By LYNN BARKER Front Row Features Film Critic “This is Where I Leave You,” a dramedy based on the best-selling Jonathan Tropper novel and directed by Shawn Levy (“Night at the Museum,” “Real Steel”) focuses upon a lightly-practicing Jewish family brought together by the matriarch (Jane Fonda) whe [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features TORONTO—Jason Bateman stars in “This is Where I Leave You” as one of four siblings who return to their family homestead to attend their father’s funeral. During their unplanned week together under the same roof, the adult children hash out lingering issues with [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—For “Downton Abbey” fans, Dan Stevens is, and always will be, the handsome early 20th century heir Matthew Crawley, who tragically died behind the wheel of a car on the way home from seeing his wife and new baby. But Stevens, the actor, has moved on f [...]
By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic Director Terry Gilliam’s bombastically bizarre “The Zero Theorem” is a mash-up of themes, stylistic touches and character types from many of his past works, but fails to add up to the sum of those parts. Although this extended exist [...]
[NOTE TO EDITORS: Cuss word has been asterisked.] By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—When addressing Oscar-nominated Liam Neeson, it’s best not to call him “mister.” “It makes me feel like a 62-year-old,” the tall, Irish actor quips with a brogue accent. Regardless of his biological age, [...]