By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Rebel Wilson came to fame in Australia in the TV comedy series “Bogan Pride.” For non-Aussies, “bogan” is a derogatory term for someone who is uneducated and unfashionable. Of course, the plus-size Wilson, who created and starred in the series, manage [...]
*****Note to Editor: Release date is Friday September 28, and there is no embargo. ***** By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic Less cleverly ironic and movie-musical stylized than “Glee” but obviously greenlighted to capitalize on that TV show’s success, the off-key [...]
By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—At 15, Claire Danes starred as Angela Chase on the TV drama “My So-Called Life.” The ABC network series only ran 19 episodes, but became a cult favorite. Danes went on to embody such diverse characters as Juliet in Baz Luhrmann’s “Romeo + Ju [...]
By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic Although calling it dreadful would be too-easy overkill, “Dredd” is surprisingly dreary for a comic-book action flick. Set almost entirely in a massive 200-story concrete slum, the movie plays like a violent but not terribly involving vid [...]
By PETERSON GONZAGA Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—It was long road for the final four contestants of Fox’s “So You Think You Can Dance” Season 9 as they danced their hearts away to await that final announcement of the winning male and female contestants. This season was the first [...]
****NOTE TO EDITORS: THE DVD/BLU-RAY OF “MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR” WILL BE AVAILABLE ON OCTOBER 9, 2012.**** By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Critic Amateurish, ad-libbed and often outright awful, the Beatles’ 1967 TV special “Magical Mystery Tour” is the equivalent of [...]