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.

‘Internship’ Fails Performance Review

Film Reviews Reviews By Angela Dawson|June 8, 2013 |0

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic Two of this month’s movies are about a pair of unconventional wannabes motivating a group of similar misfits to achieve unlikely greatness. Pixar’s “Monsters University” is the good one. “The Internship” is the one [...]

Double Dose of Hawke in ‘Before Midnight’ and ‘The Purge’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|June 5, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Ethan Hawke appears in two very different movies now showing in theaters—and that’s just as the chameleon-like actor likes it. “I’ve managed to do this for more than 20 years and keep dodging and weaving and not being one thing,” says the veteran perf [...]

Crystal, Goodman Matriculate to ‘Monsters University’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|June 2, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Twelve years ago, a pair of monsters popped out of a nightmare and onto the movie screen. Rather than terrifying audiences, “Monsters, Inc.”’s hyperkinetic one-eyed greenie Mike and blustering furball Sulley became endearing nocturnal heroes to a whol [...]

Country Music Legend Williams Depicted in ‘Ride’

DVD Features Features News By Angela Dawson|June 2, 2013 |0

By a Front Row Features Staff Reporter HOLLYWOOD—The life of legendary country artist Hank Williams is depicted in “The Last Ride,” which arrives on Blu-ray and DVD June 4 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. Featuring an all-star cast including Henry Thomas (“E.T.: The Extra-terrestria [...]

‘After Earth’ Is Classic Boy’s Adventure Tale

Film Reviews Reviews By Angela Dawson|May 31, 2013 |0

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic Its TV ads imply that “After Earth” is an action thriller about a father and son who are both on the run in a future Earth that’s fraught with evolution-gone-mad perils, but don’t be misled. This is actually a classic coming-o [...]

Animated Adventure More Adequate Than ‘Epic’

Film Reviews Reviews By Angela Dawson|May 25, 2013 |0

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic Any studio cocky enough to call a movie “Epic” without putting something extra special on the screen is just begging for “epic fail” comments from unimpressed critics. Although this beautifully animated offering from director [...]

Hawke and Delpy’s ‘Midnight’ Rendezvous

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|May 23, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—In a summer of sequels, one that doesn’t include explosions, car chases or special effects is “Before Midnight,” which revisits the captivating relationship between Jesse and Celine, as played by Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy. The couple was firs [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Jordana Brewster Returns for ‘Fast & Furious 6’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|May 21, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Jordana Brewster is calling from London where the night before she attended the glitzy world premiere of “Fast & Furious 6,” the latest installment of the long-running high-octane Universal Pictures franchise. The actioner, opening in time for the [...]

Greater Than ‘Gatsby’: 16 Movie Adaptations That Worked

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|May 21, 2013 |0

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Baz Luhrmann’s garish adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” managed to remain remarkably faithful to the classic novel’s words while altering its tone enough to turn that bitter morality tale into a flamboyantly ove [...]

Douglas and Damon Glam Up in ‘Candelabra’

Features TV Features By Angela Dawson|May 21, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON and JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Oscar winners Michael Douglas and Matt Damon are best known for their performances on the big screen, playing fictional red-blooded heterosexual characters. As a change of pace, the two renowned actors co-star in the provocative TV mov [...]