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 [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features The 24th James Bond film adventure “Spectre,” arrives on Blu-ray and DVD Tuesday, Feb. 9. A cryptic message from the past sends James Bond (Daniel Craig) on a rogue mission to Mexico City and eventually Rome, where he meets Lucia Sciarra (Monica Bellucci), the [...]
By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic Ryan Reynolds is so appealingly demented as Marvel’s super-but-no-hero motormouth “Deadpool” that he might actually make fanboys forgive him for starring in 2011’s DC Comics dud “Green Lantern.” And that’s sa [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—In Joel and Ethan Coen’s “Hail, Caesar!” he gets third billing, after Josh Brolin and George Clooney, but odds are audiences may not be familiar with the actor Alden Ehrenreich. That could change after his starring turn as an acting-challenged singing [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—George Clooney, who starred in Joel and Ethan Coens’ 1930’s-set comedy “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” in 2000, reconnects with the sibling filmmakers, starring in their latest comedy, “Hail, Caesar!” a tongue-in-cheek homage to Hollywood’s Golden Age. C [...]