It was quite a while ago when Sam Raimi signed off on “Evil Dead,” a fun and uninhibited film that inspired many more and earned its author his reputation. Today, after the mid-air explosion of his Spiderman franchise Raimi turns his creative powers to mythology again with “Oz the great and powerful,” which was released in theaters earlier this month. And at the same time he sacrifices ... more >
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Oz the great and powerful
Mindmelding 3D storytelling
James Franco, Rachel Weisz and Mila Kunis
Directed by Sam Raimi
VIOLA DAVIS, JAMES FRANCO AMONG NEW HOLLYWOOD HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES
And now the search begins for sponsors and financing
Actors Javier Bardem, Helen Mirren, James Franco, Viola Davis (pictured) and Olympia Dukakis, as well as the singer Janis Joplin, have been selected by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce to get their star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame in 2013. Several hundred candidates had applied to join the long list of artists whose stars are trampled daily by thousands of tourists on Hollywood Boulevard and ... more >
TRIBECA FESTIVAL | Next stop Francophrenia
Experimenting with the id, superid, and the ego
James Franco has a lot going for himself. At thirty-four he’s already had a prolific career having risen from the parapets of television to Hollywood challenger status all while attending grad school and appearing in a daytime soap. But doesn’t this sound like the last-ditch attempt of a fading star seeking to reclaim the limelight? In interviews I’ve seen of him Franco appears as nothing ... more >
James Franco
Planet of the Apes star to appear in Wizard of Oz prequel
Is James Franco all over the place or is he? Certainly, there are few careers as stimulating to watch (even the occasional booboo, like his hosting of the Academy Awards, adds to his likableness): edgy films like 127 hours, challenging roles (it took some nerve to play Alan Ginsburg in Howl) taking the time to attend a major university (Columbia), teaching summer classes at P.S. 1 along with ... more >
James Franco
At Screen Comment we love us a good, brainy actor every once in a while—actor/filmmakers? Even better. In the previous two decades there was Spacey, then there was Malkovich, and now it’s the new guard with James Franco. Franco has that wonderful and compound quality: self-effacing while at the same time exuding a certain authority over American filmic output. The same guy who appeared in ... more >
James Franco on Emceeing the Oscars
By ALI NADERZAD - December 2, 2010Upon hearing the news that James Franco would host the Oscars along with Anne Hathaway I reached out to him to get the skinny.But first, who’s saying what in the barrage of articles that quickly filled up everyone’s news readers after the announcement made earlier this week?Brooks Barnes, from the noted New York Times blog Carpetbagger pointed that Franco and ... more >
127 Hours
Every second counts
James Franco, Amber Tamblyn and Kate Mara
Directed by Danny Boyle
In movies nothing good ever happens on a mountain unless you’re Julie Andrews and then good things happen to you everywhere. There’s Kevin MacDonald’s documentary “Touching the Void” about a mountain-climbing expedition shot to hell. And what was that mountain disaster movie that at first advertised its cannibalism but later changed to a triumph of the human spirit angle? I‘m not ... more >
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