Well, it seems that the day that will answer one of the most oft-asked e-mail questions e-mails in News Askew history is just a week away, but it hardly seems like it!

Criterion‘s Chasing Amy DVD is scheduled to street one week from today, on June 13th. Unfortunately, we’ve yet to get a peep out of Criterion on the disc, aside from an e-mail scolding us a while back when we posted rumors that it wouldn’t make the release date. We’ve asked a couple times for a review copy of the disc and received no response. So, we’re sorry to say, it doesn’t look like there will be any advanced review of this disc. It’s sad that Criterion doesn’t cooperate with DVD sites, since it doesn’t seem anyone else has received a copy, either, but we’re especially disappointed that we’re not able to bring you an advanced look at one of just four flicks that this site was first created to celebrate.

We’ll likely just place orders for the disc online from one of the discount stores and drop a review up here once we’ve gotten our copies and had a chance to watch the flick, but it may be later than usual. We hear that the new anamorphic print is absolutely perfect, and that there’s a new introduction on the disc from Kevin, but that’s all we know as far as new material over the already seen Criterion laserdisc. We’re sure those of you who’ve yet to see the Criterion laser stuff will dig it, though. There’s a lot of great material on that disc, for sure.

Anyway, to sum it up, we suppose the disc will just quietly arrive next week. Sorry that we weren’t able to get better coverage on this for you, but we’re at the mercy of the studio and it looks like this time we’re just not going to get nice treatment (like the air expressed review copies Columbia/Tristar gave us when Dogma’s DVD was released). We’ll keep you posted as best we can on this one.

We upgraded a few files last night and in the process forgot to hange one little thing. As a result our news search engine was offline. It’s back now, and at your disposal once again. Sorry for the inconvenience!

Hey folks. Just a quick correction from yesterday’s news we wanted to let you know about. The Stanley Cup playoffs had been traditionally airing a game every other night, but luckily this week they’re skipping 2 nights in a row (today and tomorrow) with the next game being on THURSDAY. So, it looks like we’re free and clear for the next episode of Clerks tomorrow. Sorry for any confusion, and have a great day.