‘Pacific Rim’ Goes Big and Scores
By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic Bigger definitely is better in the hugely entertaining “Pacific Rim,” a massive-scale mechanical-men vs. monsters blockbuster with a story as good as its special effects. Director/writer Guillermo del Toro (“Pan’s Labyrinth,&# [...]
Depp Rides Off With ‘Lone Ranger’
By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic Johnny Depp’s Tonto basically is Jack Sparrow with more face paint and a dead crow on his head in this tongue-in-cheek retelling of “The Lone Ranger,” while Armie Hammer’s title character is so pureheartedly Dudley Do-Rightish [...]
‘World War Z’ Dead on Arrival
By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic Perhaps best known as the director who managed to botch the second Daniel Craig 007 outing (“Quantum of Solace”) after “Casino Royale” had reinvigorated the James Bond franchise, Marc Forster does an even worse job at the helm [...]