By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic Bloated, boring and obsolete on arrival, “The Dark Knight Rises” is the least fun you’ll have at a superhero movie all year. This final chapter in director/co-writer Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy is so relentlessly dull t [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Will Ferrell has three words for Congress: stop screwing around. At least that’s the message he’s taking to Washington on his so-called Whistle-Stop Tour Across America, which kicked off here Tuesday. Ferrell, who’s famous for depicting George W. Bush [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Eagle-eyed viewers can catch a double-dose of Irish actor Cillian Murphy in theaters. He reprises his role as the Scarecrow in Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight Rises,” the third installment of that blockbuster franchise. In addition, the Irish act [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Christian Bale remembers the first time he put on the Batman costume, he suddenly felt overwhelmed. He literally couldn’t breathe. “I thought, ‘oh, Chris (Nolan) has to recast,’ because the claustrophobia was just unbelievable,” the Welsh actor recall [...]
By MICHAEL HIXON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Cyril Neville is one of the founding members of the New Orleans’ Neville Brothers. Devon Allman’s father Gregg founded one of the quintessential Southern rock bands, The Allman Brothers. Sprinkle in some additional talent and you have the Royal Southe [...]
By LYNN BARKER Front Row Features UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif.—The bangin’ outdoor concert venue at Universal CityWalk got a one year anniversary treat when R&B singer turned movie star (“2 Fast 2 Furious” and the “Transformers” franchise) Tyrese Gibson (who simply goes by Tyrese) went back to his [...]