By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—In the early ‘60s, Alfred Hitchcock spied Tippi Hedren, an unknown fashion model, on a TV commercial, and was immediately infatuated with her. He brought the gorgeous blonde to Universal Studios and offered her a seven-year contract. The first movie he [...]
By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic Some of the hometown landmarks Neil Young recalls during on-the-road segments of this concert documentary may be long gone, but the singer-songwriter himself remains enduringly iconic after nearly a half-century of rocking in the free world. “N [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Ben Affleck has gone from leading man to a respected filmmaker the past decade or so. With the success of 2007’s “Gone Baby Gone” and 2010’s “The Town” under his belt, Affleck now tackles a historic drama involving a daring rescue in “Argo.” The 40-ye [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—It’s difficult to steal scenes in a film that boasts famed scenery chewers Colin Farrell, Woody Harrelson and Christopher Walken, yet Sam Rockwell manages to do just that in the dark comedy “Seven Psychopaths.” Rockwell, known for playing offbeat char [...]
*****Release date is Friday October 12, and reviews are embargoed until October 11. ***** By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic Director/writer Martin McDonagh’s crazy crime comedy “Seven Psychopaths” is more of a screwball farce than his darkly brilliant 2008 “In [...]