By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Ethan Hawke appears in two very different movies now showing in theaters—and that’s just as the chameleon-like actor likes it. “I’ve managed to do this for more than 20 years and keep dodging and weaving and not being one thing,” says the veteran perf [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Twelve years ago, a pair of monsters popped out of a nightmare and onto the movie screen. Rather than terrifying audiences, “Monsters, Inc.”’s hyperkinetic one-eyed greenie Mike and blustering furball Sulley became endearing nocturnal heroes to a whol [...]
By a Front Row Features Staff Reporter HOLLYWOOD—The life of legendary country artist Hank Williams is depicted in “The Last Ride,” which arrives on Blu-ray and DVD June 4 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. Featuring an all-star cast including Henry Thomas (“E.T.: The Extra-terrestria [...]
By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic Its TV ads imply that “After Earth” is an action thriller about a father and son who are both on the run in a future Earth that’s fraught with evolution-gone-mad perils, but don’t be misled. This is actually a classic coming-o [...]
By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic Any studio cocky enough to call a movie “Epic” without putting something extra special on the screen is just begging for “epic fail” comments from unimpressed critics. Although this beautifully animated offering from director [...]