By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—At the start of his career, Australian actor Robert Taylor was sometimes questioned whether he should use his given name or adopt a stage name. The reason: there was an American actor, popular in the 1940s and 1950s, who had the same name. Though the [...]
By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic Never fully committing either to high-emotion melodrama or the cold equations of a grim techno-thriller, “The Martian” adequately straddles both genres thanks to the likeability of star Matt Damon as an impressively improvising astronaut. [...]
****Note to Editors: The band Pussy Riot is mentioned. You may want to asterisk it.*** By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—After enjoying the ultimate fantasy of playing a character that assassinates Hitler in Quentin Tarantino’s alternate universe World War II sendup “Inglourious Baste [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features The fabulous Bellas of Barden University are back to compete in the World Championships of a cappella in “Pitch Perfect 2,” available on Blu-ray and DVD on Tuesday, Sept. 22. The music-filled comedy sequel already is available on Digital HD. The high-spirited s [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Only a few years ago, Anne Hathaway played a young assistant to a grumpy and fearsome magazine boss in “The Devil Wears Prada.” Now, the Oscar-winning actress (“Les Miserables”) plays the top dog at a successful fashion-based e-commerce company, where [...]