By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Actors frequently lament the challenge of finding juicy roles that they can sink their teeth into. That elusive desirable role is only compounded as they age. “You read a lot of ‘grunters,’” grumbles Oscar winner Martin Landau, who remains an in-deman [...]
*****Release date is Friday October 5, and reviews are embargoed until that date.***** By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic “Frankenweenie”‘s premise sounds like the setup for an offbeat but potentially heartwarming tearjerker. A friendless boy whose dog is hit by a ca [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features ANAHEIM, Calif.—Tim Burton has come a long way since he made his original “Frankenweenie,” short film about a boy named Victor who brings his dead dog back to life via a good jolt of electricity, an homage to Mary Shelley’s horror classic “Frankenstein” and the [...]