By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic “The Monuments Men” alternates between a bland bloodlessness that even a couple of cast-member killings can’t make moving and director/co-writer George Clooney’s usual brand of smirking self-satisfaction that trivializes the b [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—As with his “Ocean’s” trilogy, “Leatherheads,” and “Good Night, and Good Luck,” George Clooney leads a band of misfits into what appears to be a hopeless, or at least a long shot situation, and manages to beat the odds in the self-directed “Monuments [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD— The life and career of an octogenarian Japanese avant-garde artist émigré living in New York City with his much younger wife are the subject of “Cutie and the Boxer,” a documentary by filmmaker Zachary Heinzerling. Cutie is Noriko Shinohara, wife of [...]
*****NOTE TO EDITORS: Review is embargoed until February 7, 2014.***** By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic Actress Zoe Kazan (“Ruby Sparks”) does adorable double duty as different but identical twin sisters in the appealing light dramedy “The Pretty One” by firs [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—It becomes clear rather quickly that Michael Keaton (nee Michael Douglas) began his career as a stand up comedian. He’s sharp, funny and can think fast on his feet. Of course, the native Pennsylvanian has had a long career as an actor, starring in com [...]