James Franco

Spider-Man (2002)

Spider-Man (2002)
Rating: ★★½
Jun 20, 2002Comic-Book Superhero
A huge hit and one of the key influences that created the box-office dominance of Marvel Comics in the 2000s/10s. A fine incarnation of the comic-book, Sam Raimi brings it to life with exhilarating web-slinging scenes but overdoes the winsome innocence of Peter Parker
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Spider-Man 2 (2004)

Spider-Man 2 (2004)
Rating: ★★★½
Jul 5, 2004Comic-Book Superhero
Sam Raimi and Tobey Maguire get it just right in the second entry in their trilogy of Spider-Man films. The writing team deliver a fantastic Soul of the Superhero script while Raimi delivers some superheroic action sequences that are about as exciting as it is possible to get (*)
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The Dead Girl (2006)

The Dead Girl (2006)
Rating: ★★★½
Dec 2, 2007The Women Affected By a Serial Killer
Karen Moncrieff directs a strong and powerful drama that tells five stories of the women whose lives are affected by a serial killer. The film has an amazing ensemble cast who deliver sterling performances
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Spider-Man 3 (2007)

Spider-Man 3 (2007)
Rating: ★★★
May 5, 2007Comic-Book Superhero
Last and by general opinion the least of the Sam Raimi-Tobey Maguire Spider-Man films. With three super-villains present, the plot feels as though it is bursting at the seams juggling the various origin stories and ongoing dramas, although Raimi still delivers some solid superheroic action scenes
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Oz: The Great and Powerful (2013)

Oz: The Great and Powerful (2013)
Rating: ★★★
Mar 8, 2013The Wizard of Oz Prequel
Sam Raimi's prequel to The Wizard of Oz is now; the story of how a conman fools an entire land rather than of an innocent girl just trying to find her way home. The reconceptualisation of Oz comes with a colourful sweep
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This is The End (2013)

This is The End (2013)
Rating: ★★★★
Jun 12, 2013End of the World Comedy
Several well-known actors hole up in a Hollywood mansion as the Biblical Apocalypse hits. While at first seeming a self-congratulatory exercise, this emerges as a raucously funny ensemble drama where each of the actors play to great strength. Seth Rogen may yet earn forgiveness for The Green Hornet
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The Little Prince (2015)

The Little Prince (2015)
Rating: ★★½
Mar 20, 2016Animation/Young Boy Alien Visitor Fable
On its own terms, a frequently lovely film. The director made a big thing of how much he loved the Saint-Exupery original but makes a completely different story with only occasional Little Prince interludes
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11.22.63 (2016)

11.22.63 (2016)
Rating: ★★★
May 1, 2016Time Traveller Tries to Prevent the Assassination of JFK/Stephen King Adaptation
Stephen King adapted mini-series in which James Franco finds a mysterious door that leads back to 1960 and sets out to prevent the assassination of President Kennedy
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Sausage Party (2016)

Sausage Party (2016)
Rating: ★★★★
Aug 20, 2016Animation/Talking Supermarket Produce
The most demented premise of the year – an animated film about the lives of the talking produce in a supermarket. This is crude, rude and guaranteed to offend (as might be expected from a Seth Rogen penned vehicle); it is also one of the funniest and cleverest films of the year
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The Institute (2017)

The Institute (2017)
Rating: ★
Jun 9, 2017Sinister 19th Century Asylum/"True Story"
James Franco co-directs and stars as a sinister psychiatrist in a 19th Century asylum who subjects patients to drugs and mind control so they can play in elaborate orgies. Supposedly based on a true-life incident
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The Vault (2017)

The Vault (2017)
Rating: ★★½
Mar 16, 2018Bank Robbers Enter Haunted Vault
A film with a captivatingly original idea – bank robbers break into a bank vault, only to find they have stirred something supernatural imprisoned there. A film that builds a more than reasonable head of tension before losing it with a weak payoff
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Future World (2018)

Future World (2018)
Rating: ★★
Mar 3, 2019Post-Holocaust/Android on a Quest for Meaning
James Franco co-directed effort about an android on a quest across a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Franco draws on cliches established by the Mad Max films and only makes an Albert Pyun film with pretensions
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