CHICAGO – In anticipation of the scariest week of the year, HollywoodChicago.com launches its 2024 Movie Gifts series, which will suggest DVDs and collections for holiday giving.
Joseph Kahn
Blu-ray Review: ‘Detention’ is Relentless Assault on Intelligence
Submitted by BrianTT on August 3, 2012 - 12:40pmCHICAGO – “Detention” has style to spare. There’s no denying it. Director Joseph Kahn takes no prisoners in the style department. In every other department, his aggressively annoying “Detention” fails. Character, dialogue, plot — most things that you have come to take for granted in a film — they’re mere afterthoughts here. “Detention” is a film for and by people who end every sentence with an emoticon, have typed “LOL” more often than they’ve actually laughed, and think Wikipedia is a verb. Some will view it as an eventual cult classic (and, for the sake of critical balance on your favorite website, that’s how Adam Fendelman feels). Others will want to tear their eyes out.
Film Review: Joseph Kahn’s Self-Funded Josh Hutcherson Indie ‘Detention’ Deserves Cult-Hit Status
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on April 13, 2012 - 8:26pmCHICAGO – Don’t be duped by Joseph Kahn’s insultingly unintelligent trailer for his new ADHD high school slasher/comedy “Detention”. Rather than prematurely blowing his load with the film’s crème de la crème in a two-minute trailer, he’s done the reverse.
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 150 Pairs of Chicago Passes to ‘Detention’ With ‘The Hunger Games’ Star Josh Hutcherson
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on April 3, 2012 - 9:04amUpdate (4/6/12 at 1:47 p.m.): Studio approval to increase from 75 to 150 admit-twos!
CHICAGO – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film with our unique social giveaway technology, we have 150 admit-two movie passes up for grabs to the advance screening of the new horror/comedy “Detention” with “The Hunger Games” star Josh Hutcherson and Dane Cook!
