By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features Walt Disney Animation Studios’ “Moana” has found her voice following a worldwide search to cast the film’s title character. Native Hawaiian newcomer Auli’i Cravalho, 14, joins Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson in the big-screen adventure about a spirited and fearless t [...]

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Michael Shannon has played his share of characters who are a bit, if not completely, bonkers. Take, for example, his paranoid character in “Take Shelter” or the government Prohibition agent turned mob henchmen in “Boardwalk Empire.” He earned an Oscar [...]

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic The cleverly imaginative and visually stunning “Pan” soars as a potential new fantasy-film franchise, easily overcoming a few flaws that threaten to drag down its maiden flight. Although ostensibly a prequel to “Peter Pan,” Ja [...]

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features Horror is in store in “The Invoking 2,” available Tuesday, Oct. 6 on DVD and Digital HD.  Featuring terrifying tales of the supernatural, the sequel to the 2013 supernatural thriller stars Allen Lowman (“Bonnie & Clyde vs. Dracula”), Meghan McNicol (“Motive [...]