10 Best List: Favorite Films of 2012
By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic No critic can see everything, but choosing my favorite of the more than 100 movies I reviewed this year was easy. Nothing came close to director/co-writer Wes Anderson’s “Moonrise Kingdom,” a charmingly offbeat tale about two young  [...]
Ewan McGregor Faces ‘The Impossible’
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Ewan McGregor is the father of four children, ranging in age from 2 to 16, but surprisingly the Scottish actor has played a parent onscreen only once or twice. In “The Impossible,” he gets a chance to play a father who puts his love and dedication to  [...]
Barbra Streisand Embarks on ‘Guilt Trip’
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—After a successful go as Ben Stiller’s bohemian mom in “Meet the Fockers” (and “Little Fockers”), singing-acting-directing legend Barbra Streisand is back on the big screen, this time playing Seth Rogen’s overbearing mother in “The Guilt Trip.” Streis [...]
Peter Jackson’s Hard ‘Hobbit’ to Break
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features NEW YORK—“The Hobbit,” the long-awaited prequel to “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy is hitting theaters. It was a long journey for filmmaker Peter Jackson, who poured himself into the first trilogy based on the books by J.R.R. Tolkien, earning him many accolades [...]
Naomi Watts Survives ‘The Impossible’
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Naomi Watts arrives for an interview looking glamorous in a champagne colored top and matching pants, accented by a sheer jacket. It is a sharp contrast to the muddy mess she is in for most of “The Impossible,” in which she plays one of the survivors  [...]
A Dark ‘Day’ Has Dawned
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features Early in “The Day,” Dominic Monaghan turns to his fellow survivors and quizzically utters, “Where are we?” But “The Day” doesn’t have dinosaurs, smoke monsters or other supernatural elements as the TV series “Lost” did, in which the British actor played another [...]