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.

Actors Return to Middle-earth in ‘The Hobbit’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|December 13, 2012 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features NEW YORK—Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen and Andy Serkis reprise their respective roles from “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy in Peter Jackson’s fantasy epic prequel “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” the first in what is planned to be another three-parter. This tim [...]

‘Ice Age’ Arrives on DVD, Blu-ray

Film Reviews News Reviews By Angela Dawson|December 5, 2012 |0

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic Just in time for the holidays, “Ice Age: Continental Drift” sets sail Friday, December 11 on Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray and DVD from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. Loaded with extras, the 3D Blu-ray version of the hit animated feature includes a [...]

‘Hobbit’ Has Familiar Ring

Film Reviews Reviews By Angela Dawson|December 5, 2012 |0

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic There’s no middle ground when it comes to Middle-earth. Although director Peter Jackson’s “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy was a multi-billion-dollar franchise, it paradoxically retained a fanboy-cult flavor that left detractor [...]

Eric Bana is Bad to the Bone in ‘Deadfall’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|December 3, 2012 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Eric Bana arrives for an interview looking like he may burst out of his tight-fitting grey T-shirt and scrappy jeans that show off his well-toned muscular body. His thick, curly black hair is perfectly unruly and tinged with a hint of grey. The Aussie [...]

A Dark ‘Day’ Has Dawned

DVD Features News By Angela Dawson|November 29, 2012 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features Early in “The Day,” Dominic Monaghan turns to his fellow survivors and quizzically utters, “Where are we?” But “The Day” doesn’t have dinosaurs, smoke monsters or other supernatural elements as the TV series “Lost” did, in which the British actor played another [...]

Dolph Lundgren Returns for Duty in Fourth ‘Universal Soldier’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|November 29, 2012 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Dolph Lundgren can’t seem to escape Jean-Claude Van Damme. The Swedish veteran action star co-starred with the Belgian action star in “The Expendables” and the equally popular sequel “Expendables 2.” They also co-star in the “Universal Soldier” action [...]

Marion Cotillard Surfaces with ‘Rust and Bone’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|November 27, 2012 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Since her Academy Award-winning performance as French chanteuse Edith Piaf in 2007’s “La Vie En Rose,” Marion Cotillard has enjoyed a productive and highly visible career in Hollywood. Christopher Nolan tapped her for multi-layered sci-fi drama “Incep [...]

Bradley Cooper, David O. Russell Take One From the ‘Playbook’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|November 20, 2012 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Bradley Cooper may not be the first person you think of when casting a mentally unstable and emotionally vulnerable individual forced to move in with his elderly parents (played by Robert De Niro and Jacki Weaver) after completing a court-ordered inst [...]

Isla Fisher Pulls a Fast One in ‘Guardians’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|November 20, 2012 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Isla Fisher is best known for her memorable performance as Vince Vaughn’s wacky love interest in “The Wedding Crashers.” She has starred in several other adult-oriented comedies such as “Bachelorette,” “Confessions of a Shopaholic,” “Definitely, Maybe [...]

Knightley Stars in Wright’s Audacious ‘Anna Karenina’

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

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic Director Joe Wright’s audaciously theatrical take on “Anna Karenina” turns what William Faulkner regarded as the best novel ever written into a flamboyantly Baz Luhrmann-esque “Moulin Russia.” Although there are no songs [...]