By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic Gleefully violent, thoroughly outrageous and incredibly entertaining, “Django Unchained” is like a deeper and considerably darker “Blazing Saddles” blessed with three of the most deliciously over-the-top performances of the ye [...]
By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic Director/writer David Chase’s affectionate ode to a fictional 1960s garage band is the first thing the creator of HBO’s “The Sopranos” has done since that landmark series went off the air five years ago. A teen-centered coming [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—How many 12-year-olds have had the opportunity to have Bette Midler and Billy Crystal sing Happy Birthday to them? That’s just what happened to up-and-coming actress Bailee Madison, who plays the granddaughter of the Divine M in the family comedy “Par [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Rosamund Pike co-stars with Tom Cruise in the action thriller “Jack Reacher,” based on the popular Lee Child book series. Pike unknowingly was pregnant during filming, which created a bit of a challenge for both the British actress and the wardrobe de [...]
By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic No critic can see everything, but choosing my favorite of the more than 100 movies I reviewed this year was easy. Nothing came close to director/co-writer Wes Anderson’s “Moonrise Kingdom,” a charmingly offbeat tale about two young [...]