James Franco

The Epoch Times film critic sifts through the 38 big screen offerings of January 2016, and picks five. The choices are based on which movies will have the most visibility and potential to impact culture, especially (but not always) in a positive way, and collates some critique excerpts from fellow reviewers from other news publications.

British Stage director Rupert Goold’s film-directing debut, “True Story,” is about an American Serial-killer, starring James Franco and Jonah Hill.

Following Sony Pictures decision to ax “The Interview” after cybercriminals made threats against cinemas, the film will now be shown on Christmas Day at theaters that want to air it.

Couple years ago, James Franco taught a film class at NYU and had 12 of his students write and direct fictional scripts, based on the life of poet C.K. Williams, as a graduation project.

By no means terrible, Third Person is a sometimes enthralling, often eye-rolling film which lives and dies by its climactic ending.

James Franco movie “sucks:” Franco, who has appeared in a range of movies including the recent “Oz,” said one of his movies was terrible.

James Franco, the co-host of the 83rd annual Academy Awards, tweeted that he will “try to smile tonight.”

Danny Boyle set a challenge for the crew of “127 Hours”, his picture that premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.

James Franco and Danny Boyle’s latest film “127 Hours,” in which Franco stars as rock climber Aron Ralston, released its teaser trailer this week.