By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic The visually stunning and completely engrossing “Passengers” is not only a great date-night flick, it’s one of the best films of the year. Forget this month’s other big outer-space movie. For a thoughtfully fascinating SF stor [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Garth Davis recalls a meeting with producer Emile Sherman prior to an event at the Sydney Opera House where they were discussing the details of making their movie “Lion,” when the subject of butterflies came up. Davis, who was onboard to direct the dr [...]
By HEATHER TURK Front Row Features Film Critic Losing a loved one is hard, but dealing with the loss of a child is unbearable. While one would think that premise alone would be enough to move moviegoers to tears, Academy Award-winning director David Frankel’s (“The Devil Wears Prada,” “Marley &am [...]
By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic While it probably will satisfy the minimum requirements of “Star Wars” franchise fans, so much of “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” is dull, dumb and (literally) dark that it often seems depressingly desperate. Oddly, many of the [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—It’s hard to believe that George Lucas’ original “Star Wars” first landed in theaters nearly 40 years ago, and has since hyperdrived into an international beloved pop culture phenomenon. The original popcorn flick about a group of space rebels fightin [...]