By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic “Blade Runner 2049” is about four-fifths of a great film, until its mostly psychological suspense and almost somber elegance give way to a rushed flight-and-fight finale that knocks the smarts right out of it. It’s still a must-see [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—It may be one of the longest waits for a Hollywood sequel but, at last, the follow up to Ridley Scott’s groundbreaking 1982 sci-fi thriller “Blade Runner,” based on a Philip K. Dick novel, is set to hit movie screens. Reprising his role as Rick Deckar [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features Ryan Gosling, who stars in the upcoming Warner Bros action dramedy “The Nice Guys,” in which he plays a ‘70s-era L.A. private eye on the trail of a missing woman, spoke Friday about his upcoming role in the new “Blade Runner.” Initially hesitant—he quipped that [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Thirty-two years after their last outing as Han Solo and Princess Leia, Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher reprise their iconic roles in the long-anticipated sequel “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.” The duo’s onscreen courtship captured the hearts of fans [...]
By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic As Han Solo himself puts it in the everything-old-is-wonderfully-new-again “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” “The girl knows her stuff.” The female in question is new character Rey, a desert-planet salvage trader turned resistan [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—One-time box-office golden boy Mel Gibson has been keeping a low profile for the past few years following a series of embarrassing incidents, including an anti-Semitic rant following a drunken driving arrest. But now the “Braveheart” actor emerges in [...]