Archive for January 16th, 2006

Lee Featured In New EW Articles!

January 16th @ 9:13 pm | No Comments » | Scooped by Matt Weyant, Will Wilkins, Belinda, Scottq, John Darren

  • Jason Lee has yet again proven to be a favorite of “Entertainment Weekly” magazine — This time, he’s appearing in the January 20th issue with George Clooney on the cover (will it soon be Lee himself on the cover???). The mag opens with a nice pic of Lee on page 7. The “Earl” article starts on page 36 with the text, eerily enough, starting on page 37. We’ll have scans of the layout and aticle up for you shortly, but in the meantime, check out this piece on their website, which chronicles Lee’s past “sleazy” film appearances. Mallrats, Chasing Amy, and Dogma all appear. And look at the high marks EW gave to all those flicks! Niiiice:
Mallrats (1995)

CHARACTER Brodie Bruce, a comic-book-loving slacker who decides to cheer up his pal T.S. Quint (Jeremy London) by taking him to the local mall after they’ve both been dumped by their respective girlfriends. Comic misadventures ensue.

SLEAZE FACTOR Off the charts. While at the mall, Brodie has make-up sex with his ex (Shannen Doherty, left) in the elevator, delivers several unprintable rants that focus largely on sexual misbehavior, and sabotages a batch of chocolate-covered pretzels with his own, um, stink. Still, he’s the surprisingly charming center of this underrated comedy.

EW GRADE B (Read the review)

Chasing Amy (1997)

CHARACTER Comic-book artist Banky Edwards, who becomes a resentful third wheel when his best friend and business partner, Holden (Ben Affleck, left), takes up with a bisexual woman, Alyssa (Joey Lauren Adams)

SLEAZE FACTOR Medium. Despite his casual homophobia, Banky bonds with Alyssa during an unprintably graphic (but hilarious) exchange where they compare scars from injuries they’ve received during oral sex. As the film deftly shifts gears from comedy to drama, Banky mulls an indecent proposal in order to save his friendship with Holden.

EW GRADE B+ (Read the review)

Dogma (1999)

CHARACTER Nattily attired Azrael, a temperamental demon who’s visiting Earth to partake of one of his favorite vices (central air-conditioning) and to aid a pair of wayward angels, Loki and Bartleby (Matt Damon and Ben Affleck), who are trying to re-enter heaven.

SLEAZE FACTOR High. Not only does Azrael consort with hockey-stick-wielding goons and a monster made entirely of feces (!), he’s also firmly on the side of the guys whose plan will result in the obliteration of humankind.

EW GRADE A- (Read the review)

Page 63 also features a funny sound bite from Earl. Apparently, they hide messages in their foreign language dialogue:

“I want to take this moment ot thank our Latino audience for watcing. And for those of you who can understand me but who are not Latino, I want to commend you for learning a second language.”

Catalina, seemingly insulting Joy in Spanish, but actually addressing viewers, on My Name Is Earl.

The magazine also has Lee picked as their fave at tonight’s Golden Globes for the Best Comedy Actor – Good luck Jason!!!

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The “Logistics” Of Clerks 2…

January 16th @ 9:13 pm | No Comments » | Scooped by Brad & Chris


“Logistics”
  • In the latest entry in the Clerks 2 “Train Wreck” series, learn a bit about the logistics behind making the flick. You’ll see Jeff Anderson and Kevin Smith discussing the new challenges of extra camera movements in the flick. You’ll see a mid-clip interview with the hilarious Wanda Sykes in between takes of her cameo. And, niftiest of all, you can see some of the actual equipment moving around and everything that’s happening outside of picture range when this stuff’s being shot. Trust us, you have a new appreciation for the complexity of movie-making once you see all the work that goes into these things first hand.

Be sure and remember Zak and Joey in your prayers tonight and thank them for keeping the flicks a-comin’!

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View Askew NewsBites™

January 16th @ 9:12 pm | No Comments » | Scooped by Justin McGill, Scott Wilkinson, Bassguy, Papa John, Christian Bladt

  • Clippage ahoy! With the Sundance Film Festival kicking off in just 3 short days, director and longtime View Askew associate Malcolm Ingram is eagerly awaiting his chance to showcase his new documentary feature, “Small Town, Gay Bar”. You can surf to this website then click over to the right 6 times to see Malcolm and his bio/clip page. In this extended 4 minute clip, you can see him talk about his inspiration for the film, and provide a little background on what to expect. Congratulations again to Malc and the best of luck at Sundance!
  • Some details on that “Doogal” flick trailer we ran the other day, a CGI film for which Kevin provides a voice — Seems that it’s a re-dub of a UK flick. Our scooper reports:
It looks like it’s the US release of “The Magic Roundabout”, which was a French kids show in the 60’s which was then translated for UK TV by Emma Thompson’s dad in the 70’s. It was released here in the UK as a CGI movie last year with a lot of UK centric celebrity voices (Kylie Minogue (I know she’s an Aussie, but big in the UK) and Robbie Williams). I’d guess that some of the celeb voices are being redubbed for the US, there were plenty of UK thesps involved too, like Sir Ian McKellan.

There ya have it, folks!

  • The Weinstein Co. is off to an excellent start, with their first animated flick “Hoodwinked” celebrating a surprising $12.2 million gross this weekend, putting it at #3. Great news!
  • Alanis Morissette was on Loveline last week, the 11th of January to be exact. In the episode, a caller asked about how she got the role of God in Dogma. She talks about how she ended up as God, then talks about Kevin, and how much she liked him. You can download the episode at the Loveline Download Center.
  • Comic and TV writer Mark Evanier mentions Kevin in an article on his blog titled “The Comic Book As A Selling Tool”:
Second point: Publishers these days are well aware of the financial benefits of selling a comic book to the movies — that’s the only reason some of them are publishing at all — so you probably won’t be able to get a deal where you totally control the movie rights. Most likely, getting your idea issued as a comic book will mean taking the publisher on as a partner, and some will not be content to be silent partners. Some, in fact, will insist on controlling those movie rights. That could wind up working for you but it doesn’t seem to be what you’re after here.

There are two possible exceptions to the above Second Point. One is if you walk into the publisher’s office with fabulous credits and contacts in Hollywood. I mean, if Kevin Smith wanted to make the kind of deal you’re talking about — and was willing to cut the publisher in on the potential bonanza in films and video games and such — he could swing it. His name would help sell the comic and his clout would help sell the movie. I’m assuming you don’t have the rep of a Kevin Smith.

  • And finally today, on this morning’s Sirius Howard Stern show, during the introduction, they played the entire segment from “Clerks” where Randall orders porno videos from the distributor, thus showcasing the power of Howard’s new medium. Catch ya next time!

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