By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic Director and co-screenwriter Guy Ritchie’s re-imagining of the King Arthur myth isn’t tongue-in-cheek enough to work as a Monty Pythonesque comedy, but doesn’t take itself seriously enough to be a respectable contender in a world wh [...]
By PETERSON GONZAGA Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Director Ricardo de Montreuil already had a love for the culture of lowriding, an East L.A. institution, before he was tapped to direct his new film “Lowriders.” The gritty drama centers on the complex relationship between Miguel (Demian Bichir), a [...]
By HEATHER TURK Front Row Features Film Critic It’s hard to believe it’s been nearly 15 years since Goldie Hawn last graced the big screen in the dramedy “The Banger Sisters.” When it was announced that the Oscar-winning actress (“Cactus Flower”) had been cast to play Amy Schumer’s mo [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features It’s been 45 years since Marlon Brando, as crime family boss Vito Corleone, entered the public consciousness in Francis Ford Coppola’s “The Godfather.” Brando earned an Academy Award for Best Actor in his iconic role. Director Coppola, in turn, paints a chillin [...]
By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic This missed-opportunity follow-up to 2012’s “Alien” prequel “Prometheus” is so frustratingly disappointing that the next installment could be forgiven if it explained that everything here was just a very bad dream that o [...]