By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Bryan Cranston has mixed emotions about the upcoming fifth and final season of the critically acclaimed AMC series “Breaking Bad.” Though he will miss his colleagues and playing the drug-dealing schoolteacher Walter White, a role that has earned him t [...]
*****Release date is Friday October 12, but there is no embargo on when reviews can run.****** By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic Director/star Ben Affleck’s “Argo” was overpraised with Oscar buzz after early screenings, which is unfortunate. This period piece about [...]
By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Mamie Gummer has spent the last few years working constantly in featured roles on stage, screen and television. But in The CW’s new dramady “Emily Owens, M.D.,” which premieres on October 20, she gets to shine in the title role. If she [...]
By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic Rolling into theaters more than a year after a 2011 festival screening, “The Oranges” is so unappealing and flavorless it should have stayed on the shelf. What’s supposed to be a naughty dramedy about an awkward affair between a mid [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Over the course of his career, Colin Farrell has played seven or so psychopaths, or at least characters that are unbalanced or on the verge of becoming unhinged. Extreme examples include the villainous Bullseye in “Daredevil,” the killer neighbor in 2 [...]
*****Release date is Friday October 5, and reviews are embargoed until that date.***** By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic “Frankenweenie”‘s premise sounds like the setup for an offbeat but potentially heartwarming tearjerker. A friendless boy whose dog is hit by a ca [...]