By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic “Blade Runner 2049” is about four-fifths of a great film, until its mostly psychological suspense and almost somber elegance give way to a rushed flight-and-fight finale that knocks the smarts right out of it. It’s still a must-see  [...]

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD— Willem Dafoe arrives for an interview fortified by a cup of black coffee. The two-time Oscar nominee (“Platoon,” “Shadow of the Vampire”) reveals he returned to the U.S. from Australia just two days earlier after a five-month shoot on the latest effe [...]

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—It may be one of the longest waits for a Hollywood sequel but, at last, the follow up to Ridley Scott’s groundbreaking 1982 sci-fi thriller “Blade Runner,” based on a Philip K. Dick novel, is set to hit movie screens. Reprising his role as Rick Deckar [...]