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5 Films That Were DOA and Premiered on VOD
One of the advantages to being a well-known actor is that if you want to experiment behind the camera, studios are more than willing to take a chance on you. They’ll invest the money you need, hire the best crew they can, and do everything in their power to en...
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“The Interview”
Well, this is awkward. I saw a movie before I was supposed to, and now it’s a movie that isn’t coming out. I got an early screening invite from a fellow critic that might have been one of the last public screenings of a $40 million comedy starring big name act...
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“The Color of Time”
You couldn’t possibly find a more “James Franco” project, produced by and starring James Franco, than The Color of Time, even if you tried. This is certainly not articulated as an insult or mockery, but rather, noted with a bizarre, distant, mild admiration. F...
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In “Child of God”, No Country For James Franco
Taking Child of God seriously is as demanding a task as simply sitting through it. Consider the source: James Franco, career class clown and current aspiring auteur, at least according to his expanding tally of directorial ventures (most recently, As I Lay Dyi...
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Korine’s Angels: The Ironic Harmony of “Everytime” and “Spring Breakers”
Songs in the Key of Cinema is a bi-weekly look at the use of songs in film. We'll explore how a piece of music fits within the context of a film as a whole, and we’ll cover the moments in cinema that were music to our eyes and ears.
There were snickers in ...
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“The Interview” Trailer: Let’s Assassinate Kim Jong-Un
Following the release of the propaganda inspired poster earlier today, the trailer for The Interview starring James Franco and Seth Rogen has hit the web. The plot finds a talk show host (Franco) and his producer (Rogen) who score an interview with Kim Jong-Un...
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Gia Coppola Sparks Teen Angst Pizzazz in Directorial Debut “Palo Alto”
The common charge leveled at the Coppola progeny - that they are the beneficiaries of nepotism that not only gets them movie deals but results in films about the insular wealthy - will no doubt be applied to Gia Coppola’s feature debut Palo Alto. Within the fi...
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Weekend Box Office: Spidey Starts Summer
The first weekend of May means the kickoff of the summer movie season, and usually a superhero movie kicks things off (last year brought Iron Man 3 and the year before was The Avengers). This year brought us the fifth cinematic outing for Spider-Man and the se...
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First Trailer for Gia Coppola’s Feature Debut ‘Palo Alto’
Is there a more talented family in film than the Coppola's? What with Frances Ford Coppola (Godfather, Apocalypse Now) and the success of Sofia Coppola (Lost in Translation, Somewhere) the family is pretty well respected. We'll soon find out just how capable G...
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“Maladies” is Harmlessly Worthless
Maladies furthers my conviction that filmmakers who go by one name are to be given little benefit of the doubt. I'll hazard a guess that "Carter," who wrote and directed this movie, is a friend of James Franco, given that his only previous IMDb credit is for a...
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