Kevin Smith got his start by selling Clerks at Sundance in 1994, but he's biting the hand that fed him and going against the film festival's standard system. Instead of selling Red State to distributors, Smith bought his new film for $20 and plans to market it... MORE >
Blame Kevin Smith, or perhaps Edward Burns. They took their little indie films (Clerks and The Brothers McMullen, respectively) to the festival circuit in the mid-'90s, grabbed a distribution deal and went on to fame and fortune. "The popular story that got everyone's attention at the time was the young filmmaker who put the entire film on his credit card," actor William H. Macy told The Observer.... MORE >
Not even the prospect of Tracy Morgan dressed as a cellular phone could stop the Martin Scorsese fever dream that is Shutter Island. For a second consecutive weekend the rain-soaked thriller landed on top of the box office, holding off furious pushes from new releases Cop Out and The Crazies. As we do each Monday, here's a breakdown of the top five at the box office: 1. Shutter Island: $22.2 million ($75 million... MORE >
Cop OutRunning time 110 minutes Written by Rob and Mark CullenDirected by Kevin SmithStarring Bruce Willis, Tracy Morgan, Seann William Scott, Adam Brody, Kevin Pollack ZERO STARS... MORE >
It's 2 a.m. and you awake with a jerk, alone in your fully lit apartment and still on the couch. On TV, the credits of some movie you've already seen a billion times are scrolling by. It feels like rock bottom. And we know, because we're just like you:... MORE >
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Apparently nonplussed by the failure of Zack and Miri Make a Porno, Seth Rogen is heading back to the billion-dollar industry that no one likes to talk about... for Showtime. Mr. Rogen, along with his partner-in-comedy arms Evan Goldberg, is developing an untitled series for the cable network about three floundering twentysomethings who grapple with life and relationships while working in a pornography store. The duo's longtime assistant, Matthew Bass, is set to write and co-executive... MORE >
The country might be in the midst of the worst recession in ages, but things are looking positively Clintonian at the box office. Last weekend High School Musical 3 and Saw V grossed a combined $73 million. Yowsers! While there are only three wide releases coming to theaters this weekend (one being Changeling, which opened here in New York last week), expect the surge to continue. Here's a handy guide to the weekends new... MORE >
As part of the New York Post's Sunday Fall Movie Preview, there was an interview with Kevin Smith about his upcoming film, Zack and Miri Make a Porno, starring the ubiquitous Seth Rogen and the soon-to-be ubiquitous Elizabeth Banks (she's also appearing this fall in the David Wain comedy Role Models, and, of course, she's Laura Bush in Oliver Stone's W.) Smith talked about the usual things: his wardrobe ("hoodie sweat shirts, basketball jerseys")... MORE >
Judd Apatow bud Seth Rogen (The 40 Year Old Virgin, Knocked Up) will fall in love with his best friend in writer-director Kevin Smith's Zack & Miri Make a... MORE >
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Reel Paradise documents a month at the 180 Meridian, which is possibly the most remote movie theater on the planet. It is located on Taveuni island, in Fiji. John Pierson, the film's director and indie legend, lived there with his family, and programmed that theater. Untainted by the media and the dictates of cool, the Fijians' tastes gravitate toward Hollywood slapstick and pure schlock. There, Rob Schneider is King. Reel Paradise falls somewhere between... MORE >
Spies, Lies, and Paranoid WivesAlfred Hitchcock (1899-1980) made watchable and rewatchable movies in... MORE >
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