By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic There’s no middle ground when it comes to Middle-earth. Although director Peter Jackson’s “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy was a multi-billion-dollar franchise, it paradoxically retained a fanboy-cult flavor that left detractor [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Eric Bana arrives for an interview looking like he may burst out of his tight-fitting grey T-shirt and scrappy jeans that show off his well-toned muscular body. His thick, curly black hair is perfectly unruly and tinged with a hint of grey. The Aussie [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features Early in “The Day,” Dominic Monaghan turns to his fellow survivors and quizzically utters, “Where are we?” But “The Day” doesn’t have dinosaurs, smoke monsters or other supernatural elements as the TV series “Lost” did, in which the British actor played another [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Dolph Lundgren can’t seem to escape Jean-Claude Van Damme. The Swedish veteran action star co-starred with the Belgian action star in “The Expendables” and the equally popular sequel “Expendables 2.” They also co-star in the “Universal Soldier” action [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Since her Academy Award-winning performance as French chanteuse Edith Piaf in 2007’s “La Vie En Rose,” Marion Cotillard has enjoyed a productive and highly visible career in Hollywood. Christopher Nolan tapped her for multi-layered sci-fi drama “Incep [...]