'Spring Breakers' Review

Matt Singer — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 11:59:28 +0000

James Franco might not be the best actor working in movies today, but he's almost certainly the most fearless. His choices are as unpredictable as they are gutsy. He'll try just about anything: television dramas ('Freaks & Geeks'), soap operas ('General Hospital'), comedies ('Pineapple Express'), and big blockbusters ('Spider-Man,' 'Rise of the Planet of the Apes'). His latest role, in Harmony Korine's 'Spring Breakers,' might be his craziest and most daring to date. He plays Alien -- pronounced "A-Leen" in Franco's South Florida drawl -- a drug dealer and aspiring rapper who likes to boast that he's from another planet. Franco's performance is suitably extraterrestrial: hilarious, disturbing, deranged, poignant and endlessly quotable. In an instant classic scene, Alien shows off all his prized possessions -- machine guns and money and nunchucks and 'Scarface' DVDs on constant repeat -- while screaming "Look at my s---!" Alien's orders are superfluous; any time Franco's onscreen, you can't take your eyes off him.

Dave Grohl To Keynote At 2013 SXSW

Crash — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 05:15:21 +0000

Dave Grohl will be the keynote speaker for the 2013 South by Southwest Music and Media Conference and Festival in Austin, Texas. The Foo Fighters' frontman will deliver the address on Thursday, March 14th at the Austin Convention Center, the hub of SxSW's music events.

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'Spring Breakers' Review

Dave Grohl To Keynote At 2013 SXSW