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Another Culinary ‘Journey’ for Dame Helen Mirren

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|August 4, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—In “The Hundred-Foot Journey,” Dame Helen Mirren plays the snooty proprietress of a Michelin-starred restaurant in a quaint French village. The imperious widow’s calculable world is turned upside when an Indian family moves in across the street and op [...]

‘RED 2’ Mugs and Misfires

Film Reviews Reviews By Angela Dawson|July 18, 2013 |0

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic More irritatingly obnoxious than all three of the winkingly self-satisfied “Ocean’s” movies rolled into one, the senior citizen star-cluster “RED 2” also seems as awkwardly redundant as a twice-told Alzheimer’s suf [...]

Mirren Reprises Assassin Role in ‘RED 2’- 3 Photos

Film Features Photos By Peter Gonzaga|July 14, 2013 |0

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Mirren Reprises Assassin Role in ‘RED 2’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|July 14, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features NEW YORK—In a summer of superheroes, even the queen is getting in on the action. Dame Helen Mirren, who won an Oscar (and just about every other acting award) for her humanizing depiction of Queen Elizabeth II few years ago reprises her comic book character rol [...]

Offbeat ‘Hitchcock’ Mixes Soap With Shower Scene

Film Reviews Reviews By James Dawson|November 21, 2012 |0

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic “Hitchcock” mixes some Hollywood hokum with its history, but what’s surprising is how enjoyable a seasoning of campy soap-opera makes this offbeat concoction. Watching director Alfred Hitchcock’s insecurity, paranoia, alcoholi [...]