The Top 10 Movies Sold from Reel.Com (Online movie store)

1. In The Realm of the Senses
2. Better Off Dead
3. A Clockwork Orange
4. Blade Runner (director’s cut)
5. Clerks
6. Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
7. The Manchurian Candidate
8. Poison Ivy II: Lily
9. Pink Flamingos
10. Brazil

DRAWING FLIES ** (two Stars) Starring Jason Lee, Renée Humphrey, Jason Mewes and Carmen Lee. Directed and Written by Matt Gissing and Malcom Ingram. A View Askew production. No Distributer set. Drama/comedy. Not Yet Rated. Running time: 69min.

The 1990s, unlike the ’60s, has no counterculture. Lacking the anti-war, free love, civil rights and expanded consciousness movements, young people-here, five Canadians making pretence as a lost generation trying to find meaning in British Columbia-must make do with faux-hip cultural commentary. (“what are you going to do about rent?” “Get a job.” “No, Seriously.”) Only within such self-pleased, verging on brain-dead context could the storyline of “Drawing Files” work-four youths find themselves fallowing into the wilds a fifth who believes he’s on a mystic quest for bigfoot-but within that severe delimitation it does.

The microbudget production, shot in black and white with (in and out) ambiant sound, has an appropriately grungy feel and a tendency toward fine long takes, and the presence of Jason Lee (“Mallrats”) on the marquee might help make up for an overbearing and one-note performance he gives onscreen as Donner, whose heading-to-ward-catastrophe this party is. Renee Humphrey, Jason Mewes, Martin Brooks and Carmen Lee provide moderately interesting turns despite a thin script. But the real “name” involved is Kevin Smith (writer/director of “Clerks”, “Mallrats”, “Chasing Amy”), who executive produces along with partner Scott Mosier. -Kim Williamson

Gissing & Ingram’s next project is “Tail Lights Fade” (See story above).

WHEN you see the name “Affleck” in the credits for MGM’s coming feature “The Mod Squad”, you’ll be identifying Ben’s brother, Casey, set to play opposite Claire Danes … Speaking of Ben, his “Good Will Hunting” has become the biggest hit movie that Miramax has ever had, garnering $110 million to date … Four of the major movie males touted for the best-actor Oscar this year are over or approaching 60: Jack Nicholson, Robert Duvall, Dustin Hoffman and Peter Fonda. But Matt Damon is the exception; he’s only 27 … Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, up for best original screenplay, are already working on another movie. Damon has a 150-page original he is now editing with Ben. The latter will star in this yet-unnamed project and Matt will play a supporting role …

Currently Malcolm’s casting the flick in LA,Matt’s doing rewrites in Arizona, Jason Lee passed on it (he’s a busy boy these days) – scheduled production begins early June – no definite location, budget in the millions, and you will blow your mind when you hear the soundtrack (if everything comes together as planned). It’s awesome.

You know, Matt and I wrote the script, begining to end. We sat down with Goldman for an afternoon (before the “Forget Paris” premiere which we were all attending) Goldman chatted about his movies. We ran into him two months later in LA and he mistook Matt for his driver.

Here is the simple fact: people are fighting like mad over credit for various screenplays (Amistad, Wag the Dog) why wouldn’t they come forward and arbitrate? I have the handwritten various drafts beginning to end at home.

We wrote it. That’s all. But I take it as a backhanded compliment thatpeople are so incredulous.

Thanks to the guys for taking the time to talk to the masses…Good luck on Monday! Hopefully they, along with some more “Dogma” cast members, will drop by again soon. In the meantime, drop by THIS WWWBoard to read all the Q&A.