By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic Following 2012’s first Avengers-assembled outing, as well as three more solo movies for franchise favorites Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Captain America (Chris Evans) and Thor (Chris Hemsworth) in the interval, Marvel’s “Avengers:  [...]

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Screenwriter Alex Garland (“28 Days Later,” “The Beach”) makes his feature film directorial debut with the sci-fi thriller “Ex Machina,” starring Oscar Isaac, Domhnall Gleeson and Alicia Vikander. A reclusive Internet zillionai [...]

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Russell Crowe arrives for an interview to promote his new film “The Water Diviner,” in which he not only stars but also makes his feature film directorial debut. The proud owner of an Australian rugby team, he begins handing hats commemorating his tea [...]

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Former “Gossip Girl” star and new mom Blake Lively plays a woman who never ages in the fantasy romantic drama “The Age of Adaline.” We’re not talking Botox or plastic surgery, but some mysterious act of magic. Looking radiant in a Spring-like floral d [...]