reviews By James Dawson|June 28, 2019 |0

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” has arrived in a Criterion Collection edition on DVD and, for the first time, on Blu-ray. This funny, trashy, bizarre and sometimes genuinely moving 2001 film version of director/star/screenwriter John Cameron MitchellR [...]

Photos: Soft Cell, Bobbie Gentry Release Deluxe Box Sets

Music Review Photos News Photos Photo Gallery Review Photos By James Dawson|October 6, 2018 |0

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Soft Cell, Bobbie Gentry Release Deluxe Box Sets

Music Reviews News Reviews By James Dawson|October 6, 2018 |0

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Music Critic Two new lavishly deluxe CD box sets, one from British synth-pop duo Soft Cell and the other showcasing American singer-songwriter Bobbie Gentry, are so full of rarities, unreleased tracks and other treasures that they will be irresistible to deep-po [...]

‘Ant-Man and The Wasp’ Is Marvel’s Family Fun Franchise

Film Reviews Reviews By James Dawson|July 16, 2018 |0

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic Like 2015’s “Ant-Man,” this enjoyably goofy sequel is figuratively and literally more ground-level than Marvel’s more mythological, international, billionaire-genius-centered or extra-terrestrial superhero franchises. And where “The Avengers” and “Gu [...]