In honour of the Canadian Council of the Blind’s White Cane Week (and, you know, fun) Accessible Media Inc’s Ryan Delehanty and Detention writer Mark Palermo present two special screenings of Joseph Kahn and Palermo’s Detention to kick off Carbon Arc’s new 2013 program. The first screening (7pm) is a descriptive video screening for the […]
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Sony picks up Detention
Detention , the feature film co-written by former Coast film critic Mark Palermo, has been picked up by Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions to distribute globally, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Detention is, by all accounts, a teen slasher comedy, starring Josh Hutcherson, Dane Cook and Shanley Caswell. It was directed by Joseph Kahn, who shares […]
Decade in review: Palermo on Palermo
Partly, I loved having the excuse. I didn’t have to worry about my dignity when walking into Captain Corelli’s Mandolin. “You’re actually going to see The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas?” a friend would ask. “Yeah,” I’d say. “It’s my job.” Sometimes it is a job. Sometimes going to see Saw V is a day […]

