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Franco turns bad into gold with Globe for ‘Disaster Artist’
7 years, 2 months ago

Franco turns bad into gold with Globe for ‘Disaster Artist’

Associated Press  

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — James Franco took what was arguably the worst performance in movie history and turned it into what was arguably his own greatest role, taking home a Golden Globe on Sunday for “The Disaster Artist” that puts him on the inside track for an Academy Award nomination. Wiseau darted out of his chair, ran across the room, …

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The Disaster Artist shows we should all be movie stars.
7 years, 2 months ago

The Disaster Artist shows we should all be movie stars.

Slate  

It’s my last dispatch as this year’s Movie Club West Coast correspondent. Anthony never says what he’s thinking out loud, but this quirky documentary is quietly furious about a century of government “fixes” that don’t fix anything, even when lab rats have shown us the social risks. Even in Barry Jenkins’ hilarious, bourbon-soaked tweetstorm this week about watching Notting Hill …

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Logan, Get Out, The Big Sick, The Disaster Artist among films nominated for 2018 Writers Guild Awards
7 years, 2 months ago

Logan, Get Out, The Big Sick, The Disaster Artist among films nominated for 2018 Writers Guild Awards

Firstpost  

The 2018 Writers Guild of America Awards will take place on 11 February across two separate ceremonies in New York City and Beverly Hills. Los Angeles: Hugh Jackman’s Logan, Emily V Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani’s The Big Sick and James Franco’s The Disaster Artist are among the films nominated for the Writers Guild of America Awards 2018. Other contenders in …

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Pixar's Coco works its magic for third straight week, stays at top of box office in North America
7 years, 3 months ago

Pixar's Coco works its magic for third straight week, stays at top of box office in North America

Firstpost  

The Disney-Pixar animated comedy Coco showed serious staying power this weekend in North American theaters, holding top spot for its third week running while taking in an estimated $18.3 million, industry website Exhibitor Relations reported. Coco has taken in $135.5 million since its release over the long Thanksgiving weekend, and is already the top-grossing film ever in Mexico. But that …

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What’s Fact and What’s Fiction in The Disaster Artist
7 years, 3 months ago

What’s Fact and What’s Fiction in The Disaster Artist

Slate  

James Franco’s The Disaster Artist is the kind of movie that the phrase “truth is stranger than fiction” was invented for. And the story gets even stranger when you tell it, as Franco does, from the perspective of Wiseau’s friend and collaborator, Greg Sestero; Franco’s film is based on Sestero’s memoir The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the …

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'The Disaster Artist': A Movie About a Movie (and a Phenomenon) That Could Never Exist Today
7 years, 3 months ago

'The Disaster Artist': A Movie About a Movie (and a Phenomenon) That Could Never Exist Today

Wired  

Though no one realized it at the time, the summer of 2003 was an apex moment for Z-grade cinema. It would take a while, but eventually The Room and Troll 2 would become the topic of rhapsodic conversations among movie nerds, celebrated by both forum-crawling web fans and big-name boosters. And while the movies would slither toward the mainstream in …

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Film review: The Disaster Artist is ‘an uproarious farce’
7 years, 3 months ago

Film review: The Disaster Artist is ‘an uproarious farce’

BBC  

Film review: The Disaster Artist is ‘an uproarious farce’ A24 Known as ‘the Citizen Kane of bad movies’, The Room is a subject of a new film, directed by James Franco. And, despite being less good-looking than the real thing, Dave Franco plays Tommy’s best friend and co-star in The Room, Greg Sestero, who also co-wrote the riveting tell-all account …

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Everything We Definitely Know About The Room’s Tommy Wiseau
7 years, 4 months ago

Everything We Definitely Know About The Room’s Tommy Wiseau

Slate  

This article originally appeared in Vulture. He’s offered conflicting reports about his background on the record, and The Room star Greg Sestero remembers Wiseau as constantly spinning deluded stories from his own past in conversation. Even when on camera, Wiseau has been known to respond to basic greetings with “Ha ha, good one!” Tommy Wiseau doesn’t know the words to …

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'Call Me By Your Name' Stands Out Among Dozens At Toronto Film Festival
7 years, 6 months ago

'Call Me By Your Name' Stands Out Among Dozens At Toronto Film Festival

NPR  

'Call Me By Your Name' Stands Out Among Dozens At Toronto Film Festival The Toronto International Film Festival wraps up this week and NPR's critics have seen dozens of movies. NPR's pop culture blogger Linda Holmes and our movie critic Bob Mondello just got back after a week of high-impact moviegoing. SHAPIRO: "Call Me By Your Name" - it's a …

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The Disaster Artist receives ‘historic’ TIFF reception with huge standing ovation
7 years, 6 months ago

The Disaster Artist receives ‘historic’ TIFF reception with huge standing ovation

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy At around midnight in Toronto last night, there was only one …

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The Disaster Artist trailer: James Franco, Seth Rogen are hilarious in film on director Tommy Wiseau
7 years, 8 months ago

The Disaster Artist trailer: James Franco, Seth Rogen are hilarious in film on director Tommy Wiseau

Firstpost  

While shooting for The Disaster Artist, James Franco remained in character throughout, and even visited relatives while being in costume. Tommy Wiseau’s directorial project The Room has been touted as the Citizen Kane of bad movies, with some critics saying that his films make “George Lucas look like the Coen brothers”. Script supervisor Sandy Schklair told Variety that Franco remained …

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The first The Disaster Artist trailer imagines how The Room's 'Oh hi Mark' scene went down
7 years, 8 months ago

The first The Disaster Artist trailer imagines how The Room's 'Oh hi Mark' scene went down

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A24 has released the first trailer for The Disaster Artist, a …

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The Disaster Artist: James Franco’s film about Tommy Wiseau’s disasterpiece The Room is being tipped for an Oscar
8 years ago

The Disaster Artist: James Franco’s film about Tommy Wiseau’s disasterpiece The Room is being tipped for an Oscar

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy When it emerged that James Franco was making a film about …

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James Franco’s ‘The Disaster Artist’: A great movie about the greatest bad movie? The SXSW reaction
8 years ago

James Franco’s ‘The Disaster Artist’: A great movie about the greatest bad movie? The SXSW reaction

LA Times  

James Franco’s “The Disaster Artist” promises to make up for years of devastating reviews and late-night jeers aimed at Tommy Wiseau and his cult flick, “The Room.” The infamous 2003 self-made, self-promoted indie flop turned midnight movie sensation is filled with bad acting, worse continuity and an incomprehensibly soapy plot about love and betrayal. “I am Tommy Wiseau,” Franco, the …

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