- Alright, here’s the latest on Kevin’s upcoming appearance at the University of Minnesota! Kevin has verbally agreed to speak there on Mar 25th, for the opening of the refurbished Student Union and Student Appreciation Week, but until the Student Activites Office gets the official contract in their hands, they won’t release tickets. Traditionally they invite the entire U of Minnesota community to events, but if they see huge clamor for tickets, the tickets will go first to students than to the rest of the community, faculty, staff, alumni, etc. Ticket information may come out around February 24th. We’ll keep you posted.
Archive for February 16th, 2003
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- Daredevil is on track to bring in around $40 million this weekend and the #1 spot — A very, very impressive opening which will almost surely greenlight a sequel very soon. We’ll have final numbers for you next update.
- And speaking of Daredevil, Movie Poop Shoot’s Michael Dequina was lucky enough to attend the premiere http://www.moviepoopshoot.com/nightout/index.html and meet the likes of Jennifer Garner, Michael Clarke Duncan, Ben Affleck, and even Kevin. Read the full exntensive report of his entire experience over at MPS!
- In the February 25th issue of The Star Magazine (yes, the one often found by the supermarket checkout stand), there’s a page devoted to Ben, Jen, & Jersey Girl. The article appears on page 28 and, from what we hear, claims to have spoilers, so read at your own risk!
- Chasing Amy and Ben Affleck get a mention today (Feb 16) in a Chicago Sun-Times column by Richard Roeper detailing several film “Ton 10-ish Lists”. Top 10 Signs a Movie Character Is Doomed, Top Songs In Permanent Rotation On The Movie Soundtrack Jukebox, etc:
Ben and Chasing Amy though appear on the list 7 MOVIES IN WHICH BEN AFFLECK CRIES LIKE A BIG FAT BABY. And actually, even though we only see his character’s hands in his last shot in Mallrats (when he is in jail and about to make a new friend), I would pretty much bet a pan up would have revealed some tears.
- Kevin appears in another of those online comic strips this week. He and both “Willams” appear in this weeks “Skatey-Eight” comic. Skatey-Eight is a band from Michigan, and their drummer creates the comic for the site weekly.
- PVP Online features an “Open Letter to Ben Affleck” on their front page today, apologizing for thinking that Ben would make a bad Daredevil (after seeing the film and enjoying his performance).
- Derek Burgan, a reviewer for a professional wrestling site, wrote up a nice recommendation of the “An Evening with Kevin Smith” DVD for his DVD of the Week at the bottom of his Smackdown review this week.
- The short film SHADOWPLAY, scored by Ryan Shore (who scored “Vulgar”) won First Place at the Student Emmy Awards and also won a Student Academy Award last June. For more information on this composer, go to his website at www.ryanshore.com.
- Here’s a custom made Affleck as Daredevil figure that’s now up for bids on eBay. The likeness is actually pretty good!
- Mallrats will air in the UK, Monday night, 12.50 on BBC1.
- We’re not quite sure how dated this is, but we’ve never mentioned it (at least, not that we can recall). The Misanthophic Humorist takes a look back at Kevin’s films with some short opinions on all of ‘em.