By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Bryan Cranston and Kevin Hart play characters that bridge the gap between rich and poor, white and black and the physically disabled and able-bodied to forge a friendship in the heartwarming dramedy “The Upside.” Based on the 2011 French film “Les Int [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features When the drug war hits home, the tables are turned in “S.W.A.T.: Under Siege,” available to own on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Tuesday Aug. 1 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. In the latest high-octane adventure in the S.W.A.T. franchise, LAPD’s Special Weapo [...]
By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic Director/screenwriter Sofia Coppola’s gauzily gutless remake of director Don Siegel’s deliciously devilish “The Beguiled” betrays nearly every earthy element that made the 1971 version such a wickedly guilty pleasure. Where th [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Garth Davis recalls a meeting with producer Emile Sherman prior to an event at the Sydney Opera House where they were discussing the details of making their movie “Lion,” when the subject of butterflies came up. Davis, who was onboard to direct the dr [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—“Pretty Woman” Julia Roberts tackles the role of a woman haunted by the brutal murder of her teenage daughter in the crime thriller “Secret in Their Eyes.” The film, written and directed by Billy Ray, is based on the 2005 novel “El secreto de sus ojos [...]