NANNY NENA’S: New Feature Martial Arts Comedy In The Works At ASDO, Angela Jordan To Star [Exclusive]
Pre-production is underway as crowdfunding sets mid-July launch.
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GUNSLINGER MARY Goes Vertical In The New Gun-Toting Noir Short From ASDO
When duty and internal politics collide, a cop on the edge takes action into her own hands. A town plagued by scum of the underworld; an ugly, unsettling vengeance, through bullets and blood, aims to cleanse it all. This one’s a different change of pace, and a challenging venture to see if indie director Joey Min’s action directing chops can fit the mold in a vertical framework. It’s the latest from his banner at Art School Dropouts and it’s called Gunslinger Mary, with @ajkick101 herself Angela Jordan, and performances by Min along with Victor Chong, Andy To, and Hector Soria, coupled with an extra serving of Frank Miller fandom for the graphic novel-style noir appeal. Enjoy!
BROKEN: Angela Jordan And Amanda Cass Duel In The Newest ASDO Shortfilm Thriller
I can’t remember how many times I’ve opined with independent filmmaker and creator Joey Min about teaming up with other performers located in the northeast. This especially involves the prospects of his latest pairing with stunt performers Angela Jordan (@ajkick101) and Amanda Cass (@kickitlikecass), as per the case for Min’s latest shortform contribution, Broken, which I promise is anything but. I actually got to check this out upon visiting Min at a friend-of-a-friend’s house where he was working on a project, and I’m excited to see how this takes off. I’ve known of Cass for a good five years now, and I’ve been following Jordan for just a little longer, from her membership with Min’s Art School Dropouts to her departure in order to launch her own brand as AJKick101, which is also how Jordan herself facilitates virtual workouts as well as interviews with other stunt performers. Enjoy Broken from […]
THE HIT LIST: November 11, 2019
I would’ve posted an Instagram teaser on Sunday evening for the Hit List, but I definitely needed time to recuperate from Saturday evening. Needless to say, it was a blast from the Far East. Now it’s time to blast back into another installment of The Hit List, starting with a new round of stunt reels from today’s working professionals and up-and-comers: Christine Trinh, Rebecca Ferguson, Martin Wan, Nicklas Hansson, Omar Zaki, Judd Wild, Wilson Sze, Jeska Pike, Jessie Simpson, Ed Heavey, Mariam Macip, Alexandra Hansler, Line Phe, Michelle Andrews, Erin Haus, Jesse Haus and Garrett Dumas. Rounding out the playlist are stunt Ann Arbor’s own Ring Of Steel Action Theatre in Michigan, and reels by stunt coordinators Ian Eyre and T.J. White. In about two weeks we’ll be sharing a teaser for an upcoming Mortal Kombat fanfilm from the fantastic minds over at Barilliant Action. For now, I get to […]
UASE SPOTLIGHT: R4 Films, L.L.C To Present THE MAN FROM TIJUANA And FINAL CONTACT: EPISODE III
Folks looking to attend the Urban Action Showcase can expect to catch film multihyphenate, actor/director Robert Samuels (H.K.S.A.) among the talent line-up emerging for this year’s seventh installment in New York City this November. Going forward, two shortfilm projects will make their way to the floor this year from Samuels’ R4 Films, LLC. banner – firstly with El Hombre De Tijuana (The Man From Tijuana), starring actor Jorge E. Guevara in the title role. The title alone speaks to its inspiration, so you can expect to catch Peralta in similar form taking on that of a fearless, enigmatic badass-on-a-mission. He’s here to rescue a young girl from the clutches of an evil duo, and he’s resigned to fending off a mansion full of soldiers to do it. Storied and produced by R4 partner Robert Jefferson, El Hombre De Tijuana is wall-to-wall action serviced with a neon-lit evening backdrop and a […]
YES, AUNTIE!: Asiancrush Acquires Hit Web Sequel From Art School Dropouts Now Available On Amazon Prime
Art School Dropouts’ martial arts comedy sequel webseries, Yes, Auntie!: My Asian Auntie Season 2, is now available on Amazon Prime as of May 21. The New Jersey-based independent film banner took to YouTube on Thursday to make the announcement of the feature film edition’s acquisition by New York-based Asiancrush as of late February/early March. The original My Asian Auntie, as it reads on their official YouTube channel, took off in 2016, and returned by popular demand as Yes, Auntie!: My Asian Auntie Season 2, with the participation of as many as five independent film banners from groups throughout the NY, Philidelphia and DC areas, including Team One Take and Kamen Ramen. The official trailer premired exclusively at the AMC Empire 25 last November as festivities went underway for the sixth-annual Urban Action Showcase & Expo in New York City. The team, comprised of members Joey Min, Stephanie Pham, Gun […]
YES, AUNTIE!: Peep At ASDO’s Indie Action Talent In A Slate Of New Character Posters
The last seventy-two or so hours as of this post have been nothing short of abuzz since the premiere of Art School Dropouts’ Yes Auntie: My Asian Auntie – Season 2. You can now read my review by clicking here while fans of the New Jesery-based group await further potential festival updates. Until then, we also managed to snag the exclusive character posters now available beneath created by Avery Byrd ahead of last week’s film premiere in New York City. Leading off is actor and director senpai himself, Joey Min, founder and filmmaker at Art School Dropouts and the star of the serial kung fu comedy feature back in costume since making it a hit in 2016. Rounding out the cast are Stephanie Pham, Robert Samuels, Leroy Nguyen, Angela Jordan and Robert Jefferson. Click the images below to enlarge, and tune into the Art School Dropouts via YouTube and social […]
Back By Popular Demand, YES, AUNTIE! Is A Kung Fu Cinema Love Story If There Ever Was
The animated signature logo for the team at Art School Dropouts – or as filmmaker Joey Min calls it, the team’s kamon – is no stranger to the big screen among film festival regulars. Aside from this, it bodes considerably that the kamon now etches a milestone in Min’s progression, representing his New Jersey-based independent film banner since officiating his brand in 2016. Heeding fans who’ve pined for more of his hit webseries, My Asian Auntie, fans are cordially invited to take a gander at Min’s newest continuing oddity, My Asian Auntie: Season 2 – billed otherwise for his feature film debut henceforth as Yes, Auntie!. Several interesting footnotes here reside next to the homage it lends in its presentation, nodding to legendary producer Sammo Hung’s Corey Yuen-directed 1985 actioner, Yes Madam!. By resilient design, a once recalcitrant Hung eventually land a protégé in actor and aspiring stuntman, Robert Samuels, […]
HER HERO ACADEMIA: An Interview With Actress And Martial Artist Angela Jordan
Going forward, there will definitely be some significant changes in the atmosphere – albeit for the better. New partnerships and relationships will form and with that, new prospects to come in lieu of my own observations and coverage, and you can certainly tack on the name Angela Jordan to the list of folks adapting to the ever fluctuating atmosphere. It was precisely on March 21, 2016 when this super-talented New Jersey resident landed on my radar, and it’s been a thrill covering her ever since. Eventually taken under the wing of Joey Min and Stephanie Pham for a time at Art School Dropouts, Jordan’s burgeoning resumé in the independent online film scene has grown immensely with her proliferation as a desired favorite. The first of her next few appearances will be in the not-too-distant online premiere of the hotly-anticipated second episode of Power Rangers: Unworthy, from Deviant Children Productions and […]
STARTING SOMEWHERE: An Interview With Art School Dropouts Founder, Actor And ‘Director Senpai’, Joey Min
Just shortly after announcing their newest ten-dollar ‘Thank You’ campaign on Kickstarter, the team at Art School Dropouts found themselves in lucrative straits as their crowdfunding platform accrued more than enough funds to throw a pizza party for a cast-and-crew screening and commentary for their feature film debut. This brings us to the official trailer now online for Yes, Auntie!: My Asian Auntie Season 2, produced and directed by in-house creatives Joey Min and Stephanie Pham who also star in the film. The plan is to the release the film in serial format just as they did with the first season in 2016 – only now they’ve amassed enough materials to weave together a feature-length format, marking a debut milestone for the team since the birth of ASDO in 2009, and prior to its affirmation just a few years ago. For this and for as long as I’ve been following […]
MY ASIAN AUNTIE SEASON 2: YES AUNTIE! Star, Director Launches $10 Kickstarter With ‘Thank You’
The last several years have been great in getting to acquaint myself with filmmaker Joey Min and his team at Art School Dropouts. They’ve amassed multiple awards at festivals and continue to garner support from fans and viewers in a field that Min has been hustling in since long before when Team FistyleZ was a thing. Nowadays and with a rousing quintet of talents in collusion with some of the best of the best in the northeast, the team is on deck to finish up and release their first feature film in My Asian Auntie Season 2: Yes Auntie!. Having pulled together the essential resources needed, ASDO’s Min then took to the channel to launch a Kickstarter video to help raise $10 as a simple thank you to fans for years of genuine support. The Kickstarter does have a two-month time frame though, and so an independent group such as […]
THE HIT LIST – March 21, 2016
I think at some point I may have to give myself an actual weekend to rest and relax. That may mean having to sacrifice a Hit List sometime one of these weeks, but considering all the material that arose in the past week, I couldn’t let this one slide. Alas, welcome back to another installation of The Hit List featuring some of the latest and best in action performance from today’s inspired film actionistas. The first round is always the most fun, and that pertains to some meaty stunt reels now available this week with the first reel via Vimeo with an exhilarating stunt and fight choreography reel by Manu Lanzi. The playlist beneath continues things onward starting with Daryl Prachett with one of four new reels this month on his channel, along with reels from Laurie Singer, Paul Hampshire, Nikki Brower, Darin Hicks and Tyler Buckingham, followed by a new reel […]
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