By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Moviegoers know Chris Hemsworth for his depiction of Marvel’s godly superhero Thor. But the Australian actor trades his hammer for an M4 assault rifle as a U.S. Army Special Forces captain in the action-packed war drama “12 Strong.” Hemsworth says it [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—A press conference for the highly anticipated “Thor: Ragnarok” begins to resemble an episode of “The Price is Right” game show, with press and bloggers assigned numbers to enter a hotel ballroom to interview—or at least gaze upon and record—cast membe [...]
By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic The surprisingly silly “Thor: Ragnarok” subverts the big-name superhero genre in a way that could signal a questionable shift in direction for future Marvel movies: Once they’ve gone wacky, can they ever go back? Although every prev [...]
By HEATHER TURK Front Row Features Film Critic It’s hard to believe that the same year we have a female presidential candidate, many moviegoers have been up in arms over an all-female “Ghostbusters” reboot. Sure, the 1984 film is a beloved classic, but nothing in Hollywood is sacred these days an [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Though the prequel to 2012 “Snow White & the Huntsman” is called “The Huntsman: Winter’s War,” the more compelling storyline of the action adventure is one of sibling rivalry between evil Queen Ravenna (Charlize Theron resurrecting the role) and h [...]