Angela Dawson, Author at Front Row Features

Angela Dawson

Editor/Co-owner

Angela Dawson is the editor and co-owner of frontrowfeatures.com. An award-winning journalist, she has covered Hollywood since 2000. Her interviews with actors, directors, writers, authors and musicians have run in numerous outlets. She is the author of the novel "Generations: A Greek Family Odyssey" available on Amazon.com.

Robot Cop, Bible Story, Used Car Salesmen and Dragons Hit DVD

DVD Features News By Angela Dawson|May 31, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features Joel Kinnaman was only seven years old when Paul Verhoeven’s cautionary sci-fi drama “RoboCop” came out. It was an iconic film for the Swedish-American actor, so when he heard from his agent that the film was set for a reboot, he thought he would be interested [...]

Los Angeles Greek Film Festival Hosts Eighth Annual Event

News By Angela Dawson|May 29, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—“Enlightening, diverse and innovative!” is the theme of the Eighth Annual Los Angeles Greek Film Festival (lagff.org), opening Wednesday, June 4, with Nick Cassavetes’ hit romantic comedy “The Other Woman.” The comedy stars Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann a [...]

MacFarlane’s ‘Million Ways to Die’ Western Spoof a Mixed Bag

Film Reviews Reviews By Angela Dawson|May 29, 2014 |0

By LYNN BARKER Front Row Features The laughs in Seth MacFarlane’s western romp “A Million Ways to Die in the West” range from “bottom” feeding pooping in the street jokes to fun tribute fare as when MacFarlane’s hapless sheep rancher character Albert happens upon a barn where (SPOILER ALERT) “Bac [...]

Charlize Theron Shows Her Funny Side in ‘West’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|May 27, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—The last time audiences saw Oscar-winning actress Charlize Theron and “Family Guy” comedy writer/producer Seth MacFarlane in the same room, it was the 2013 Academy Awards that MacFarlane was hosting. He was singing an off-color tribute to [...]

Elle Fanning is the Beauty in ‘Maleficent’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|May 27, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Elle Fanning began her career in the shadow of her big sister Dakota. While still a toddler, she played the younger version of Dakota’s character in the TV miniseries “Taken,” and in the feature film “I Am Sam.” Demonstrating a unique talent, she subs [...]

Heidi Klum Talks on ‘America’s Got Talent’

Features News TV Features By Angela Dawson|May 24, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Supermodel/judge Heidi Klum returns for the ninth season of NBC’s “America’s Got Talent,” premiering Tuesday, May 27 at 8 p.m. Joined by fellow judges Howard Stern, Howie Mandel and Mel B, Klum promises there will be tons of exciting new talent and su [...]

Angelina Jolie talks ‘Maleficent,’ motherhood

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|May 23, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Angelina Jolie delivers a more emotionally complex characterization of one of Disney’s most famous villains in “Maleficent.” The actress, mother, world-famous celebrity, humanitarian, and significant other of actor Brad Pitt, recently spoke about taki [...]

No Explosions or Superheroes in Fred Schepisi’s ‘Words and Pictures’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|May 22, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Asked to name his favorite five-syllable word, Fred Schepisi responds without hesitation: Quintessentially. As a renowned director and screenwriter, words are quintessential to the Australian filmmaker. So are pictures. So it is fitting that his newes [...]

Biggest and Best ‘X-Men’ Has More of Everything

Film Reviews Reviews By Angela Dawson|May 22, 2014 |0

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic The action-packed and outrageously entertaining “X-Men: Days of Future Past” is right up there with Marvel’s “The Avengers” as one of the most thoroughly enjoyable superhero movies ever made. With a more interesting plot [...]

Past and Future Meet in New ‘X-Men’ Film

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|May 20, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features NEW YORK— In “X-Men: Days of Future Past,” veteran actor Patrick Stewart (“Star Trek: The Next Generation”) and James McAvoy (“Atonement,” “The Last King of Scotland”) reprise their roles as Professor Charles Xavier. Stewart, 73, plays the wheelchair-bound tele [...]