Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes Review: Modern Genius Makes This Film Rock

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Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes surprised me with its realism and new take on the original theme of the 70′s classic films that inspired it. This movie is a must see for everyone. First, lets talk apes. The images and creativity in developing “real looking and acting” apes is just amazing as these “monkeys” look and move with a style that I have yet to see in any movie. The premise of this film is a little different though as in the original series, the “apes” travel back in time and their offspring survive, which causes “apes” to…

James Franco Finds Mom’s Acting Ambition Ironic

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James Franco, the co-host of this past Sunday’s Oscar Awards ceremony has, in an interview with The Guardian revealed that he finds it ironic that his mother has taken up acting lessons after she was against him becoming an actor in the first place. He revealed that back when he decided to pursue an acting career, dropping out of an English course at UCLA in the process, his parents stopped supporting him financially… “It’s not like they were mad at me, but basically they said, ‘You can make this decision, we’re not going to disown you, we’re still going to…

James Franco Signs To Play The Wizard Of Oz

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Spider-Man star and Oscars co-host James Franco has signed on to star as the Wizard in the upcoming Wizard of Oz prequel; Oz: The Great and Powerful. Evil Dead and Spider-Man trilogy director Sam Raimi is attached to direct. Here’s a quick synopsis for Oz: The Great and the Powerful that I took from IMDB… This is a prequel to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) by L. Frank Baum, told from the point of view of the Wizard. It tells how the Wizard arrived in Oz and how he became the ruler. The film is billed as a prequel…

James Franco Says Ricky Gervais Golden Globes Gags Were Not Funny

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Academy Awards co-host James Franco has revealed, in an interview with USA Today, that he didn’t find Ricky Gervais performance hosting the Golden Globes funny at all and even said that some of Gervais’s gags were uninspired… “I haven’t really read about the fallout of Ricky Gervais. I was there and I didn’t think he was that funny. The jokes were kind of – gay Scientology jokes? South Park did that like five years ago. So I don’t really want to do Ricky Gervais style [jokes].” Franco promised that he won’t be following Gervais lead when he hosts the Oscars…

Anne Hathaway Promises Not To Upset At Oscars

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Anne Hathaway, or Catwoman as nerds will forever know her, has insisted that she does not intend to insult her fellow actors when she presents the Oscar ceremony this Sunday. Hathaway will present the awards show with Spider-Man star James Franco and in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter revealed that she does not plan on following Ricky Gervais’ recent example of making fun of everyone when he presented the Golden Globes… “I can guarantee that if you’re looking for someone to call people out, we’re not your hosts. I think that humour is really difficult to pull off, and…