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By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Emma Thompson knows how to make an entrance. As the renowned British actress arrives for a press conference in the ballroom of a tony Beverly Hills hotel to promote her new Disney movie “Saving Mr. Banks,” she climbs over the dais to her seat rather t [...]

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic Don’t let the title fool you. Although the new feature-length documentary “Six by Sondheim” devotes special attention to a mere half-dozen of the acclaimed lyricist/composer’s songs, it also provides a fascinating look at Step [...]

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic Like its title character, a no-frills 1961 folk singer attempting to ply his trade in the era between clean-cut Kingston Trio conservatism and the defiant dominance of Dylan, “Inside Llewyn Davis” resides somewhere between sentimental ear [...]

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Christian Bale and Casey Affleck play brothers struggling to survive in a dying Pennsylvania steel town, who face an even bigger threat when one of the siblings crosses a local crime boss (played by Woody Harrelson). Bale plays Russell Baze, a hardwor [...]