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We Found It on Netflix Instant: Tim Allen in Crazy on the Outside

By Max Silvestri at

Every so often, Max Silvestri plunges into the depths of his Netflix queue, resurfacing with reports of the strange things he's found there. These movies are usually terrible, but he writes about them anyway.

What It’s About: A recently paroled ex-con (Tim Allen) moves back in with his family and has to adjust to how sometimes life is crazy on the outside of jail, not just on the inside of jail, which is where we’d all assumed was the only place that was crazy.

Who It’s For:Anyone who’s ever had a sitcom based on his autobiographical stand-up act and then lucratively sold its syndication rights.

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GRADING THE TRADES

James Franco Now Even More Literary

James Franco
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Following up his collection of short stories, Palo Alto, James Franco has sold his first novel, Actors Anonymous, directly to Amazon. Only appropriately, it’s a fictionalized version of Franco’s real life as an actor. It's a pretty big departure, though: In the book version, the fake Franco sells his novel to Barnesandnoble.com. Grade: C [Observer via Vulture]

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