By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—In an industry full of troubled young actresses like Lindsay Lohan and Amanda Bynes, Saoirse Ronan is an exception. The Dublin-born teen does all of her acting out onscreen. She’s played a trained killer in “Hanna” and reputation-ruining little liar i [...]
By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic Two of this month’s movies are about a pair of unconventional wannabes motivating a group of similar misfits to achieve unlikely greatness. Pixar’s “Monsters University” is the good one. “The Internship” is the one [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Ethan Hawke appears in two very different movies now showing in theaters—and that’s just as the chameleon-like actor likes it. “I’ve managed to do this for more than 20 years and keep dodging and weaving and not being one thing,” says the veteran perf [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Twelve years ago, a pair of monsters popped out of a nightmare and onto the movie screen. Rather than terrifying audiences, “Monsters, Inc.”’s hyperkinetic one-eyed greenie Mike and blustering furball Sulley became endearing nocturnal heroes to a whol [...]
By a Front Row Features Staff Reporter HOLLYWOOD—The life of legendary country artist Hank Williams is depicted in “The Last Ride,” which arrives on Blu-ray and DVD June 4 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. Featuring an all-star cast including Henry Thomas (“E.T.: The Extra-terrestria [...]