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Recast Reboot is Best ‘Spider-Man’ Ever

Film Reviews Reviews By Angela Dawson|June 30, 2012 |0

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic Better in every way than the recent trilogy it reboots, “The Amazing Spider-Man” succeeds by boldly going forward into the comic-book character’s past. The epic-length 138-minute adventure not only updates the web-slinger’s or [...]

‘People Like Us’ is Frustrating Family Affair

Film Reviews Reviews By Angela Dawson|June 26, 2012 |0

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic The two biggest problems with “People Like Us” are its meaninglessly generic title and a hopelessly contrived premise. The movie’s biggest asset is Elizabeth Banks, as the sexy but struggling single mother of a disrespectful semi-de [...]

MacFarlane’s ‘Ted’ is Filthy Fairy Tale

Film Reviews Reviews By Angela Dawson|June 26, 2012 |0

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic Fans of writer-director Seth MacFarlane’s “animation domination” Fox TV shows should enjoy “Ted,” his similarly sophomoric live-action big-screen debut. But anyone hoping for funnier fare than potty and pothead jokes may [...]

More ‘Journeys’ for Neil Young

Film Reviews Reviews By Angela Dawson|June 25, 2012 |0

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic HOLLYWOOD—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 [...]

Vampire Hunter Lincoln Gives Undead the Ax

Film Reviews Reviews By Angela Dawson|June 21, 2012 |0

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic Too simpleminded to take seriously yet too stodgy to be much fun, “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” is like a house divided against itself. And you know what Honest Abe said about those. The title is a great throwaway gag that could have [...]

Woody Allen Goes ‘To Rome With Love’

Film Reviews Reviews By Angela Dawson|June 20, 2012 |0

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic With numerous storylines that range from the gently farcical to the satirically absurd, writer/director Woody Allen’s “To Rome With Love” is guaranteed to have something on its menu for every taste. Not all of it works; a young Ital [...]

Beatles’ ‘Yellow Submarine’ Resurfaces on DVD

Film Reviews Reviews By Angela Dawson|May 31, 2012 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features More than four decades after “Yellow Submarine” appeared in theaters, the surrealistic animated fantasy featuring the Beatles as pop-art cartoon characters surfaces again in a digitally restored DVD version June 5. The groundbreaking feature’s colorfully [...]

‘Monroe’ Offers Cure for ‘House’ Withdrawal

Film Reviews Reviews By Angela Dawson|May 28, 2012 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features For “House” fans in withdrawal over that long-running Fox series’ finale, there’s a fix. “Monroe,” a six-part British medical drama that ran on ITV last year, is now available here on DVD. Like “House,” “Monroe” features a brilliant physician (played by Irish [...]

‘Comic-Con’ Documentary Appeals to More Than Fans

Film Reviews By Angela Dawson|March 29, 2012 |0

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic *****Note to Editors: This film will be released on Thursday April 5, and online reviews are embargoed until that day.***** Director Morgan Spurlock (“Super Size Me”) provides an affectionate look at the film, fantasy and funny-book fans [...]

Hockey Comedy ‘Goon’ Is Bloody Mess

Film Reviews By Angela Dawson|March 28, 2012 |0

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic Seann William Scott is unexpectedly sweet natured as a bar bouncer turned professional hockey brawler in the outrageously profane comedy “Goon,” but most of this true-story-inspired tale is literally a bloody mess. When a slow-motion show [...]