Hader & Co. Load Up in ‘Cloudy 2’
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Flint, “Baby” Brent, Sam, Earl and the rest of food world gang return for seconds in “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2.” The gastronomical animated action comedy picks up just moments after the 2009 original ended, with inventor Flint and friends h [...]
Lifeless ‘CBGB’ More Junk Than Punk
By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic The lifeless, unconvincing and unfocused “CBGB” is the utter antithesis of everything it should have celebrated. Named for the iconic Bowery club that served as a launching pad for numerous punk and new wave bands in the 1970s, the movie  [...]
‘Oz’ Classic Bigger and Better in IMAX 3D
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Even if you can’t remember the number of times you’ve seen the “The Wizard of Oz,” you’ve never seen it like this. For one week only starting Sept. 20, the 1939 classic is being presented in 300 theaters across North Amer [...]
Chris Hemsworth: Life in the Fast Lane
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Chris Hemsworth seems to have an affinity for four letter movie titles. Before his star-making turn as the Norse thunder god in “Thor,” he starred opposite Sean Bean in 2010’s independent crime thriller “Ca$h.” He now plays legendary British Formula 1 [...]
Sax Man Vincent Ingala Burns Up the Jazz Charts
By MICHAEL HIXON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Saxophonist Vincent Ingala hasn’t even reached his 21st birthday, but he already has released two hit albums and a No. 1 single on the Billboard charts, while performing with some of the top jazz musicians in the country. “There’s nothing wrong with s [...]