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Vampire Hunter Lincoln Gives Undead the Ax

Film Reviews Reviews By Angela Dawson|June 21, 2012 |0

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic Too simpleminded to take seriously yet too stodgy to be much fun, “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” is like a house divided against itself. And you know what Honest Abe said about those. The title is a great throwaway gag that could have [...]

Woody Allen Goes ‘To Rome With Love’

Film Reviews Reviews By Angela Dawson|June 20, 2012 |0

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic With numerous storylines that range from the gently farcical to the satirically absurd, writer/director Woody Allen’s “To Rome With Love” is guaranteed to have something on its menu for every taste. Not all of it works; a young Ital [...]

Beatles’ ‘Yellow Submarine’ Resurfaces on DVD

Film Reviews Reviews By Angela Dawson|May 31, 2012 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features More than four decades after “Yellow Submarine” appeared in theaters, the surrealistic animated fantasy featuring the Beatles as pop-art cartoon characters surfaces again in a digitally restored DVD version June 5. The groundbreaking feature’s colorfully [...]

‘Monroe’ Offers Cure for ‘House’ Withdrawal

Film Reviews Reviews By Angela Dawson|May 28, 2012 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features For “House” fans in withdrawal over that long-running Fox series’ finale, there’s a fix. “Monroe,” a six-part British medical drama that ran on ITV last year, is now available here on DVD. Like “House,” “Monroe” features a brilliant physician (played by Irish [...]

‘Comic-Con’ Documentary Appeals to More Than Fans

Film Reviews By Angela Dawson|March 29, 2012 |0

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic *****Note to Editors: This film will be released on Thursday April 5, and online reviews are embargoed until that day.***** Director Morgan Spurlock (“Super Size Me”) provides an affectionate look at the film, fantasy and funny-book fans [...]

Hockey Comedy ‘Goon’ Is Bloody Mess

Film Reviews By Angela Dawson|March 28, 2012 |0

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic Seann William Scott is unexpectedly sweet natured as a bar bouncer turned professional hockey brawler in the outrageously profane comedy “Goon,” but most of this true-story-inspired tale is literally a bloody mess. When a slow-motion show [...]

‘Dexter’s’ Hall Finds His Inner ‘Bliss’

Film Reviews By Angela Dawson|March 16, 2012 |0

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic *****Note to Editors: This movie’s release date is Friday March 23 in New York, and reviews are embargoed until the week of release.***** HOLLYWOOD—Michael C. Hall, best known as the blood-splatter expert who moonlights as a serial killer in Sh [...]

Quirky ‘Jeff’ Worth Leaving Home For

Film Reviews By Angela Dawson|March 9, 2012 |0

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features *****Note to Editor: Release date is Friday March 16.***** What’s refreshing about this quirky contemporary fable is how relatively raunch-free it is for an R-rated comedy. “Jeff, Who Lives at Home” star Jason Segel’s most recent flick ma [...]

‘Silent House’ Haunts in Real Time

Film Reviews By Angela Dawson|March 3, 2012 |0

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features *****NOTE TO EDITORS: The movie’s release date is Friday, March 9, and reviews are not allowed to run until the week of release.***** The first gimmick of this moody, disturbing and unusually somber horror flick is that it unfolds in 88 minutes of real tim [...]

‘Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax’ Makes a Message Movie Fun

Film Reviews By James Dawson|February 27, 2012 |0

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features This expanded and beautifully computer-animated version of the 1971 Dr. Seuss book manages to make a pro-environment parable irresistibly entertaining. Its cautionary “greed is bad” message is more crazily charming than heavy handed, with some wildly [...]