By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic “Annihilation” may be more good-looking than good, but this mostly somber SF drama includes enough stunning scenery and mind-trip moments to be a must-see despite any pacing or plot problems. Imagine an Earthbound mash-up of H.R. Giger’s “Alien” prod [...]

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Self-described film buff Quentin Tarantino shot his new wildly over-the-top Western “The Hateful Eight” in the mostly disused “Ultra Panavision” 70mm format. The film, starring actors who regularly appear in the filmmaker’s repertory inclu [...]