By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—A pair of Canadians play small time New York thieves who become subjects of a massive manhunt after they stumble upon a massive cache of cocaine and wind up killing several cops as they try to make their escape in the action thriller “21 Bridges.” Tay [...]
By JUDY SLOANE and ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—February 28 marks the 25th anniversary of the beginning of an infamous standoff between a religious cult known as the Branch Davidians who clashed with federal and state law enforcement agencies in Waco, Texas. For the next 51 days, th [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Iranian-born actress Shiva Negar lived in Turkey for a time before her family emigrating to Canada as a teenager. Little did she know that possessing a command of both the Persian and Turkish languages would become useful for a movie role. In “America [...]
By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic “Savages” is an irresistibly over-the-top thriller about double-crossing drug lords that’s cool, complicated and the good kind of crazy. It’s also a real return to form for director/co-writer Oliver Stone, whose last outing wa [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features CAREFREE, Ariz.—For five seasons, handsome Canadian Taylor Kitsch played ladykiller Tim Riggins on the hit series “Friday Night Lights.” The 30-year-old now tackles an iconic character from classic science fiction, portraying Edgar Rice Burroughs’ John Ca [...]