Tag: Joy Ride
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With ‘Bottoms’ and ‘Cocaine Bear,’ Brownstone Productions Is Reviving the R-Rated Comedy
Everyone remembers their first R-rated movie. Maybe you snuck into a theater trying to pass as 17, or maybe your parents didn’t care for censorship. Either way — whether it’s a movie with gore, expletives or nudity — that first experience leaves an impression.Max Handelman, who co-founded Brownstone Productions with his wife, Elizabeth Banks, recalls…
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‘Strays’ Review: This R-Rated Talking Dog Comedy Delivers
This review was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the film being covered here wouldn’t exist.The R-rated comedy isn’t what it used to be. It’s not that it declined in quality, as recent films like No Hard Feelings and Joy Ride have…
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‘I didn’t have a second thought’: why Jennifer Lawrence and Scarlett Johansson are stripping off on screen
In films like No Hard Feelings, Joy Ride and Asteroid City, full-frontal female nudity is back. What has changed in the #MeToo era?After years of chaste superhero movies dominating the box office and frequent laments for the death of the sex scene, full frontal nudity is making a comeback on screen in a crop of…
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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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Adele Lim Had to Cut a Major Scene from ‘Joy Ride’ Because Water Buffalo ‘Don’t Take Direction’
After proving that Asian actors were more than capable of carrying a movie to a massive box office haul with “Crazy Rich Asians” (which she co-wrote), Lim went in a much raunchier direction for her directorial debut. Her SXSW hit “Joy Ride,” which follows a group of four messy, oft-horny friends taking a trip to…
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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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Box Office: ‘Insidious: The Red Door’ Earns Strong $5 Million in Previews, ‘Joy Ride’ Grosses $1.1 Million
Sony’s “Insidious: The Red Door” scared up $5 million in Thursday night screenings, a strong start for the moderately-priced horror flick. It was also nearly enough to displace “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,” which made $5.2 million on the same day. Indy may still top the box office in its second weekend of…
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‘Joy Ride’: Adele Lim Shakes Off Twitter Critic Who Claims Her New Raunchy Road Comedy “Objectifies Men” & “Targets White People”
Lionsgate knew they had a winner when Adele Lim‘s “Joy Ride” had its world premiere at SXSW back in March. Critics loved it at the festival, but now it’s time to see how the raunchy road trip comedy fares with audiences and other critical voices as the film hits theaters today. But. EW reports that…