By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features LAS VEGAS—This has been quite a remarkable year so far for actor Bradley Cooper. The Philadelphia native was nominated for an Oscar for his memorable performance in “Silver Linings Playbook.” He subsequently cemented his place as a solid dramatic actor in the c [...]
By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic The entertaining if unsubtle “Star Trek Into Darkness” is an extended “Zero Dark Star Trek” metaphor about terrorism, military madness and the cost of sacrificing ideals for the sake of lawless revenge. That’s because th [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Having just completed a six-week world press tour to promote the White House actioner “Olympus Has Fallen,” Aaron Eckhart is a bit jet-lagged. “I had no idea what month it was or what country I was in or what day it was,” he says of his globe trekking [...]
By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic Greta Gerwig is irresistible as the sweetly sincere and endearingly pathetic title character of this thoroughly charming comedy from director Noah Baumbach (“Margot at the Wedding,” “Greenberg,” “The Squid and the Whale& [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—In his feature directorial debut, “The English Teacher,” Craig Zisk has a cast that would be the envy of any veteran filmmaker: Julianne Moore, Greg Kinnear, Nathan Lane, Michael Angarano and Lily Collins. The Dallas native considers himself lucky, bu [...]