By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Baz Luhrmann’s garish adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” managed to remain remarkably faithful to the classic novel’s words while altering its tone enough to turn that bitter morality tale into a flamboyantly ove [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON and JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Oscar winners Michael Douglas and Matt Damon are best known for their performances on the big screen, playing fictional red-blooded heterosexual characters. As a change of pace, the two renowned actors co-star in the provocative TV mov [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features LAS VEGAS—This has been quite a remarkable year so far for actor Bradley Cooper. The Philadelphia native was nominated for an Oscar for his memorable performance in “Silver Linings Playbook.” He subsequently cemented his place as a solid dramatic actor in the c [...]
By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic The entertaining if unsubtle “Star Trek Into Darkness” is an extended “Zero Dark Star Trek” metaphor about terrorism, military madness and the cost of sacrificing ideals for the sake of lawless revenge. That’s because th [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Having just completed a six-week world press tour to promote the White House actioner “Olympus Has Fallen,” Aaron Eckhart is a bit jet-lagged. “I had no idea what month it was or what country I was in or what day it was,” he says of his globe trekking [...]