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Movie Review – Joy Ride (2023)

August 4, 2023 by Robert Kojder

Joy Ride, 2023. Directed by Adele Lim. Starring Ashley Park, Sherry Cola, Stephanie Hsu, Sabrina Wu, David Denman, Annie Mumolo, Chris Pang, Isla Rose Hall, Desmond Chiam, Alexander Hodge, Nicholas Carella, Debbie Fan, Victor Lau, Rohain Arora, Chloe Pun, Kenneth Liu, Brian Cyburt, Johnny Wu, and Daniel Dae Kim. SYNOPSIS: Follows four Asian-American friends as […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Robert Kojder Tagged With: Adele Lim, Alexander Hodge, Annie Mumolo, Ashley Park, Brian Cyburt, Chloe Pun, Chris Pang, Daniel Dae Kim, David Denman, Debbie Fan, Desmond Chiam, Isla Rose Hall, Johnny Wu, Joy Ride, Kenneth Liu, Nicholas Carella, Rohain Arora, Sabrina Wu, Sherry Cola, Stephanie Hsu, Victor Lau

Five films to watch in preparation for Nicolas Cage’s Sympathy for the Devil

July 23, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

We offer up five films that will warm you up perfectly for the upcoming (and bound to be a cult hit) Nicolas Cage film Sympathy for the Devil… Nicolas Cage is a gift from the cinema Gods. His Cagenaissance in recent years has seen him in an array of colourful films like Color Out of […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Alone, Ben Affleck, C.Thomas Howell, Changing Lanes, Cillian Murphy, John Hyams, Joy Ride, Jules Willcox, Leelee Sobieski, Marc Menchaca, Nic Cage, Nicolas Cage, Paul Walker, Rachel McAdams, red eye, Robert Harmon, Rutger Hauer, Samuel L. Jackson, Steve Zahn, Sympathy for the Devil, The Hitcher, Wes Craven

Latest trailer for raunchy comedy Joy Ride ups the ante

June 16, 2023 by Matt Rodgers

Following its buzzy debut at this year’s SXSW festival, Lionsgate has released a new red band trailer for Joy Ride, the upcoming comedy from director Adele Lim. The film follows four friends – Ashley Park, Sherry Cola, Stephanie Hsu, and Sabrina Wu – as they set-out on an adventure across Asia filled with bonding and […]

Filed Under: Matt Rodgers, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: Adele Lim, Alexander Hodge, Annie Mumolo, Ashley Park, Chris Pang, David Denman, Desmond Chiam, Joy Ride, Lori Tan Chinn, Ronny Chieng, Sabrina Wu, Sherry Cola, Stephanie Hsu

Trailer for R-rated comedy Joy Ride teases a wild adventure across Asia

March 18, 2023 by Amie Cranswick

Following its world premiere at SXSW, Lionsgate has released a poster and red band trailer for Joy Ride, the upcoming comedy from director Adele Lim. The film follows four friends – Ashley Park, Sherry Cola, Stephanie Hsu, and Sabrina Wu – as they embark on an adventure across Asia filled with bonding and wild debauchery […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: Adele Lim, Alexander Hodge, Annie Mumolo, Ashley Park, Chris Pang, David Denman, Desmond Chiam, Joy Ride, Lori Tan Chinn, Ronny Chieng, Sabrina Wu, Sherry Cola, Stephanie Hsu

Rusty Nail vs Candy Cane: Revisiting Joy Ride at 20

October 6, 2021 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe takes a look back at 2001’s Joy Ride… Terror on the highways. A cat and mouse chase as unsuspecting folk wending their merry way across the long American highways, get targeted by a mysterious stalker. It worked in Duel when Steven Spielberg announced himself as a film-maker who might just be something special. […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Duel, John Dahl, Joy Ride, Leelee Sobieski, Marco Beltrami, Paul Walker, Steve Zahn, Steven Spielberg

From Duel to Joy Ride: The DNA of John Hyams’ Alone

February 20, 2021 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe takes a look at John Hyams’ latest film Alone, and delves into its DNA… In 2012, director John Hyams delivered a hell of a surprise package. It was his second film in a franchise that he took into wild (and occasionally divisive) avenues. Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning was near visionary in scraping […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Alone, Breakdown, Deliverance, Duel, John Hyams, Joy Ride, Jules Willcox, Marc Menchaca, Steven Spielberg, The Hitcher, Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning

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