By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic As Han Solo himself puts it in the everything-old-is-wonderfully-new-again “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” “The girl knows her stuff.” The female in question is new character Rey, a desert-planet salvage trader turned resistan [...]
By PETERSON GONZAGA Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD-Music company KoAloha hosted a special music event “Ukulele Beatles” at the Grammy Museum which featured ukulele music artists Ryo Montgomery of Australia and Ryan Imamura of Guam. The ukulele artists brought the music of the Beatles to [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Tina Fey and Amy Poehler have been bringing their goofy brand of girl-power humor to audiences since their days at “Saturday Night Live” cast members. After scoring a box office hit with 2008’s “Baby Mama,” the duo is joining forces again in “Sisters. [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features NEW YORK—Chris Hemsworth trades his hammer for a harpoon as the star of “In the Heart of the Sea,” based on the true story that inspired Herman Melville to write “Moby-Dick.” The Aussie actor, best known for his role as Marvel superhero Thor, faces a formidable [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Michael Caine and Harvey Keitel play lifelong friends who feud over a woman they both loved years earlier in the heartfelt dramedy “Youth.” Oscar winner Caine (“Hannah and Her Sisters,” “The Cider House Rules”) plays Mick, a retired composer/conductor [...]