Tag: Ashley Park
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‘Joy Ride’ Sets VOD Release Date
Joy Ride brought four friends together and we, the audience, were left laughing at their antics and crying over what it truly means to be friends all together. Starring Ashley Park, Sherry Cola, Stephanie Hsu, and Sabrina Wu, the movie is raunchy, fun, and the perfect film to watch on your next friend’s night. Especially…
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‘Joyride’: The Main Characters, Ranked by Likability
Joy Ride, directed by Adele Kim, joins the ranks of thrilling and wild friends’ trip movies The Hangover and Girl’s Trip. In the movie, friends, Lolo (Sherry Cola), Audrey (Ashley Park), and Deadeye (Sabrina Wu), travel to China for Audrey’s business trip. Along the way, they meet up with Aubrey’s old friend, Kat (Stephanie Hsu),…
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Stephanie Hsu on The Queer Storyline Cut from ‘Joy Ride’
There’s so much good in Joy Ride, but when you’ve got a screenplay from ace writers like Cherry Chevapravatdumrong and Teresa Hsiao and a lead ensemble loaded with hugely talented comedic actors like Stephanie Hsu, Sabrina Wu, Sherry Cola, and Ashley Park, there’s bound to be some gems that just can’t be squeezed into the…
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‘Joy Ride’ Director Adele Lim Claps Back at Criticism Her Wild Comedy ‘Objectifies Men, Targets White People’
The criticism around “Joy Ride” has swerved in an unexpected direction.The Aapi-led R-rated comedy, which stars Ashley Park, Sherry Cola, Stephanie Hsu, and Sabrina Wu as pals who set out on a wild and raucous trip through China, is executive produced by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. “Joy Ride” debuted at SXSW earlier this year,…
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The return of rude: Hollywood brings back the raunchy comedy
After a dearth of R-rated big screen hijinks, the industry bets again on films like No Hard Feelings and Joy Ride to lure crowdsJoy Ride, in theaters this Friday, is not for the modest. The R-rated road trip movie, from the director Adele Lim (Crazy Rich Asians), follows four friends, played by Ashley Park, Sabrina…
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‘Joy Ride’ Review: A Delightful and Irreverent Girls’ Trip Full of Laughs and Raunchiness
Adele Lim’s new girls’ trip film, Joy Ride, is destined to join the ranks of iconic comedy movies like The Hangover and Bridesmaids. Complete with crude humor, raunchy sex scenes, and full-frontal, this movie is definitely not for everyone but it dives deeper than movies of its ilk while also not shying away from the…
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Where to Watch ‘Joy Ride’
At this year’s South by Southwest (SXSW) Festival, critics and audiences fell in love with several new movies including Bottoms, Evil Dead Rise, and Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. However, no movie at SXSW got a bigger reaction or bigger laughs than Joy Ride (2023). Starring Ashley Park, who originated the role of Gretchen…
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‘Beef’: Ashley Park Weighs In on the Panic Room Scene
In one of Beef’s most cruel moments, Ashley Park’s character Naomi has to make a decision whose outcome claims another character’s life. However, the scene is played out in a way that viewers can’t be 100% sure if Naomi did what she did on purpose, by accident, or she just panicked at the moment and…
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‘Joy Ride’ Star Stephanie Hsu Talks About ‘Truly Hilarious’ Nsfw Tattoo Scene in ‘Unhinged’ Comedy
Spoiler Alert: This story includes minor spoilers for the upcoming R-rated comedy, “Joy Ride.”Stephanie Hsu wants people to know that her big naked reveal in “Joy Ride” is hilarious, but it’s not her. “It’s a body double. Let me be clear and let my mother know,” the Oscar-nominated actor told me Monday at the film’s…
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Adele Lim’s R-Rated Comedy ‘Joy Ride’ Was Originally Called ‘Joy F— Club’
The working title for Adele Lim’s new comedy “Joy Ride” was “Joy Fuck Club.”It’s a profane callback to “The Joy Luck Club,” a multigenerational family saga that broke ground. But if “Joy Ride” builds on the legacy set by that landmark 1993 film in that nearly all of its cast is Asian, the similarities between…