Joseph Kahn primarily works as a music video director, having collaborated with the likes of Taylor Swift, Backstreet Boys, Rob Zombie, Mariah Carey, Britney Spears, U2, Aerosmith, Lady Gaga, Kelly Clarkson, Eminem, Maroon 5, Shakira, and many more – but he has also made a few feature films over the years. He made his feature debut with the 2004 action comedy Torque, and has followed that up with the comedy Bodied and the horror film Detention – which we’ve covered for both Awfully Good and Best Horror Movie You Never Saw. Now, Variety reports that Kahn is making a creature feature called Ick, and Brandon Routh (Superman Returns) and Mena Suvari (American Beauty) have signed on to star in the film.
Ick is coming our way from Interstellar Entertainment and producer Steven Schneider. The film aims to “evoke the timeless creature features of the 1980s with an ambitious arsenal of scares and comedy.
Ick is coming our way from Interstellar Entertainment and producer Steven Schneider. The film aims to “evoke the timeless creature features of the 1980s with an ambitious arsenal of scares and comedy.
- 3/18/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
A throwback to 1980s creature features, Joseph Kahn’s next movie is titled Ick, and Variety reports today that Brandon Routh and Mena Suvari will be leading the cast.
Variety’s report notes, “The film aims to evoke the timeless creature features of the 1980s with an ambitious arsenal of scares and comedy.”
The site also teases a blending of “old school prosthetics and state of the art visual effects.”
Joseph Kahn’s Ick centers on “Hank (Routh), a high school science teacher who still pines for his childhood sweetheart (Suvari). While discovering he may have a teenage daughter (Malina Weissman), Hank must grapple with a terrifying alien anomaly invading their small town.”
The film was written by Sam Laskey, Dan Koontz and Joseph Kahn.
“‘Ick’ is a movie that evokes primal fears about the world today, and best of all, it introduces a unique mysterious monster. I am thrilled...
Variety’s report notes, “The film aims to evoke the timeless creature features of the 1980s with an ambitious arsenal of scares and comedy.”
The site also teases a blending of “old school prosthetics and state of the art visual effects.”
Joseph Kahn’s Ick centers on “Hank (Routh), a high school science teacher who still pines for his childhood sweetheart (Suvari). While discovering he may have a teenage daughter (Malina Weissman), Hank must grapple with a terrifying alien anomaly invading their small town.”
The film was written by Sam Laskey, Dan Koontz and Joseph Kahn.
“‘Ick’ is a movie that evokes primal fears about the world today, and best of all, it introduces a unique mysterious monster. I am thrilled...
- 3/16/2024
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Netflix is getting into the medical procedural space, with the streamer announcing a pickup for the drama “Pulse.”
The series hails from creator Zoe Robyn, who will also serve as co-showrunner alongside Carlton Cuse. In addition, Justina Machado has been cast in a series regular role.
The official logline for the series states, “While the staff of Miami’s busiest Level 1 Trauma Center navigate medical emergencies, young ER doc Dani Simms is unexpectedly promoted to Chief Resident amidst the fallout of her own provocative romantic relationship.”
Machado will star as Natalie Cruz, described as “a brilliant and politically-savvy doctor, who oversees both administration and medicine in her role as the Chair of Surgery and Emergency Medicine.”
Both Robyn and Cuse also serve as executive producers on the series. Kate Dennis will serve as director and executive producer on the show’s first two episodes. Bradley Gardner, Emma Forman, and Michael Klick also executive produce.
The series hails from creator Zoe Robyn, who will also serve as co-showrunner alongside Carlton Cuse. In addition, Justina Machado has been cast in a series regular role.
The official logline for the series states, “While the staff of Miami’s busiest Level 1 Trauma Center navigate medical emergencies, young ER doc Dani Simms is unexpectedly promoted to Chief Resident amidst the fallout of her own provocative romantic relationship.”
Machado will star as Natalie Cruz, described as “a brilliant and politically-savvy doctor, who oversees both administration and medicine in her role as the Chair of Surgery and Emergency Medicine.”
Both Robyn and Cuse also serve as executive producers on the series. Kate Dennis will serve as director and executive producer on the show’s first two episodes. Bradley Gardner, Emma Forman, and Michael Klick also executive produce.
- 2/29/2024
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
In life, spewing hate comes easy; finding the good takes effort. That’s my mantra for “Revenge of the Remakes.” Get dirty and identify value where others hastily — maybe unfairly — laid harsh criticisms. Any remake, in any genre, faces biased outrage from peanut galleries who refuse to remove their nostalgia goggles. It’s easy to prey on the hate clickers out there, which is why I use this column as a voice for the misunderstood and wrongly delegitimized. A remake isn’t trash because it’s a remake, there’s more to the equation.
That said (and believed), not all remakes are created equal. With soaring highs come subterranean lows. Sometimes remakes are nothing but a copy-and-paste cash grab, devoid of creative ambitions. These examples fuel smear campaigns about remakes at large — and today, we’re dissecting one of the worst.
John McTiernan’s Rollerball is an unprecedented studio disaster...
That said (and believed), not all remakes are created equal. With soaring highs come subterranean lows. Sometimes remakes are nothing but a copy-and-paste cash grab, devoid of creative ambitions. These examples fuel smear campaigns about remakes at large — and today, we’re dissecting one of the worst.
John McTiernan’s Rollerball is an unprecedented studio disaster...
- 2/21/2024
- by Matt Donato
- bloody-disgusting.com
Adam Scott never wanted to be anything other than an actor. He has been devoted to his craft ever since his days of appearing in plays in high school. His first notable professional gig was playing a strung-out deliverer of exposition in the not-at-all-remembered 1994 MTV series "Dead at 21," one of the most 1990s things ever. A few years later, Scott appeared in the final theatrically released "Hellraiser" movie, "Hellraiser: Bloodline" in which he played a sweaty, immortal French aristocrat. That same year, he played the unnamed helmsman of the U.S.S. Defiant in "Star Trek: First Contact." Incidentally, his "Star Trek" character has recently shown up in the video game "Star Trek: Timelines" where he was named Helsman Wyatt, presumably after Ben Wyatt, Scott's character on "Parks and Recreation."
Scott has since had a varied, textured career that included both high-profile jobs and low-profile nothings (this author may...
Scott has since had a varied, textured career that included both high-profile jobs and low-profile nothings (this author may...
- 5/8/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Child stars are a significant part of Hollywood. But sometimes, these young actors hit it big at an early age and then seem to vanish shortly after. One of example is David Dorfman from The Ring.
Horror movie fans will remember Dorfman as the creepy and iconic Aidan Keller in the horror movie The Ring. As the eerie boy who predicted people’s deaths, the young actor stood out in the movie franchise. However, many people do not know was a child prodigy who went to college at 13. Today, Dorfman is working for the government and leading a life far removed from Hollywood’s limelight.
David Dorfman from ‘The Ring’ was a prolific child actor
Did you know that David Dorfman, the creepy kid in The Ring and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre went to college at 13, graduated UCLA with a perfect Gpa, got a J.D. from Harvard, and now works at the U.
Horror movie fans will remember Dorfman as the creepy and iconic Aidan Keller in the horror movie The Ring. As the eerie boy who predicted people’s deaths, the young actor stood out in the movie franchise. However, many people do not know was a child prodigy who went to college at 13. Today, Dorfman is working for the government and leading a life far removed from Hollywood’s limelight.
David Dorfman from ‘The Ring’ was a prolific child actor
Did you know that David Dorfman, the creepy kid in The Ring and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre went to college at 13, graduated UCLA with a perfect Gpa, got a J.D. from Harvard, and now works at the U.
- 4/14/2023
- by William Decker
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
With a new month quickly approaching, it’s time to look ahead and see what’s coming to all your favorite streaming services this November. That’s Netflix, Disney Plus, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video and, of course, HBO Max.
Halloween will soon be behind us and given that Christmas isn’t too far off, we’re beginning to see some holiday titles pop up, with all the major platforms getting into the festive spirit. That’ll continue in December as well, of course, but for November, there’s certainly tons on offer for those looking to start the celebrations early.
There’s a lot of other great stuff on the way, too, though, be it classic films, underrated gems, brand new releases and much more, and you can check out the entire lineup, sorted by date, down below. Ready to dive in?
November 1
Netflix
60 Days In: Season 5
A...
Halloween will soon be behind us and given that Christmas isn’t too far off, we’re beginning to see some holiday titles pop up, with all the major platforms getting into the festive spirit. That’ll continue in December as well, of course, but for November, there’s certainly tons on offer for those looking to start the celebrations early.
There’s a lot of other great stuff on the way, too, though, be it classic films, underrated gems, brand new releases and much more, and you can check out the entire lineup, sorted by date, down below. Ready to dive in?
November 1
Netflix
60 Days In: Season 5
A...
- 10/23/2020
- by Matt Joseph
- We Got This Covered
Joseph Kahn is a prolific commercial and music video director, but he has only made three feature films. His first, Torque, was The Fast and the Furious on motorcycles, but he made it a spoof of The Fast and the Furious, and people expecting a straight Fast and the Furious weren’t on board. He made […]
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- 11/2/2018
- by Fred Topel
- Slash Film
For many moviegoers, only one film released in 2017 successfully confronted racial inequality under the guise of mainstream entertainment, and that was “Get Out.” But another movie that fell into that same category has yet to hit theaters. Joseph Kahn’s “Bodied,” an outrageous hip hop satire that screened in the Midnight Madness section of the Toronto International Film Festival, has yet to land a theatrical deal; nevertheless, it topped IndieWire’s annual critics poll as the best undistributed movie of 2017.
The riotous comedy, in which geeky, overeducated white grad student Adam (Calum Worthy) permeates Toronto’s underground rap battle scene, is a blatant provocation: A big part of the movie revolves around Adam’s realization that racial epithets and other seemingly offensive aspects of rap performance are key to his own success in the scene, and that participants regard such button-pushing lyrics as less problematic than his socially-progressive background had led him to believe.
The riotous comedy, in which geeky, overeducated white grad student Adam (Calum Worthy) permeates Toronto’s underground rap battle scene, is a blatant provocation: A big part of the movie revolves around Adam’s realization that racial epithets and other seemingly offensive aspects of rap performance are key to his own success in the scene, and that participants regard such button-pushing lyrics as less problematic than his socially-progressive background had led him to believe.
- 12/23/2017
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
From the moment Bodied opens with a promotional advert for the Killafornia Battle League (in which we’re *immediately* told to “suck a dick!”) to the very last insert-rap-lyric-here outro line, director Joseph Kahn and co-writer Alex Larsen assassinate political correctness with pop-culture lyricisms and heat-seeking regard. Ninjas of the rapped word in their ranks, racial appropriation and misrepresented social justice tenacity in their crosshairs. We no longer can share a single thought without offending someone, somewhere, who wants to score uncashable “woke points” – and Kahn wants to make their fragile little minds explode. This is two straight hours of offensive battle rap bars, non-stop hilarity, layered introspection and the most stylized, take-no-prisoners commentary on what a black-and-white minefield our behavioral ethics have become.
That, and it’s the most motherflippin’ fun you’ll have in a theater of any kind this year, the next, and probably many to come.
That, and it’s the most motherflippin’ fun you’ll have in a theater of any kind this year, the next, and probably many to come.
- 9/29/2017
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
This writer will admit that he joked to a friend recently about music video director Joseph Kahn’s slow feature film output over the last 13 years as almost making him the new Terrence Malick. While don’t take that as anything more than a goof, each of his three features do represent a very specific point in time that’s bound to be dated within a short period. His first feature Torque arrived in the middle of the Neal Moritz renaissance and was Kahn’s stealth attempt to smuggle a parody of The Fast and The Furious beer commercial aesthetic within an actual Fast and Furious knock-off. The second, Detention, came at the dawn of social media dominance, as obnoxious and scatterbrained a millennial anthem one could hope for.
Now arrives the third feature, Bodied, coming at the beginning of “Trump’s America,” and it is, if anything, a middle-finger...
Now arrives the third feature, Bodied, coming at the beginning of “Trump’s America,” and it is, if anything, a middle-finger...
- 9/9/2017
- by Ethan Vestby
- The Film Stage
Eager-beaver, and ready to rumble, Bodied, huffs and puffs its way into our current cultural moment with impeccable timing. Produced by Eminem and directed by cult (or as the cool kids say, 'vulgar') auteur, Joseph Kahn whose straight-faced ludicrousness on display in Torque and Detention have earned each a tiny but enthusiastic following. Here, with Slim Shady blessing and Kahn's amped music-video sensibility, they invert the 8 Mile rags to eventual (offscreen) riches story, into a bold, hyper-progressive satire. One that sees a bookish Berkley masters student trash-fire most of his white privilege in an earnest effort to become legit in the self-aware-misogynistic world of Battle Rap. Bridges, oh so many bridges, ones you probably never even knew existed, are consumed as paradoxes and inequality...
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- 9/8/2017
- Screen Anarchy
The Toronto International Film Festival kicks off this week, and with it, the rest of a very busy fall festival season. In preparation for the lauded festival, we’ve hand-picked 20 films we can’t wait to see, from the starriest of premieres to the most unexpected of offerings. Check them out below.
“mother!”
Darren Aronofsky has veered off in many unpredictable directions over the years, but at his core, he’s a master at subverting the horror/thriller genres: From “Pi” to “Black Swan,” the filmmaker excels at taking his stories in creepy, unpredictable directions in which it’s hard to tell how much we can believe onscreen — and whether his characters have lost their minds. That mode certainly seems to be in play for “mother!”, which appears to be a “Rosemary’s Baby”-like tale of a married couple (Jennifer Laurence and Javier Bardem) whose home is infiltrated by...
“mother!”
Darren Aronofsky has veered off in many unpredictable directions over the years, but at his core, he’s a master at subverting the horror/thriller genres: From “Pi” to “Black Swan,” the filmmaker excels at taking his stories in creepy, unpredictable directions in which it’s hard to tell how much we can believe onscreen — and whether his characters have lost their minds. That mode certainly seems to be in play for “mother!”, which appears to be a “Rosemary’s Baby”-like tale of a married couple (Jennifer Laurence and Javier Bardem) whose home is infiltrated by...
- 8/30/2017
- by Kate Erbland, Eric Kohn, Anne Thompson, David Ehrlich, Zack Sharf, Jude Dry, Chris O'Falt, Michael Nordine and Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Deadpool director Tim Miller has just signed on to direct a feature film adaptation of the 1984 cyberpunk novel Neuromancer for Fox. X-Men producer Simon Kinberg is on board to help develop the film project as well.
The book was written by William Gibson and is the first part of the Sprawl trilogy. For those of you not familiar with the book, it went on to win the Hugo, Nebula, and Philip K. Dick Awards. here's a description of the story::
Neuromancer centers on Henry Dorsett Case, a disgraced computer hacker living in Japan who was punished for stealing from his employer by being rendered unable to access The Matrix, a worldwide virtual reality network. But he's given a shot at getting back in the saddle when he is hired to complete the ultimate hack: one on an artificial intelligence orbiting Earth.
The first book was followed by Count Zero (1986) and...
The book was written by William Gibson and is the first part of the Sprawl trilogy. For those of you not familiar with the book, it went on to win the Hugo, Nebula, and Philip K. Dick Awards. here's a description of the story::
Neuromancer centers on Henry Dorsett Case, a disgraced computer hacker living in Japan who was punished for stealing from his employer by being rendered unable to access The Matrix, a worldwide virtual reality network. But he's given a shot at getting back in the saddle when he is hired to complete the ultimate hack: one on an artificial intelligence orbiting Earth.
The first book was followed by Count Zero (1986) and...
- 8/10/2017
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Eminem has produced a new movie called Bodied, which is a satirical film that focuses on the intense hardcore world and art of rap battles. Today we have the first trailer for the film and as you'll see it definitely has that Eminem style and vibe.
The film was directed by Joseph Kahn, who helmed the film Torque and a shit-ton of music videos throughout the course of his career. He's directed music videos for Taylor Swift, Dr. Dre, Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears, and of course Eminem.
Kahn developed the script for the film with former rap battle champion Alex “Kid Twist” Larsen. The story centers on a progressive graduate student who "finds success and sparks outrage when his interest in battle rap as a thesis subject becomes a competitive obsession."
The movie stars Anthony Michael Hall, Disney Channel alum Calum Worthy, and hip-hop personality Charlamagne Tha God. It also features Dizaster,...
The film was directed by Joseph Kahn, who helmed the film Torque and a shit-ton of music videos throughout the course of his career. He's directed music videos for Taylor Swift, Dr. Dre, Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears, and of course Eminem.
Kahn developed the script for the film with former rap battle champion Alex “Kid Twist” Larsen. The story centers on a progressive graduate student who "finds success and sparks outrage when his interest in battle rap as a thesis subject becomes a competitive obsession."
The movie stars Anthony Michael Hall, Disney Channel alum Calum Worthy, and hip-hop personality Charlamagne Tha God. It also features Dizaster,...
- 8/3/2017
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Watching xXx: Return Of Xander Cage mimics the effect of mainlining a Red Bull/Jolt Cola concoction while you skydive off the Empire State Building with only a handkerchief for a parachute. It’s like Shaun White and Travis Pastrana had conjoining daredevil wet dreams that formed some Exxxtreme tsunami of fantastical X-Games stuntmanship. I imagine someone asking “what about a story?” only to have Vin Diesel grab them by the lapel, hoist them up and say, “how about I skateboard, travel and bed sexy ladies for the first twenty minutes, There’S Your Story!” – they complied, of course. That’s the opening to Xander Cage’s adrenaline-packed franchise return, and radness only increases from there broskis and braskis!
Agent Xander Cage’s return is a somber one, since it begins with the death of Augustus Gibbons (Samuel L. Jackson). Government suit Jane Marke (Toni Collette) calls Xander out of retirement to avenge Gibbons’ death,...
Agent Xander Cage’s return is a somber one, since it begins with the death of Augustus Gibbons (Samuel L. Jackson). Government suit Jane Marke (Toni Collette) calls Xander out of retirement to avenge Gibbons’ death,...
- 1/19/2017
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
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Want a quality action film, but you only have an hour and a half? Step this way...
Looking back over the genre, action films definitely haven’t suffered from the trend to make everything longer. They’ve always been pretty long, regularly clocking in at over two hours. Perhaps because of all the slo-mo? But while the sweet spot for action classics seems to be the 100-110 minute mark, there are those that have cut the genre right down to basics, and succeeded all the more for it.
Below is my pick of 25 great action films 90 minutes or under. Even more so than other genres, action crosses many other films - picking a pure ‘action’ flick is all but impossible. So below I’ve chosen films that retain action sequences as their main narrative device, and keep the action at the heart of the movie, rather than as a extra.
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Want a quality action film, but you only have an hour and a half? Step this way...
Looking back over the genre, action films definitely haven’t suffered from the trend to make everything longer. They’ve always been pretty long, regularly clocking in at over two hours. Perhaps because of all the slo-mo? But while the sweet spot for action classics seems to be the 100-110 minute mark, there are those that have cut the genre right down to basics, and succeeded all the more for it.
Below is my pick of 25 great action films 90 minutes or under. Even more so than other genres, action crosses many other films - picking a pure ‘action’ flick is all but impossible. So below I’ve chosen films that retain action sequences as their main narrative device, and keep the action at the heart of the movie, rather than as a extra.
- 3/10/2016
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
Meet some of the best directors working today, who haven't gone down the blockbuster movie route...
Ever find it a bit lame when the same big name directors get kicked around for every high profile project? Christopher Nolan, Jj Abrams, maybe the Russo Brothers? With so much focus on blockbuster films these days, getting a major franchise job seems like the main acknowledgement of success for a filmmaker. And yes, both the financial and creative rewards can be great. But there are plenty of other directors out there, doing their own thing, from art house auteurs to Dtv action specialists.
Here are 25 examples.
Lee Hardcastle
Even if you don’t know his name, you’ve probably seen Lee Hardcastle’s ultraviolent claymations shared on social media. He first started getting noticed for his two-minute remake of The Thing, starring the famous stop motion penguin Pingu. Far from just a cheap one-joke mash-up,...
Ever find it a bit lame when the same big name directors get kicked around for every high profile project? Christopher Nolan, Jj Abrams, maybe the Russo Brothers? With so much focus on blockbuster films these days, getting a major franchise job seems like the main acknowledgement of success for a filmmaker. And yes, both the financial and creative rewards can be great. But there are plenty of other directors out there, doing their own thing, from art house auteurs to Dtv action specialists.
Here are 25 examples.
Lee Hardcastle
Even if you don’t know his name, you’ve probably seen Lee Hardcastle’s ultraviolent claymations shared on social media. He first started getting noticed for his two-minute remake of The Thing, starring the famous stop motion penguin Pingu. Far from just a cheap one-joke mash-up,...
- 9/30/2015
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
The long in the works film adaptation of William Gibson's acclaimed sci-fi novel "Neuromancer," which at last report stalled several years ago, has apparently found a new lease on life.
Screen reports that UK-based Gfm Films has been joined by Chinese media company C2M Media Group which has stepped up with financing for the project. The pair will now co-develop and produce the film with the first priority being the hiring of a new writer and director.
Several people have been previously attached to the project, most notably Vicenzo Natali ("Cube") and Joseph Kahn ("Torque"). At present, the only linked name is producer Lucas Foster ("Mr. and Mrs. Smith").
Screen reports that UK-based Gfm Films has been joined by Chinese media company C2M Media Group which has stepped up with financing for the project. The pair will now co-develop and produce the film with the first priority being the hiring of a new writer and director.
Several people have been previously attached to the project, most notably Vicenzo Natali ("Cube") and Joseph Kahn ("Torque"). At present, the only linked name is producer Lucas Foster ("Mr. and Mrs. Smith").
- 5/19/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
"Torque" director Joseph Kahn has been working on a "Power Rangers" short film. But it's nothing like the big screen reboot that Lionsgate has been planning. Kahn's stars James Van Der Beek and Katee Sackhoff, and is far from being kid-friendly. "Overall, it's a very serious thing," Kahn told HitFix. "The joke isn't that you're laughing at each particular scene; the joke is that we did this 'f*ck you' thing in the first place. You're going to look at it and you go 'wow I can't believe they f*cking did that.'" In the short film, Van Der Beek plays Rocky, a former Power Rangers member who takes the Pink Ranger (Sackhoff) hostage. Check it out below. Short Film:...
- 2/25/2015
- WorstPreviews.com
Have you watched "Torque" and "Detention" director Joseph Kahn's HitFix-premiered "Power Rangers" fan film yet? As of this writing, you can still catch the Sfw version on YouTube. The Nsfw version, on the other hand? Apparently Vimeo's "Staff Pick of the Day" recommendation wasn't enough to keep the video-sharing site from taking it down -- presumably under pressure from "Power Rangers" copyright holder Saban Entertainment. "Saban is trying to shut Power/Rangers down," wrote Kahn on Twitter. "If you'd like to keep watching, tell them to stop harassing me." Indeed, despite satire being protected under the First Amendment -- that part of the Constitution which has allowed fan-made films to flourish online -- "Power/Rangers" seems to be under attack in part, perhaps, due to its affiliation with a known Hollywood director. "Hey @vimeo my Power/Rangers short you took down is protected under fair/use/free speech/satire,...
- 2/24/2015
- by Chris Eggertsen
- Hitfix
For years now there's been this hunger from fans to watch "dark and gritty" movies starring characters they grew up with. The success of Bryan Singer's X-Men movies and then Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy helped fuel Hollywood's desire to bring more of these kinds of stories to the big screen, and now they're everywhere. From The Avengers to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to The Fantastic Four, we now live in the age of "The Dark and Gritty Reboot." Producer Adi Shanker (The Grey, Dredd) teamed with filmmaker Joseph Kahn (Torque, Detention) on what they're calling a "bootleg fan film" that sort of deconstructs not just the dark and gritty reboot, but also the ways in which fans love to devour this type of content...
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- 2/24/2015
- by Erik Davis
- Movies.com
This isn't the Power Rangers you grew up with. Dawson's Creek veteran James Van Der Beek and Battlestar Galactica and Longmire fan-favorite Katee Sackhoff got their morphing time on in a 14-minute gritty flick—seriously, there's lots of blood, naked women and stuff you definitely wouldn't see on Saturday morning—from director Joseph Kahn. His other credits include Taylor Swift's "Blank Space" music video, Torque and several other of your favorite music videos. The film comes with this disclaimer: "Power/Rangers: Deboot of the Power Rangers. My take on the Fan Film. Not a pilot, not a series, not for profit, strictly for exhibition. This is a bootleg...
- 2/24/2015
- E! Online
Updated: Hollywood’s habit of rebooting campy old properties into “dark” and “gritty”, Nolan-esque movies has grown tiring for a long time. No material is sacred, and no material is too ridiculous to be unironically rehashed.
One of the lesser titles on that long list of remakes are the Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers, a horribly silly ’90s staple that by 2016 when the official Lionsgate movie is released will be 20 years removed from when the original show went off air.
Joseph Kahn’s short film Power/Rangers isn’t that.
Starring Katee Sackhoff (Battlestar Galactica) and James Van Der Beek (Dawson’s Creek) in Kahn’s “fan film”, one that doesn’t “reboot” the old property but extends its story threads to their natural, grim and bloody conclusion, Power/Rangers is an intense and dense fan story that takes fan filmmaking to a new level.
Kahn is a music video director...
One of the lesser titles on that long list of remakes are the Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers, a horribly silly ’90s staple that by 2016 when the official Lionsgate movie is released will be 20 years removed from when the original show went off air.
Joseph Kahn’s short film Power/Rangers isn’t that.
Starring Katee Sackhoff (Battlestar Galactica) and James Van Der Beek (Dawson’s Creek) in Kahn’s “fan film”, one that doesn’t “reboot” the old property but extends its story threads to their natural, grim and bloody conclusion, Power/Rangers is an intense and dense fan story that takes fan filmmaking to a new level.
Kahn is a music video director...
- 2/24/2015
- by Brian Welk
- SoundOnSight
Well this is a bit of a curious thing. While Lionsgate preps a new Power Rangers movie for July 22, 2016, Joseph Kahn has directed an R-rated short film inspired by the kid-targeted action property. The new film is said to be a "modern reinvention" of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, but I doubt it will have much in common with Kahn's vision. In an accompanying video Kahn, who directed the awful 2004 movie Torque, says, "I think the trick that I really wanted to do with this was to make that dark and gritty version that everybody keeps talking about, but really do it. Really see if I could totally accomplish it with essentially a really incredible incredibly silly property." While the short isn't what I would necessarily call "good", it is a fun little watch and the fact it features James Van Der Beek and Katee Sackhoff hamming it up is mildly amusing.
- 2/24/2015
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Previously we've seen a couple of impressive short films from producer Ari Shankar from the comic book universe. Joe Lynch directed Truth in Journalism, a take off on the Spider-Man character Venom, and Mike Pecci directed The Dead Can't Be Distracted, which was a bootleg version of The Punisher. Now Shankar is back with Power/Rangers, a gritty, R-rated, 14-minute short film directed by Joseph Kahn (Torque) that adapts "Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers." The film certainly puts an interesting twist on the mythology of the Japanese imported action adventure, and it's much different from the eventual big screen take on the way. Plus, it stars James Van Der Beek and Katie Sackhoff, which is just completely surreal. Watch! Here's Joseph Kahn & Adi Shankar's short film Power/Rangers (via HitFix): And if you're wondering just why Shankar decided to make this movie, here you go: Interestingly enough, Kahn wasn't...
- 2/24/2015
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
The big screen reboot of the "Power Rangers" franchise is still a year off, but today "Torque" director Joseph Kahn and "Dredd" producer Adi Shankar have come up with something that should get fans excited and premiered it via HitFix.
In the tradition of Shankar's "Punisher" and "Venom" fan film shorts comes the 14-minute "Power/Rangers," a dark and very adult sequhttp://www.darkhorizons.com/admin/news/edit/35920el to the children’s franchise. Boasting violence and nudity, the film begins with most of the Power Rangers dead and with James Van Der Beek as a traitorous Rocky having taken Katee Sackhoff's Kimberly prisoner. Russ Bain, Will Yun Lee and Gichi Gamba also star.
The "Power/Rangers" short has been removed from YouTube...
In the tradition of Shankar's "Punisher" and "Venom" fan film shorts comes the 14-minute "Power/Rangers," a dark and very adult sequhttp://www.darkhorizons.com/admin/news/edit/35920el to the children’s franchise. Boasting violence and nudity, the film begins with most of the Power Rangers dead and with James Van Der Beek as a traitorous Rocky having taken Katee Sackhoff's Kimberly prisoner. Russ Bain, Will Yun Lee and Gichi Gamba also star.
The "Power/Rangers" short has been removed from YouTube...
- 2/24/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
"I make unapologetically R-rated, ferociously violent, action & crime cinema," producer Adi Shankar ("Dredd," "Lone Survivor," "A Walk Among The Tombstones," "Killing Them Softly") says in his Twitter profile. Though that seems to presuppose that the only way to do that kind of material is in an R-rated format. We'll leave that debate for another day, but Shankar has been putting his philosophy to use in his ongoing bootleg series of shorts, and today comes the violent, gritty take "Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers" you've always wanted. Uh, right? Rounding up James Van Der Beek, Katie Sackhoff, and Joseph Kahn ("Torque") to direct, this one imagines what would happen if those colorful teenage kids trained to fight turned into adults with Ptsd. Well, it is in a blue palette world of electronic music and choreographed fights. It's an interesting take on the material, though the aesthetic design feels somewhat...
- 2/24/2015
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
This morning Adi Shankar released Power/Rangers, a “bootleg short film” directed by Joseph Kahn (Torque, Detention), co-written by Dutch Southern (Bad Turn Worse) and starring James Van Der Beek (Dawson’s Creek) and Katee Sackhoff (Battlestar Galactica). Described as “a twist on the Power Rangers mythos”, the short film is a a well crafted brilliant fx-heavy […]
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- 2/24/2015
- by Peter Sciretta
- Slash Film
Lionsgate may be working on a "Power Rangers" reboot, but we bet it's nothing like this super-gritty fan film, directed by Joseph Kahn ("Torque") and featuring James Van Der Beek and Katee Sackhoff.
The short film, "Power/Rangers," which clocks in at around 12 minutes, picks up years after our heroes last fought Rita and her monsters. Van Der Beek plays Rocky, a former member of the Rangers crew who has since turned on his onetime friends, taking Kimberly, a.k.a. the Pink Ranger (Sackhoff), hostage.
An intense exchange littered with flashbacks shows how hard times have fallen on our heroes, with sex, drugs, and eventually gruesome murder eventually overtaking the gang. There's also plenty of cursing, too, another element that didn't make it into the Saturday morning kids show.
HitFix has an interview with Kahn, in which he explains his thought process behind the film, which also features impressive...
The short film, "Power/Rangers," which clocks in at around 12 minutes, picks up years after our heroes last fought Rita and her monsters. Van Der Beek plays Rocky, a former member of the Rangers crew who has since turned on his onetime friends, taking Kimberly, a.k.a. the Pink Ranger (Sackhoff), hostage.
An intense exchange littered with flashbacks shows how hard times have fallen on our heroes, with sex, drugs, and eventually gruesome murder eventually overtaking the gang. There's also plenty of cursing, too, another element that didn't make it into the Saturday morning kids show.
HitFix has an interview with Kahn, in which he explains his thought process behind the film, which also features impressive...
- 2/24/2015
- by Katie Roberts
- Moviefone
Joseph Kahn is one of the most accomplished and ambitious directors working in the music video and TV commercial industries. To date, he’s also made two feature films, with extremely different results. The first of those pictures, Torque, is almost an art object, the result of a filmmaker who isn’t interested in popcorn spectacle making the most ridiculous motorbike action movie you can imagine. It might well be to The Fast and the Furious what Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain is to a urinal.
And then there’s Detention, a film Kahn made ‘outside of the system.’ It’s a teen time travel horror movie – sort of. It’s also a head-first dive into pop culture ephemera. I’ve seen Detention at least a half dozen times in the last three or four years, and now I’m writing about it, I’m tempted to go get the Blu-ray...
And then there’s Detention, a film Kahn made ‘outside of the system.’ It’s a teen time travel horror movie – sort of. It’s also a head-first dive into pop culture ephemera. I’ve seen Detention at least a half dozen times in the last three or four years, and now I’m writing about it, I’m tempted to go get the Blu-ray...
- 2/24/2015
- by Brendon Connelly
- Obsessed with Film
Dredd and The Grey producer Adi Shankar has released another one of his "bootleg" fan films. This time it's a badass 14-minute short based on the Power Rangers franchise, directed by Joseph Kahn (Detention, Torque) and starring James Van Der Beek and Katee Sackhoff. Before checking it out though, you should know Kahn isn't involved with the planned reboot, and you might want to be careful where you watch the video since it's Nsfw. It's...
- 2/24/2015
- by Jesse Giroux
- JoBlo.com
Jay Hernandez is joining the cast of DC Comics movie Suicide Squad.
The David Ayer-directed movie will star Will Smith, Margot Robbie and Jai Courtney as a group of a super-villains on a mission of redemption for the Us government.
Specifics of Hernandez's role in Suicide Squad have not been confirmed, but TheWrap reports that he could be playing a cellmate of the imprisoned Joker (Jared Leto).
Hernandez is a veteran of the films Friday Night Lights, Torque, Ladder 49 and Hostel, and has also worked on television in Nashville and Gang Related.
Director Ayer is also currently casting the role of Suicide Squad leader Rick Flag, due to Tom Hardy dropping out of the project.
Suicide Squad: Everything you need to know about Warner Bros' villainous team
Will Smith on DC Comics' Suicide Squad: 'We have to get it right'
Joel Kinnaman, Jon Bernthal and...
The David Ayer-directed movie will star Will Smith, Margot Robbie and Jai Courtney as a group of a super-villains on a mission of redemption for the Us government.
Specifics of Hernandez's role in Suicide Squad have not been confirmed, but TheWrap reports that he could be playing a cellmate of the imprisoned Joker (Jared Leto).
Hernandez is a veteran of the films Friday Night Lights, Torque, Ladder 49 and Hostel, and has also worked on television in Nashville and Gang Related.
Director Ayer is also currently casting the role of Suicide Squad leader Rick Flag, due to Tom Hardy dropping out of the project.
Suicide Squad: Everything you need to know about Warner Bros' villainous team
Will Smith on DC Comics' Suicide Squad: 'We have to get it right'
Joel Kinnaman, Jon Bernthal and...
- 2/19/2015
- Digital Spy
Sundance Channel entered 2013 like a network with something to prove, and did it ever. Making the move into original scripted dramas like sister channel AMC, Sundance gave us three of that year's absolute best shows: the New Zealand mystery miniseries "Top of the Lake," the meditative life-after-prison series "Rectify" and the creepy supernatural French series "The Returned." Now, the first of those was an international co-production, and the latter an import that Sundance acquired, but together they sent a message about how serious Sundance was about being great, and quickly, while also laying down a very clear aesthetic for the channel: the TV version of indie cinema. If it wasn't as revolutionary as seeing HBO present "Oz," "The Sopranos" and "Six Feet Under" all in a row, it was perhaps the most impressive debut trifecta since then(*). (*) The only real competition: FX, with "The Shield," "Nip/Tuck" and "Rescue Me,...
- 2/26/2014
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
Kevin Hart and Ice Cube lead the lineup in Ride Along, the new film from the director and the producer of the blockbuster comedy Think Like a Man. When a fast-talking guy joins his girlfriend’s brother—a hot-tempered cop—to patrol the streets of Atlanta, he gets entangled in the officer’s latest case. Now, in order to prove that he deserves his future bride, he must survive the most insane 24 hours of his life.
For the past two years, high-school security guard Ben (Hart) has been trying to show decorated Apd detective James (Cube) that he’s more than just a video-game junkie who’s unworthy of James’ sister, Angela (Tika Sumpter). When Ben finally gets accepted into the academy, he thinks he’s earned the seasoned policeman’s respect and asks for his blessing to marry Angela.
Knowing that a ride along will demonstrate if Ben has...
For the past two years, high-school security guard Ben (Hart) has been trying to show decorated Apd detective James (Cube) that he’s more than just a video-game junkie who’s unworthy of James’ sister, Angela (Tika Sumpter). When Ben finally gets accepted into the academy, he thinks he’s earned the seasoned policeman’s respect and asks for his blessing to marry Angela.
Knowing that a ride along will demonstrate if Ben has...
- 12/30/2013
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
While there may be a shortage of theatrical horror films scoring a nationwide release, there are still plenty of titles touring the festival circuit and coming out via VOD and DVD that are equally worthy of your attention. Unfortunately, films that don’t get the big-studio marketing treatment often wind up passed over by a lot of horror fans... or, sadly, overlooked entirely. To shed some light on some of these lesser-known features, we ran a piece last month spotlighting a series of impressive films released over the past five years which may not have received all the publicity they deserved (due to financial limitations, being overshadowed by larger scale releases, or myriad other reasons). For your consideration, today we're showcasing five more titles that may have passed you by, but are certainly worthy of your attention. We hope that even die-hard fans of the macabre will find a film...
- 10/10/2013
- by Tyler Doupe
- FEARnet
Bruce Lee has been brought back to life as a CGI rendering for a new Chinese commercial.
Whisky brand Johnnie Walker has teamed up with Torque and Detention director Joseph Kahn for its 'Game Changer' campaign, with VFX company The Mill creating a computer-generated head to overlay on the body of a double.
Kahn described the piece as an "exploration and celebration" of the Enter the Dragon star and rebuffed criticism the 90-second clip has received from Lee fans.
"This spot isn't about drinking, nor does Bruce Lee ever pitch, hold, talk about it," Kahn wrote on the Vimeo page for the commercial. "It's a short inspirational film sponsored by Johnnie Walker. Those making comparisons of 'water' to 'alcohol' are literalists and wrong.
"[The] last thing alcohol wants to be is water. It's a metaphor for life. It's his metaphor in his actual words. I spent a year living and breathing this man,...
Whisky brand Johnnie Walker has teamed up with Torque and Detention director Joseph Kahn for its 'Game Changer' campaign, with VFX company The Mill creating a computer-generated head to overlay on the body of a double.
Kahn described the piece as an "exploration and celebration" of the Enter the Dragon star and rebuffed criticism the 90-second clip has received from Lee fans.
"This spot isn't about drinking, nor does Bruce Lee ever pitch, hold, talk about it," Kahn wrote on the Vimeo page for the commercial. "It's a short inspirational film sponsored by Johnnie Walker. Those making comparisons of 'water' to 'alcohol' are literalists and wrong.
"[The] last thing alcohol wants to be is water. It's a metaphor for life. It's his metaphor in his actual words. I spent a year living and breathing this man,...
- 7/10/2013
- Digital Spy
By Arlene R. Weiss
British actor, musician, Maxton Gig “Max” Beesley, Jr’s destiny as an actor was firmly set when his mom was inspired by American, Academy Award® winning actor Gig Young, in choosing her son’s middle name. Beesley, born and raised in his beloved Manchester, England, was raised in a family steeped in the arts. His father, Max Beesley, Sr. is a venerable jazz drummer and impressionist, and his mother Chris Marlowe was a jazz singer. His step-brother Jason Milligan is also an actor and Jason’s wife Angela Griffin is an actress.
At first, American audiences may not easily recognize Max Beesley’s name, but in fact, many are far more familiar with his esteemed CV of work, which includes numerous acclaimed acting roles in many stellar films, TV series, and also a supreme music career, than they realize.
Beesley has garnered considerable praise and is...
British actor, musician, Maxton Gig “Max” Beesley, Jr’s destiny as an actor was firmly set when his mom was inspired by American, Academy Award® winning actor Gig Young, in choosing her son’s middle name. Beesley, born and raised in his beloved Manchester, England, was raised in a family steeped in the arts. His father, Max Beesley, Sr. is a venerable jazz drummer and impressionist, and his mother Chris Marlowe was a jazz singer. His step-brother Jason Milligan is also an actor and Jason’s wife Angela Griffin is an actress.
At first, American audiences may not easily recognize Max Beesley’s name, but in fact, many are far more familiar with his esteemed CV of work, which includes numerous acclaimed acting roles in many stellar films, TV series, and also a supreme music career, than they realize.
Beesley has garnered considerable praise and is...
- 6/18/2013
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Ah, the movie trailer. The magical two to three-minute span of some highlights of a motion picture used to coerce an audience into coming back to the theater for the whole thing. As of recently, movie trailers have become something of an art, taking fascinatingly different directions. We’ve now also come to find that teaser trailers (mini-trailers…for upcoming trailers and movies) are popping up in cinemas everywhere as well.
So, what happens when a movie trailer just happens to be better than the movie itself? Articles like this are born! This is by no means a definitive list, merely eight examples of awesome trailers for, what audiences came to find out, awful full-length feature films. Read’em and weep, folks at just what could have been. At what we were promised. At what we thought we were paying for.
8. Torque
Hoping to cash in on the fact that...
So, what happens when a movie trailer just happens to be better than the movie itself? Articles like this are born! This is by no means a definitive list, merely eight examples of awesome trailers for, what audiences came to find out, awful full-length feature films. Read’em and weep, folks at just what could have been. At what we were promised. At what we thought we were paying for.
8. Torque
Hoping to cash in on the fact that...
- 9/6/2012
- by Cameron Domino Carpenter
- Obsessed with Film
After birthing the critical mess that was 2004′s Torque, director Joseph Kahn decided to take a few years off and focus back on his music video directing career. Working with such artists as Muse, Eminem, Britney Spears, and the Wu-Tang Clan, many wondered if Kahn would ever rebound from Hollywood’s harsh backlash.
Fast forward to 2011, and Kahn exposed a self funded ace from his sleeve titled Detention. Taking the festival circuit by storm, Kahn’s energetic filmmaking started garnering audience awards and critical acclaim from those lucky enough to snag a ticket, and for good reason. Learning from the over developed B-Movie mistakes that plagued Torque, Joseph Kahn’s entry into horror comedy territory will this time be remembered for cheers, not jeers.
Let me try to describe Detention this way. Imagine if Scream had a baby with The Breakfast Club, that toddler grew up and mated with A Clockwork Orange,...
Fast forward to 2011, and Kahn exposed a self funded ace from his sleeve titled Detention. Taking the festival circuit by storm, Kahn’s energetic filmmaking started garnering audience awards and critical acclaim from those lucky enough to snag a ticket, and for good reason. Learning from the over developed B-Movie mistakes that plagued Torque, Joseph Kahn’s entry into horror comedy territory will this time be remembered for cheers, not jeers.
Let me try to describe Detention this way. Imagine if Scream had a baby with The Breakfast Club, that toddler grew up and mated with A Clockwork Orange,...
- 8/2/2012
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
Reviewed by Michael Juvinall, MoreHorror.com
Detention (2011) Movie Review
Starring: Josh Hutcherson, Dane Cook, Spencer Locke, Brooke Haven, and Shanley Caswell
Directed by: Joseph Kahn
Written by: Joseph Kahn (written by) and Mark Palermo (written by)
Detention is a rather unique film, it features a myriad of genres combined, comedy, slasher film, teen drama, and sci-fi are all thrown into the mix. Director Joseph Kahn has only made one other feature film, 2004’s Torque and a handful of music videos which is surprising because Kahn definitely has a visual style that’s all his own, which is on full display here, part of the reason why Detention is so interesting to watch. Detention is chock full of pop culture references, many to other films, so many in fact, I couldn’t count them all. This film is so complex that I had to watch it twice to catch everything that...
Detention (2011) Movie Review
Starring: Josh Hutcherson, Dane Cook, Spencer Locke, Brooke Haven, and Shanley Caswell
Directed by: Joseph Kahn
Written by: Joseph Kahn (written by) and Mark Palermo (written by)
Detention is a rather unique film, it features a myriad of genres combined, comedy, slasher film, teen drama, and sci-fi are all thrown into the mix. Director Joseph Kahn has only made one other feature film, 2004’s Torque and a handful of music videos which is surprising because Kahn definitely has a visual style that’s all his own, which is on full display here, part of the reason why Detention is so interesting to watch. Detention is chock full of pop culture references, many to other films, so many in fact, I couldn’t count them all. This film is so complex that I had to watch it twice to catch everything that...
- 8/2/2012
- by admin
- MoreHorror
Detention (2011) “Torque” Director Joseph Kahn’s genre-bending head game “Detention” is the millennial “Scream”, except a lot more scatter-brained and unfocused. The film chronicles the adventures of several high school students, all of whom are dealing with the troubles of suburban adolescence in their own unique ways. The only problem, of course, is that someone is killing them off one by one in a bevy of quirky, blood-soaked ways. The movie’s plot isn’t anything remotely original — the filmmakers even give audiences a not-so tongue-in-cheek reference to “Scream” at one point — but Kahn’s stutter-stop execution of the material prevents it from falling into the same old rountine. And while I don’t necessarily feel the movie did a great job of capturing the 90′s spirit (or lack thereof), the strong performances and cheesy cinematic gimmicks are amusing enough to forgive this trespass. Is “Detention” for everyone? Probably not.
- 7/28/2012
- by Todd Rigney
- Beyond Hollywood
Director: Joseph Kahn. Writers: Joseph Kahn and Mark Palermo. Cast: Josh Hutcherson, Dane Cook, Spencer Locke, Parker Bagley, Brooke Haven, Walter Perez, Aaron Perilo, Will Wallace, Jesse Heiman, Lindsey Morgan, and Marque Richardson. Detention is only director Joseph Kahn's second film. But, already this filmmaker is showing brilliance in this comedy slash serial killer feature. Kahn's background includes the 2004 action film Torque and a series of music videos. He brings the quick cuts and visual style of music videos to this feature. He also brings many, many pop culture references to what is the funniest film this reviewer has seen so far this year. And kudos to Kahn for creating such a complex storyline that is literally chock full of subplots. The central storyline focuses on Riley (Shanley Caswell) and her crush on Clapton Davis (Josh Hutcherson). She has to compete with Ione (Spencer Locke) for his attentions. And,...
- 7/27/2012
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Directed by Joseph Kahn
Featuring Shanley Caswell, Josh Hutcherson, Spencer Locke, Dane Cook
To put it bluntly, Detention is a 1980s and early 90s fanboy/girl's pop culture wet dream.
Just about every geeky reference both (mainstream and obscure) is riffed upon. The Breakfast Club, Back to the Future, Freaky Friday, Scream — its all here. Director Joseph Kahn has taken every teenage film made in the past 30 years and filled it with cinematic crack cocaine, and then turned it up to 11.
After a wonderful plot misdirect in the beginning, the film settles on the main character, Riley Jones (Shanley Caswell), a high school misfit that is has some suicidal tendencies. She is in love with her platonic friend Clapton Davis (Josh Hutcherson) who is in turn hot for the 1990's obsessed cheerleader Ione Foster (Spencer Locke). While this is all going on a killer named Cinderhella is on the loose killing off the student body.
Featuring Shanley Caswell, Josh Hutcherson, Spencer Locke, Dane Cook
To put it bluntly, Detention is a 1980s and early 90s fanboy/girl's pop culture wet dream.
Just about every geeky reference both (mainstream and obscure) is riffed upon. The Breakfast Club, Back to the Future, Freaky Friday, Scream — its all here. Director Joseph Kahn has taken every teenage film made in the past 30 years and filled it with cinematic crack cocaine, and then turned it up to 11.
After a wonderful plot misdirect in the beginning, the film settles on the main character, Riley Jones (Shanley Caswell), a high school misfit that is has some suicidal tendencies. She is in love with her platonic friend Clapton Davis (Josh Hutcherson) who is in turn hot for the 1990's obsessed cheerleader Ione Foster (Spencer Locke). While this is all going on a killer named Cinderhella is on the loose killing off the student body.
- 7/19/2012
- by Kelly Michael Stewart
- Planet Fury
The actors will attend a panel hosted by developers United Front Games as the New York Asian Film Festival celebrates 10 years of one of the great modern crime films.
Chen and Lee both have roles in United Front Games' open world homage to Hong Kong crime cinema, and will be on hand at the Walter Reade Theater on Friday, July 6th during a half hour panel hosted by the developer. United Front says Infernal Affairs, featuring a cop going undercover with the triads while the Chinese gangs have one of their own infiltrate the police, was a point of inspiration for their game. The first film, directed by Andrew Lau & Alan Mak was in large part the inspiration for Scorsese's The Departed.
Will Yun Lee's credits include Die Another Day, Hawaii Five-0, and a personal favorite, the elaborately over-the-type biker movie Torque (it has motorcycle fights). Chen had a role in Infernal Affairs,...
Chen and Lee both have roles in United Front Games' open world homage to Hong Kong crime cinema, and will be on hand at the Walter Reade Theater on Friday, July 6th during a half hour panel hosted by the developer. United Front says Infernal Affairs, featuring a cop going undercover with the triads while the Chinese gangs have one of their own infiltrate the police, was a point of inspiration for their game. The first film, directed by Andrew Lau & Alan Mak was in large part the inspiration for Scorsese's The Departed.
Will Yun Lee's credits include Die Another Day, Hawaii Five-0, and a personal favorite, the elaborately over-the-type biker movie Torque (it has motorcycle fights). Chen had a role in Infernal Affairs,...
- 7/4/2012
- by Charles Webb
- MTV Multiplayer
A couple of months ago we reported that EA was in the process of setting up a movie based on their popular Need for Speed video game franchise, and that several studios were circling the project. We now have an update on that front and it looks like things are shifting into high gear. According to THR, DreamWorks has landed the screen rights to the franchise, which is a little bit surprising considering that they weren't even mentioned as a contender in the original article. However, it makes a little bit of sense because DreamWorks previously worked with screenwriter John Gatins on Real Steel and his directorial debut Dreamer. They have also hired Scott Waugh (Act of Valor) to direct. DreamWorks chairman Steven Spielberg had this to say about the project: "I'm excited about getting back into the creative trenches with John and George Gatins and my partners at EA...
- 6/25/2012
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
With The Polar Express, Zathura, Bridge to Terabithia, and The Kids Are All Right under his belt, Josh Hutcherson carried an impressive critical pedigree long before The Hunger Games made him a commercial star. But the young actor is testing his newfound box office clout for the first time this week with the release of Detention, Joseph Kahn’s overdue follow-up to Torque. In the teen horror movie, Hutcherson plays the most popular kid at a high school whose pop culture-addicted population is under siege from an axe-wielding serial killer. Photos: 'Hunger Games' Mall Tour Featuring Stars Jennifer
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- 4/13/2012
- by Todd Gilchrist
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
This review was originally published in March 2011, we are re-posting it in time for the film's release.
When I saw Joseph Kahn's feature debut, Torque, in 2004, it seemed to herald the advent of a new genre, which it didn't launch (McG's Charlie's Angels did) but completely embodied: "non-sequitur" cinema, in which set pieces and bombastic visual style not just circumvent but basically replace conventional storytelling. If there was a both best and worst extension of the glossy, hyperkinetic aesthetic that movies borrowed from music videos, this was it, and God help you if you couldn't keep up with its candy-coated imagery, lightning-fast editing, and narrative cohesiveness that more resembled an overstuffed plate from the pop-culture equivalent of an all-you-can-eat Vegas buffet than most films' carefully-chosen, multi-course meal.
What was most interesting about Kahn's technique is that it seemed impossible to critique with much more nuance than either "totally amazing" or "freaking awful.
When I saw Joseph Kahn's feature debut, Torque, in 2004, it seemed to herald the advent of a new genre, which it didn't launch (McG's Charlie's Angels did) but completely embodied: "non-sequitur" cinema, in which set pieces and bombastic visual style not just circumvent but basically replace conventional storytelling. If there was a both best and worst extension of the glossy, hyperkinetic aesthetic that movies borrowed from music videos, this was it, and God help you if you couldn't keep up with its candy-coated imagery, lightning-fast editing, and narrative cohesiveness that more resembled an overstuffed plate from the pop-culture equivalent of an all-you-can-eat Vegas buffet than most films' carefully-chosen, multi-course meal.
What was most interesting about Kahn's technique is that it seemed impossible to critique with much more nuance than either "totally amazing" or "freaking awful.
- 4/13/2012
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Detention
Directed by: Joseph Kahn
Cast: Josh Hutcherson, Shanley Caswell, Dane Cook
Running Time: 1 hr 29 mins
Rating: R
Release Date: April 13, 2012 (Chicago)
Plot: After a horror movie-inspired serial killer slashes someone on their campus, a group of suspect high school seniors (Hutcherson, Caswell) are put into detention during prom night.
Who’S It For?: Detention is the new Sermon on the Mount/Gettysburg Address/Kanye West twitter feed for the high schooler frustrated by everyone’s desire to label or be labeled, or to wear the coolest clothes without any sense of honest expression. To say this is for the “outsider” is too general; this is for the social outsider who doesn’t care about fitting in. As for those who made it out of high school, there is still much to enjoy with Detention as well. If you like highly involving unique film experiences that push their cinematic bounds,...
Directed by: Joseph Kahn
Cast: Josh Hutcherson, Shanley Caswell, Dane Cook
Running Time: 1 hr 29 mins
Rating: R
Release Date: April 13, 2012 (Chicago)
Plot: After a horror movie-inspired serial killer slashes someone on their campus, a group of suspect high school seniors (Hutcherson, Caswell) are put into detention during prom night.
Who’S It For?: Detention is the new Sermon on the Mount/Gettysburg Address/Kanye West twitter feed for the high schooler frustrated by everyone’s desire to label or be labeled, or to wear the coolest clothes without any sense of honest expression. To say this is for the “outsider” is too general; this is for the social outsider who doesn’t care about fitting in. As for those who made it out of high school, there is still much to enjoy with Detention as well. If you like highly involving unique film experiences that push their cinematic bounds,...
- 4/13/2012
- by Nick Allen
- The Scorecard Review
This week, Josh Hutcherson (The Hunger Games) and Shanley Caswell sat down with members of the press to discuss Detention, the film opening this Friday that is directed by Joseph Kahn, a man best known for his music video career and the action flick Torque. Hutcherson also serves as an executive producer on Detention.
After the jump, listen to the two stars talk about their time on this insane project which melds genres and does so with a self-referential voice. Hutcherson lightly touches on the upcoming Catching Fire, the sequel to The Hunger Games, and Shock tries to squeeze some information out of Caswell about her time on The Warren Files, the upcoming supernatural thriller by director James Wan.
For our exclusive interview with Kahn, follow this link!
Read more...
After the jump, listen to the two stars talk about their time on this insane project which melds genres and does so with a self-referential voice. Hutcherson lightly touches on the upcoming Catching Fire, the sequel to The Hunger Games, and Shock tries to squeeze some information out of Caswell about her time on The Warren Files, the upcoming supernatural thriller by director James Wan.
For our exclusive interview with Kahn, follow this link!
Read more...
- 4/12/2012
- shocktillyoudrop.com
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