By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Chris Evans reprises his role as a star-spangled superhero in Marvel’s “Captain America: Civil War.” The latest installment in the popular Marvel Cinematic Universe franchise finds Cap and his fellow Avengers (Robert Downey Jr.’s Iron Man, Scarlett Jo [...]
By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic Ryan Reynolds is so appealingly demented as Marvel’s super-but-no-hero motormouth “Deadpool” that he might actually make fanboys forgive him for starring in 2011’s DC Comics dud “Green Lantern.” And that’s sa [...]
By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic Don’t believe the hate. Although Fox’s “Fantastic 4” franchise reboot has endured months of toxic pre-release buzz from Internet know-nothings who didn’t bother waiting to see the actual movie, the finished product turns [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—It’s hard to believe that two decades have passed since Paul Rudd played the heartthrob young attorney Josh Lucas in what has become a teen comedy classic “Clueless.” Now 46, Rudd has established himself as a leading man, mostly in comedies including [...]
By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic Heroes in what’s known as the Marvel Cinematic Universe—which includes movies made by Marvel, but not those from other studios featuring Marvel characters—have been super-powered (Captain America, Hulk), space-based (Guardians of the Galaxy), a [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Oscar and Emmy nominee Joss Whedon turned “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Angel” into pop culture phenomena, so who else but the imaginative fantasy expert could be tasked with bringing the biggest superheroes of the Marvel Comics universe together in [...]
By a Front Row Features Staff Report HOLLYWOOD—The Walt Disney Studios has announced a release date for Marvel Studios’ sequel to the blockbuster “Captain America: The First Avenger” on April 4, 2014. The second installment will pick-up where the highly anticipated “MarvelR [...]