Why Him? - 惱爸偏頭痛

Why Him? (惱爸偏頭痛) is an 2016 film. The movie stars James Franco, Bryan Cranston, Zoey Deutch, Megan Mullally, and Keegan-Michael Key. The movie was released during the 2016 holiday season and was not a break out hit.

James Franco plays Laird Mayhew, a Silicon Valley tech CEO. Zoey Deutch plays Stephanie, Ned's daughter, played by Bryan Cranston. The family is invited over to meet the new boyfriend. The uptight Ned is struggling to see Laird being good for his daughter. Let the fun begin.

This was predictable movie. Uptight dad meets over the top son in law to be. The baby girl of the family being married off. So forth and so forth. Lot's of staged laughs. I laughed throughout the film. You probably will to. And a lot. It's been shown on TV a couple of times since and I've stopped to re-watch. It's a funny movie.

Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes - 猩球崛起

Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes (猩球崛起) is an 2011 film. The movie stars James Franco, Freida Pinto, and lots of APES! The movie is a prequel to the other Planet Of The Apes movies.

James Franco is a lead scientist looking for a cure to Alzheimer's disease. In an experiment gone wrong, he takes home a baby chimp and calls him Caesar. That chimp grows into a semi-intelligent semiotic being. James experiments with the drug on his father as well. Eventually, the chimp goes a little ape crazy and gets thrown into a prison for other chimps and apes. Don't call them monkeys, they'll be offended. Once Caesar is there, he eventually takes over and gets the same drug he had and gives it to the rest of his brood. They attack and run for the redwood trees of Marin County.

The movie was really well made. The affects were so crazy. Caesar was completely computer generated. Ape crazy stupid good. But James Franco was not. An angry look and general disinterest seemed to be his moto for the film. Freida's in the film for eye candy purposes only, which was too bad. The APES! They were amazing. But I was quite bored and wanted to escape the APES!

Finishing the Game - 非關英雄

I didn't really know what to expect from "Finishing the Game". Made by the director of Better Luck Tomorrow and The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift. I had wind that it was a mockumentary of the events around how the Game of Death was finsihed after Bruce Lee's Death. But I also thought it was going to have more documentary style story telling. Instead, the events have no baring on the Game of Death movie, but a satire of the film industry.



Justin paints a picture of the film industry that isn't very smart, old boys club, insensitive, and racist. Through the telling of the casting process to replace Bruce Lee, we explore the characters played by Roger Fan, Sung Kang, and Dustin Nguyen. At every step of the way for each of these three main protagonist is an example of the film industry at its worst.

Put on your thinking cap on and don't expect to be hand held through the film. If you're not familiar with racist Hollywood, some of the points presented in this film will go over your head.