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October 21st @ 12:00 am | No Comments » | Scooped by Aug, Stu C., Steve Cohn, King Dave, John T, Rook, Joe Catanese, & Dwayne Askew

  • Let the Lions Gate press machine continue! There is a small ad for Dogma in the new issue of Time Out New York. Rather than the tagline Get Touched By and Angel, It reads “Have your read the Hate Letter of the Week?” The ad also gives out the offical Dogma site address. We believe this ad (or a similar one) will be running in a lot of other periodicals soon.

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  • A new pic of Alanis in her Dogma garb appears in the November issue of ALLURE MAGAZINE. The article is called “Good God”. Click the thumb for a scan of the text with the pic of Alanis in her divine threads.
  • Another Jay & Silent Bob reference in the (sometimes) funny books — The latest issue of DC’s Young Justice, number 15, has an Askew reference. Superboy and Impulse crash a party at Arrowette’s school in street-clothes and a stick on goatee – Superboy asks how they look, to which Arrowette replies “Like Jay and Silent Bob.” Send us a scan.
  • RoughCut.com is also giving free passes out for Dogma! If you live in Atlanta or Raleigh and want to see the flick a day before the rest of North America (November 11th), it’d be a good idea to surf them up.
  • If anyone’s got a copy of the comic surrounding Kevin and Dogma that ran in the Village Voice, send us a scan!
  • There is an interview with Howard Shore over at www.soundtrack.net in which he discusses the score he did for Dogma, amongst other things. Read it here.

Have a good weekend, folks.

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Dogma Plays ShowEast In Digital…

October 21st @ 12:00 am | No Comments » | Scooped by Greg Hutchinson

  • Dogma played ShowEast last night, and holds the prestige of now being the first ever Full-Length feature film presented in an all digital format at the festival. Wow. And we hear it was SWEET! In fact, we’ve been holding off on fan reviews for the flick just because there’s too darn many, but here’s a scooper’s writeup of the experience and completely non-spoiler thoughts on the film. Sounds like he LOVED it through and through, along with the rest of the audience:
I just returned from attending the Dogma screening at ShowEast in the digital projection format. First let me start off by saying I have seen the future of movies, and film is not a part of it. The color and clarity of the picture were flawless. From the moment the Dolby Digital trailer hit the screen (one attendee was so impressed he yelled “Holy Shit!!) to the final credits, I was lost in a visual dream. If ant one has the chance to see a digitally projected film, jump on it! Enough about the picture and all that technical stuff, let’s move on to what people really care about-Kevin and his film. Let me say that there is no doubt that this is a Kevin Smith film what-so-ever. His style of writing and his knack for humor are unmistakable. But…. he has definitely outdone himself with Dogma. From the opening apology statement, to the first appearance of the dynamic duo, to the long awaited appearance of God, he keeps the movie flowing. Whether it be the numerous movie references,from the obligatory Star Wars, to a subtle Indiana Jones, to Home Alone, and The Six Million Dollar Man or the onscreen presence of his finest cast yet, in which we see many familiar faces. To see this movie in a theatre full of movie buffs (which we all were, showing up at midnight for a religious satire film) even made the experience that much more enjoyable. It’s great to be in a room with someone who knows at least half as much as I do about the “Jersey Trilogy”. But to be in a room with hundreds of them, all laughing at even the most subtle of jokes, that was the best. Unsurpassed by anything ,other than see it in a theatre full of Askewers on Monday. Yes, I will still be attending the show on Monday, wanting only to see it more now as I already know how great it is. So a big congrats to Kevin for sticking with this baby til’ the end and making one helluva film. So until Jay goes straight, make mine Marvel!!

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Commentary

October 21st @ 12:00 am | No Comments » | Scooped by Brad & Chris

  • Alright, this is it folks…By the time most of you read this, the main News Askew update PC will be IN THE BOX! That’s right, I won’t be reading e-mails or making updates for a few days due to the final days of the move. We apologize in advance for this, and thank you in advance for your understanding and patience.

We HOPE to be back as soon as Monday with an update, but if that doesn’t happen, we ARE planning to somehow drag our butts into Red Bank for the Dogma screening on Monday night. Sorry folks, tickets are sold out — You had PLENTY of chances to get them, though! Anyway, if you spot us there, please don’t by shy, come over and say hi. I didn’t mean for that to rhyme, really. So anyway, wish us luck, we’ve got some BIG stuff to move and carry on Saturday. Hopefully the weather stays nice and all goes well.

In the news today, Dogma played in all-digital format at ShowEast last night to great awe and admiration. We’re got a review of that experience and some other little bits as well. Enjoy…

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