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It was announced today that prolific actor/writer/artist/soap star James Franco will be attending the 2011 Austin Film Festival regional premiere of his new film Sal on Sunday, Oct. 23. Franco will introduce the Sal Mineo biopic and then participate in a Q&A afterward. more ›

Despite Rise intentionally setting itself up for sequels, it remains the story of how humans ultimately lost the world to apes. Fortunately, Wyatt and his team are more than up to the task of telling a compelling and often surprising story even though we already know the ending (if you don't, you may want to stop reading here and rent the 1968 film instead). So how does one tell the story of the end of the world as we know it when we all know exactly where Lady Liberty's head eventually ends up? Apparently, with care, precision, and a soft touch. more ›

Looks like James Franco didn't get hired by Stephen Colbert to be his full-time art director. The Oscar-nominated actor is looking for his Ph.D., and he's been accepted into the University of Houston program for literature and creative writing. The exclusive program only admits 20 folks each year, and Franco is scheduled to begin in September 2012. more ›

Remember last week when we said that awards season movies were going to start flooding the marketplace and to see movies as quickly as possible? Well, there's one huge example of that this week, but the other lesson to be learned is that the biggest Hollywood pictures are making it rough for smaller films to hit town for the next two weeks. more ›

After hosting Saturday Night Live in December, James Franco returned to his classes at NYU Film School with SNL Creator/Executive Producer Lorne Michaels and sketch comedy on the brain. When he received a five-minute documentary assignment, he decided to chronicle one of the hellishly hectic and creative weeks of SNL production. Armed with more behind-the-scenes access than Michaels had ever granted before, the short doc project turned into the 94-minute film SATURDAY NIGHT, which has its world premiere as part of SXSW's Spotlight Premieres category on Sunday at Alamo Lamar. more ›

How much did the Emmys hosting by reality TV hosts suck last night? A. lot. Yay! Sentences can again include the words 'Britney," "Come," and "Back" again without grossing us out! OMG, hot torrid man-passion between Zac Efron and James Franco??? A cursory glance at this headline and you'll be saying, "Maybe." Are you kidding us? Because, "What? Eww, no!" OMGLOLZ I CAN HAZ ROFLRAZZI? KTHX! OMG EFF U MILEY RAY CYRUS! We're all about HEROES! (Please be good, please be good, please don't suck...) Wicked catchy headline we want to repeat in a sort of sing-songy lilt, over and over: O'Reilly Blasts Hackers, Hackers Hack Him Back more ›

Another week, another steaming batch of new movie releases. What’ll it be, folks? Big Momma’s House 2 Martin Lawrence, your pigeonhole is waiting for you. *Nanny McPhee The new Mary Poppins - only uglier, and with more children. Starring Emma Thompson and brooding hottie Colin Firth. Supposedly this movie is doing very well in the UK. We could make a joke about unattractive British people here, but we’re far too classy for that. Annapolis... more ›