PREVIEW: North Hollywood (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Ryder McLaughlin (Mid90s), Vince Vaughn (Freaky), Miranda Cosgrove (Despicable Me), Nico Hiraga (Booksmart), Aramis Hudson (Mid90s), Angus Cloud (film debut), Tyshawn Jones (film debut), Bob Worrest (film debut), Blake Anderson (Dope), Gillian Jacobs (Magic Camp), Thomas Barbusca (Big Time Adolescence), Sunny Suljic (The Killing of a Sacred Deer), Griffin Gluck (Tall Girl)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Mikey Alfred (film debut), director, writer, producer; Noah Centineo (film debut), Yusef Chabayta (Fatally Flawless), Andrew Chennisi (film debut), Mimi Valdes (Swan Song), Malcolm Washington (film debut) and Pharrell Williams (Hidden Figures), producers; Ayinde Anderson (Alien Invasion), cinematographer; Alex Tsagamilis (film debut), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Michael (McLaughlin) is a high school graduate who is uncertain of his future. His blue-collar father Oliver (Vaughn) wants him to pursue college and a stable job, but Michael’s true passion lies in professional skateboarding, which soon causes a rift between father and son…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Pharrell Williams produces this defiant coming-of-age drama set within the world of professional skateboarding, which comes from the mind of writer-director Mikey Alfred who served as a producer on Jonah Hill’s similarly-themed Mid90s.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

SUNDAY 13TH MARCH 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON SKY CINEMA AND NOW

 

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