Lifeless ‘CBGB’ More Junk Than Punk
By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic The lifeless, unconvincing and unfocused “CBGB” is the utter antithesis of everything it should have celebrated. Named for the iconic Bowery club that served as a launching pad for numerous punk and new wave bands in the 1970s, the movie  [...]
By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic While there’s a certain amount of entertainment value in seeing Iron Man’s girlfriend give the Hulk’s alter ego a slow-grind lap dance in black lingerie, that’s not nearly enough to make up for the rest of this bizarrely earne [...]
‘Kick-Ass 2’ Makes Heroes Comic
(***NOTE TO EDITORS: There is a character called Night Bitch that is mentioned twice in this article. You may want to asterisk it. Also, the title of the movie itself has the word ass in it.***) By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic More fun than the dreadful “Iron Man 3,” th [...]
Byrne Lights Up ‘I Give It a Year’
By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic The ridiculously lovely Rose Byrne lights up the brilliantly British “I Give It a Year,” a mish-mash of ditzy and edgy humor with more charm and wickedly winning wordplay than the average chick flick. Part of this tartly offbeat rom-com&# [...]
Jackman Wows in ‘Wolverine’
By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic A dying Japanese zillionaire in “The Wolverine” is shown lying on a shiny CGI platform made of upright metal rods that automatically conform to his every change in position. That high-tech bed of nails looks so ridiculously uncomfortable  [...]
Put ‘To Do’ on Must-See List
(NOTE TO EDITORS: DUE TO THE SEXUAL NATURE OF THE FILM, YOU MAY WANT TO DECIDE WHETHER TO USE WORDS SUCH AS “TEABAGGING” THAT ARE INCLUDED BELOW. WE HAVE TRIED TO AVOID USING ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE INAPPROPRIATE BUT OBVIOUSLY EACH OUTLET HAS ITS OWN STANDARDS. THE EMBARGOED HAS BEEN L [...]