By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Lily James knows a little something about playing beautiful, elegant characters from a bygone era. After all, she stars in the smash hit Julian Fellowes-penned TV series “Downton Abbey,” as Lady Rose MacClare Aldridge. She now sets forth into the fant [...]

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features Few screenwriters have the privilege of writing for the acting legends Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Penelope Wilton, Ronald Pickup and Celia Imrie. Ol Parker not only provided the dialogue for these esteemed actors for the 2011 sleeper hit “The Best Ex [...]

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic This disastrously botched mutation of Paul Verhoeven’s classic 1987 “RoboCop” (and its not-so-classic sequels) is so thoroughly disappointing that fans of “Alien” should be very, very worried. That’s because “ [...]

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—No one knows when or if a sequel to the 2012 blockbuster animated feature “Wreck-It Ralph” will happen. And John C. Reilly, who voices the titular videogame character, isn’t about to spill the beans. For the time being, Reilly’s fans can h [...]