By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—James Van Der Beek made a name for himself as the title character in the hit 1990s TV teen drama “Dawson’s Creek.” He returns to high school in the heartwarming drama “Backwards,” now available on home video. Only this time, he plays Geoff, an athleti [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Billy Crystal and Bette Midler have known each other for nearly 40 years but they’ve never worked together professionally until now. The two co-star in “Parental Guidance,” a comedy in which they play a husband and wife who are called upon to take car [...]
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 [...]