STACK #161 Mar 2018

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Make room for a new cult comedy. THE DISASTER ARTIST

Release Date: 28/03/18 Format:

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Directing a Disaster

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Oh, Hi Mark: Making a Disaster Just a Guy Leaning on a Wall: Getting to Know Tommy Feature Commentary with James Franco, Dave Franco, Tommy Wiseau, Greg Sestero, Scott Neustadtler, Michael H. Weber James Franco stayed in character as Tommy Wiseau in between shots while directing the film. Greg Sestero stated that when he was writing the book, Tommy Wiseau said that only two actors could play him in the adaptation: James Franco or Johnny Depp.

The Disaster Artist is a good movie about the making of a terrible one. That would be The Room – a crime against cinema perpetrated in 2003 by eccentric and enigmatic auteur Tommy Wiseau, and the subject of James Franco’s dramatisation of how this masterpiece of ineptitude (which has since become a cult favourite) was brought into existence. As a filmmaker Franco has always

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and when they don’t, the inexplicably wealthy Wiseau takes a DIY approach to his dream project, despite having no idea how to make a movie. The Disaster Artist is a hilarious companion piece to Tim Burton’s Ed Wood ; a love letter to a misfit moviemaker and a reminder that truly great bad movies aren’t deliberately made – they’re the result of an earnest belief in an artistic vision, with none of the skills required to achieve it. SH

favoured bizarre and experimental projects, and taking his cues fromWiseau, directs and stars in this adaptation of Room actor Greg Sestero’s memoir. Sestero (played by Dave Franco) first encounters Wiseau (James Franco) – who resembles the lovechild of Guns N’ Roses’ Slash and the Vampire Lestat – in a San Francisco drama class. The pair abruptly head off to LA to make it big in Hollywood,

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Magic. Mystery. Marmalade. PADDINGTON 2

Release Date: 21/03/18

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Director’s Commentary ‘Rain on the Roof’ with Phoenix Buchanan Paddington 2 : The Challenges of Making the Film BAFTA Q&As with Cast and Crew Michael Bond, creator of Paddington Bear, passed away six months before the release of this film, at the age of 91. His last book about the titular character was released in April 2017. DID YOU KNOW...

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In this second feature outing for the beloved British bear, Paddington is not only a fully- fledged member of the Brown family, he’s also become the glue – or perhaps marmalade would be a more suitable sticky noun – that holds his local community of Windsor Gardens together. Their trust is key to Paddington’s latest project, which involves performing odd jobs to save up for a special

becomes quite the classic mystery as to who took the pop-up book. Paddington 2 is an absolute delight. With so many kids’ flicks nowadays existing simply to peddle merchandise or get cheap laughs from cheaper gags, this superior sequel takes a leaf out of the book marked “classic adventure movies” and delivers a genuinely great time for kids and adults alike, while never crossing the line into saccharine – or cynical. AF

gift – a pop-up book of London – for his Aunt Lucy’s upcoming 100th birthday. All’s going well until the book is stolen, and he’s blamed for the theft. Then it’s off to prison, where naturally Paddington brings out the good in the inmates. As things start falling apart in their local neighbourhood, the Browns haven’t given up on the bear for which they care, doing their utmost to solve what

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Paddington

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