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James Franco - news / articles


  • Franco & McBride reteam in Portman comedy - 1 June 2009
    -Pineapple Express co-stars James Franco and Danny Mcbride are set to reteam as royal brothers in a medieval comedy starring Natalie Portman.- -The trio will start shooting Your Highness, which McBride penned, in Ireland next month (Jul09).- - Portman will play a war


  • Franco reliving career on screen - 11 April 2009
    -Actor James Franco has teamed up with multi-media artist Carter to create a unique movie - in which he re-enacts a collection of scenes from his past films.- -The 65-minute art-house film, called Erased James Franco, sees the actor performing scenes from his roles in


  • Franco gets Milked at Harvard - 16 February 2009
    -Actor James Franco was forced to "milk" a man dressed as a cow to earn his Hasty Pudding Man of the Year at America's Harvard University.- -The Spider-Man star received the wacky tribute from the prestigious Massachusetts college's amateur theatrical organisation as

James Franco - what members say


  • Spider-Man
  • Spider-Man review by A customer from Newcastle
    Rated - 5 stars EXCELLENT, MUST SEE MOVIE! 17 May 2004
    ...MJ [ Mary Jane's short name] while this goes on his best friend Harry Osborne [ James Franco]'s father Norman Osborne [ Willem Dafoe]has signed contract for an extro- skele...  
  • Spider-Man 2
  • Spider-Man 2 review by from London
    Rated - 5 stars Outstanding superhero sequel 25 September 2004
    ...e even harder for Peter Parker(Tobey Maguire) by the fact that his friend Harry(James Franco) wants Spider-Man dead and the love of his life Mary-Jane is about to tie the k...  
  • James Dean
  • James Dean review by biscuitbuscemi from Ossett
    Rated - 4 stars The story of a fascinating life, well told 13 February 2009
    ...James Franco looks eerily similar to James Dean - though his interpretation of the troubled young actor would've carried him through regardless. To those familiar with the...  

James Franco - filmography


  • Milk on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Sean Penn,  Josh Brolin,  Emile Hirsch
    Director: Gus Van Sant
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The story of California's first openly gay elected official, Harvey Milk, a San Francisco supervisor who was assassinated along with Mayor George Moscone by San Francisco Supervisor Dan White.
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 75% from 15,057 members
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  • Flyboys on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Scott Hazell,  Mac McDonald,  Philip Winchester
    Director: Tony Bill
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The adventures of the Lafayette Escadrille, young Americans who volunteered for the French military before the U.S. entered World War I, and became the country's first fighter pilots.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 63% from 5,147 members
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  • Annapolis on DVD (2006)
    Starring: James Franco,  Jordana Brewster,  Tyrese Gibson
    Director: Justin Lin
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Working-class tough guy Jake Huard (James Franco) gets a chance to make good when he's accepted into the famed Annapolis Naval Academy, but his friends and father back at the shipyard doubt he'll last a month. The film moves through his first year at the academy, culminating in the big boxing ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 2,787 members
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  • The Great Raid on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Benjamin Bratt,  James Franco,  Robert Mammone
    Director: John Dahl
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Following the 1942 Bataan Death March, thousands of U.S. and Filipino soldiers were imprisoned by the Japanese in a POW camp in Cabantauan in the Philippines. Brutalised, starved, and tortured, the prisoners languished in the camp for nearly three years. But in January 1945, an American battalion, ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 4,595 members
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  • Spider-Man 2 on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Tobey Maguire,  Kirsten Dunst,  Willem Dafoe
    Director: Sam Raimi
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Sam Raimi's follow-up to SPIDER-MAN finds Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) struggling to balance his everyday life with his alter ego as the web-slinging superhero. Still carrying the burden of keeping his crime-fighting identity from those closest to him--including his longtime love Mary Jane Watson (..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 84,059 members
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  • Sonny on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Brenda Blethyn,  James Franco,  Mena Suvari
    Director: Nicolas Cage
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Nicholas Cage's directorial debut SONNY is the story of a young man (James Franco) who returns to the life he left behind in New Orleans after a brief stint in the Army. That life, provided by his mother Jewel (Brenda Blethyn), is one of small-time prostitution: mum is a madam, and Sonny has been ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 47% from 689 members
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  • Spider-Man on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Tobey Maguire,  Bruce Campbell,  Willem Dafoe
    Director: Sam Raimi
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Based on the classic Marvel Comics series, Sam Raimi's SPIDER-MAN deftly details the origin of the web-slinging superhero. When awkward New York City teenager Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) attends a class field trip to a laboratory, he gets bitten by a genetically altered spider while taking photos ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 49,611 members
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  • James Dean (2001)
    Starring: James Franco,  Michael Moriarty,  Valentina Cervi
    Director: Mark Rydell
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The brief, but mythical, life and career of film acting legend James Dean is dramatised in this biographical 2001 feature, originally produced for cable television. Dean is portrayed here as a hard worker and wild man, yet a sensitive lost soul whose own turbulent life mirrored the roles he took on ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 65% from 109 members
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James Franco - watch online


  • If Tomorrow Comes to Watch Now (2000)
    Starring: James Franco,  Dave Buzzotta,  James Madio
    Director: Gerrit Steenhagen
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC (TBC)
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    Run time: 92 minutes
    Lost in his constant search for a mother he never knew and a father who spent his life as a petty criminal, James Franco as Adam Blande updates the James Dean mythical figure in this gripping, character-driven thriller.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 No ratings yet. Be the first.
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James Franco facts

5 most recent films

Howl - 2.0 stars
Milk - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Pineapple Express - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars
Nights in Rodanthe - 3.0 stars
Nights In Rodanthe - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Freaks and Geeks - The Complete Series - 4.5 stars
Milk - 4.0 stars
Milk - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Spider-Man - 3.5 stars
In The Valley of Elah - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Howl - 2.0 stars
Camille - 3.5 stars
Your Highness - 5.0 stars
Sonny - 2.5 stars
The Dead Girl - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Kirsten Dunst - 4 times - show films
Josh Brolin - 4 times - show films
Tobey Maguire - 4 times - show films
Danny McBride - 3 times - show films
Scott Glenn - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Sam Raimi - 4 times - show films
David Gordon Green - 3 times - show films
Gus Van Sant - 2 times - show films
Tony Bill - 2 times - show films
Paul Haggis - 2 times - show films


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