Receiving a healthy domestic release in native Netherlands and released stateside by Ram Releasing last May, with limited festival play before it (it did show at the neighboring Razor Reel Fantastic Film Festival Bruges) this is a film that will indubitably be remembered as a quaint first-wave exercise in an increased integration of modern technology and cinematic streamlining as a way to increase audience participation. Dutch filmmaker Bobby Boerman’s sophomore film, App, is presented as little more than any number of dressed up J-horror narratives. That’s not to say there isn’t any fun to be had in what serves as the first film to utilize second screen technology, but it’s cheap and shallow fun, to be sure. The rather superficial mystery at the heart of the narrative takes a considerable back seat to the excitement of messages you may receive on your cell phone from the film’s app,...
- 12/30/2014
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
North American distributor Ram Releasing will put Bobby Boerman's App on DVD store shelves, this December 30th. The film received mild praise here, on 28Dla (An App Movie Review). The film is a technophobe's worst nightmare as a mobile application terrorizes one woman's college life. Shot in the Netherlands, App is a fairly straight forward sci-fi thriller. The DVD release will host a few extras. The film is one of the first to offer cell phone interactivity. As events unfold on the screen, watchers can view text messages and alternate angles during the film, on their own phone. Other extras include: Director Bobby Boerman's commentary, a Special Effects bonus featurette and the Original App theatrical trailer. Fans of film can find all of the home entertainment release details for the film below. Release Date: December 30th, 2014 (DVD). Director: Bobby Boermans. Writer: Robert Arthur Jansen. Cast: Hannah Hoekstra, Isis Cabolet, Robert de Hoog and Alex Hendrickx.
- 12/3/2014
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
If you’re able to look past the innate silliness of a killer phone app, you might have a decent time with App, a surprisingly bearable thriller that, in a minimal but intriguing advancement in transmedia storytelling, actually asks viewers to get out their phones and download a tie-in app that supplements the story as it moves along.
Unfortunately, beyond that gimmick, there’s not much to the premise of App. The Danish film, directed by Bobby Boermans and scripted by Robert Arthur Jansen, follows a college student named Anna (Hannah Hoekstra) who, after a night of hard partying with her best friend Sophie (Isis Cabolet), awakens to find that a strange personal assistant app called Iris has been installed on her phone. Acting like a pushier version of the iPhone’s Siri techology, Iris begins integrating itself into Hannah’s life – and she’s happy to let it, so...
Unfortunately, beyond that gimmick, there’s not much to the premise of App. The Danish film, directed by Bobby Boermans and scripted by Robert Arthur Jansen, follows a college student named Anna (Hannah Hoekstra) who, after a night of hard partying with her best friend Sophie (Isis Cabolet), awakens to find that a strange personal assistant app called Iris has been installed on her phone. Acting like a pushier version of the iPhone’s Siri techology, Iris begins integrating itself into Hannah’s life – and she’s happy to let it, so...
- 5/18/2014
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
With an app that triggers additional content during the movie, App is coming making its way to Us theaters and VOD today, and we have an exclusive clip for Daily Dead readers to check out:
“Anna lives with her best friend Sophie, and balances psychology classes with supporting her brother and his recovery following a traumatic motorcycle accident. She’s never far from her cellphone, and after a night of partying in the dorms, Anna wakes up groggy and hungover only to find that a new app has been inexplicably added to it. Initially helpful and clever, Iris soon begins behaving mysteriously, answering personal questions it shouldn’t know the answers to, and sending inappropriate images to her contacts. When it becomes clear she can’t simply delete the unwanted, evil app, Anna’s efforts to confront it will set in motion a fearful series of events that will put her life,...
“Anna lives with her best friend Sophie, and balances psychology classes with supporting her brother and his recovery following a traumatic motorcycle accident. She’s never far from her cellphone, and after a night of partying in the dorms, Anna wakes up groggy and hungover only to find that a new app has been inexplicably added to it. Initially helpful and clever, Iris soon begins behaving mysteriously, answering personal questions it shouldn’t know the answers to, and sending inappropriate images to her contacts. When it becomes clear she can’t simply delete the unwanted, evil app, Anna’s efforts to confront it will set in motion a fearful series of events that will put her life,...
- 5/9/2014
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
*full disclosure: a DVD screener of this film was provided by Ram Releasing. Director: Bobby Boermans. Writer: Robert Arthur Jansen. Cast: Hannah Hoekstra, Isis Cabolet, Robert de Hoog and Alex Hendrickx. App is a Dutch language film that was just released in North America. The film is a smallish horror feature, which focuses on a malicious cell' phone app'. One protagonist's life goes into a downward spiral as technology rears its ugly head, everywhere. This feature asks an interesting question; how far has technology infiltrated modern life? But, the film is really more focused on delivering a standard horror feature. In the end, App is an above average feature, which blends genres and most horror fans will find something entertaining here. The story can be seen in the film's trailer. Essentially, Anna (Hanna Hoekstra) is a failing college student, who likes to party. At one of her celebrations, a mysterious...
- 5/9/2014
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
App of My Eye: Second Screen Technology Gets Double Dutch in Gimmicky Thriller
A film that will indubitably be remembered as a quaint first-wave exercise in an increased integration of modern technology and cinematic streamlining as a way to increase audience participation, Dutch filmmaker Bobby Boerman’s sophomore film, App, is presented as little more than any number of dressed up J-horror narratives. That’s not to say there isn’t any fun to be had in what serves as the first film to utilize second screen technology, but it’s cheap and shallow fun, to be sure. The rather superficial mystery at the heart of the narrative takes a considerable back seat to the excitement of messages you may receive on your cell phone from the film’s app, tuned to receive audio cues as the film plays and display extra content that those without the app are unable to see.
A film that will indubitably be remembered as a quaint first-wave exercise in an increased integration of modern technology and cinematic streamlining as a way to increase audience participation, Dutch filmmaker Bobby Boerman’s sophomore film, App, is presented as little more than any number of dressed up J-horror narratives. That’s not to say there isn’t any fun to be had in what serves as the first film to utilize second screen technology, but it’s cheap and shallow fun, to be sure. The rather superficial mystery at the heart of the narrative takes a considerable back seat to the excitement of messages you may receive on your cell phone from the film’s app, tuned to receive audio cues as the film plays and display extra content that those without the app are unable to see.
- 5/7/2014
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Whilst encouraging those selfish enough to sit using their mobile phones in cinemas isn't something we usually adhere to at the Horror Asylum it seems that Bobby Boermans' new Dutch horror 'App' will be. The movie has been made along with an accompanying app, Iris, which is equipped with sonic technology that triggers additional content during the showing. Content that includes off-screen text messages between characters, an alternative angle in a scene, and more. J-horror sequel 'Sadako 3D 2' tried something similar last year which turned phones into vibrating, flashing and noisy little accompaniments to the main feature. 'App' stars the sexy Hannah Hoekstra, Isis Cabolet, Robert de Hoog, Alex Hendrickx and Matthijs van de Sande Bakhuyzen. Check out the poster and new trailer below....
- 2/19/2014
- Horror Asylum
Talking, littering and sexual debauchery have long since taken a back row seat to cell phone use as the most annoying insult to moviegoers, many of whom are trying to escape a world so addicted to phones in the first place. The .Please Silence Your Cell Phones. message before the feature starts seems like the most instinctively redundant demand besides the .Employees Must Wash Hands. restaurant standard, but people still don.t know when to give it a rest. A new Dutch thriller, however, is looking to make cell phones an integral part of the viewing experience. The Dutch production company 2CFilm, in cooperation with Service2Media, created an app for Bobby Boerman.s App , which Variety reports will allow for an interactive experience while watching the film in real time. App, which stars Dutch actors Hannah Hoekstra, Robert de Hoog and Isis Cabolet, tells the story of a young...
- 3/11/2013
- cinemablend.com
Let's throw some focus to the Netherlands where a film called App is set to open February 2013. Audiences attending the film - moreover, those with smartphones - will receive an interactive experience "as codes and cryptic texts that the film's heroine receives will also appear on audience members' small screens throughout the theater," says Thompson on Hollywood.
Beyond the synopsis we've had translated, you can check out a teaser.
After a traffic accident in which her younger brother Stijn (Alex Hendrickx) is paralyzed, psychology student Anna Rijnders (Hannah Hoekstra) fully envelops herself in her virtual world. She is addicted to apps, social media and her smart phone. Student Sophie (Isis Cabolet) is her best friend and she has a relationship with Daan (Matthijs van de Sande Bakhuyzen). After a wild party, of which she can't remember much, Anna discovers that an unknown has installed a mysterious app on her smart phone,...
Beyond the synopsis we've had translated, you can check out a teaser.
After a traffic accident in which her younger brother Stijn (Alex Hendrickx) is paralyzed, psychology student Anna Rijnders (Hannah Hoekstra) fully envelops herself in her virtual world. She is addicted to apps, social media and her smart phone. Student Sophie (Isis Cabolet) is her best friend and she has a relationship with Daan (Matthijs van de Sande Bakhuyzen). After a wild party, of which she can't remember much, Anna discovers that an unknown has installed a mysterious app on her smart phone,...
- 12/17/2012
- shocktillyoudrop.com
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