By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Whitney Houston was on the minds of the cast and filmmakers as they promoted their new movie “Sparkle,” the story of a young singer-songwriter living in the shadow of her more glamorous sister and under the ever-watchful eye of her overprotective moth [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Jennifer Garner knows a little something about the specialness of being a parent, having given birth to three children with husband actor Ben Affleck. But she knows many couples who have trouble conceiving and having their own biological children, whi [...]
By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic Beautifully animated, genuinely funny and unexpectedly touching, the zombie-adventure comedy “ParaNorman” may be the most thoroughly enjoyable all-ages treat of the year. It’s like Halloween candy in August, or maybe an early Christ [...]
By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic “The Tall Man” has some tall problems, but this mostly psychological horror tale has one big thing going for it. If there’s a grading curve that awards suspense movies extra credit for unexpected endings, this one would be right up [...]
By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic Easily the most exciting and unexpectedly the most interesting action movie of the summer, “The Bourne Legacy” also is the best Bourne installment ever. This is a two-hours-plus thriller that genuinely thrills. Matt Damon, who starred as [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Hollywood’s biggest action stars—old and young—return for another round of big screen action and witty banter, playing off their iconic images in “The Expendables 2.” Among them is Jason Statham, who at 41 is one of the younger members of this ensembl [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD— Matt Damon became an action star playing amnesiac spy Jason Bourne in the “Bourne” trilogy based on Robert Ludlum’s popular novels. The action-packed franchise earned nearly $1 billion globally at the box office. Building on the foundation of the “Bo [...]
By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—This week marks the 50th anniversary of Marilyn Monroe’s untimely death. One of her most acclaimed movies was Billy Wilder’s “Some Like it Hot,” in which she co-starred with Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon. The film is considered one of the funn [...]