The Disaster Artist movie review: a view on ‘The Room’
A hilarious ode to talentless passion. James Franco gives the bizarre Tommy Wiseau depth without solving his mystery, but skips a deserved zing at Hollywood.
General Hospital
Joy movie review: a mess to be mopped up
Even the miscasting of Jennifer Lawrence takes a backseat to the forced quirkiness, which David O. Russell cannot get his cast on the same page with.
As I Lay Dying review (London Film Festival)
If this isn’t a deliberate parody of furiously solemn, self-conscious artistic pretension, it’s an accidental one.
James Franco gets lots of pussy
Or, What James Franco gets up to when he’s not sawing his own arm off, making performance art on General Hospital, pursuing a PhD in literature, and hosting the Oscars…
question of the day: Is James Franco too deliciously clever, or totally full of crap?
As you may have heard, James Franco is in the midst of a guest stint on the ABC soap General Hospital. You may be thinking something like, Well, an actor’s gotta work…, but Franco’s got bigger, more significant things in mind than a mere paycheck. He published a piece recently in The Wall Street Journal, … more…
The Golden Age of Television (review)
As pure drama, these are still fascinating to watch, especially to see the early work of some now very famous names. But as a look at what TV was doing half a century ago, it’s riveting.
