By LYNN BARKER Front Row Features After his string of sci-fi actioners, it’s great to see Will Smith take on a sexy male lead again. Despite a few unintended scenes telegraphing who is being conned by whom, “Focus” succeeds in being a mostly smart and entertaining crime caper film. Writer/directo [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Over the course of his long career, megastar Will Smith has fought off aliens (“Independence Day,” the “Men in Black” films), stepped into a ring as boxing legend Muhammad Ali (“Ali”), played a magical golf caddy (“The Legend of Bagger Vance”) and sta [...]
By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic Director Martin Scorsese’s manic, hilarious, deliciously depraved and unexpectedly epic “The Wolf of Wall Street” is so much wild and crazy wall-to-wall fun that it’s by far the most enjoyable movie I’ve seen all year. I [...]