By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features PHILADELPHIA—It’s been 40 years since an underdog boxer named Rocky Balboa jogged up the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and subsequently became an international cultural phenomenon. Now, Sylvester Stallone, the writer and legendary star of that iconic [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—“100 Years” is a new film by Robert Rodriguez starring John Malkovich that no one will ever see. That’s not just a rude prediction, but a fact. The completed film has been locked in a vault that will not open for 100 years. It was financed by French c [...]
By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic Miserable, boring and grim, “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2” ends the franchise on a disappointing note by completing its four-film descent from garishly outrageous charm to dismal videogame tedium. Where 2012’s “The Hung [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Stalwart British actor Paul Bettany has appeared in a more than two dozen films, mostly in a supporting capacity, over the past two decades. The tall, (he’s 6’3”) fair-haired actor has played opposite Russell Crowe twice (in “A Beautiful Mind” and “Ma [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features “The Man from U.N.C.L.E,” which already is available on DVD and Digital HD, will be available for the first time Tuesday, Nov. 17 in a Blu-ray Combo Pack. Henry Cavill (“Man of Steel”) and Armie Hammer (“The Social Network”) play rival spies Napoleon Solo and I [...]