- Happy Belated birthday wishes to the lovely and charming Jennifer Smith, from News Askew and via this touching post from Kevin.
- For those viewers who have yet to see Lexicon of Love (I & II), The-N.com is offering Degrassi On Demand, allowing you to watch the episodes online. Simply use the free On Demand player and enjoy!
- The new episode of HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher” features Ben Affleck, and it’s been a while since we’ve seen the guy. They mention he starts his behind the camera duties next month for “Gone, Baby Gone”. The shows airs almost nightly between HBO and HBO2. Check your listings.
- From one of those “movie a day” desk calendars, their “Sunday List” featured the category “Shopping Frenzy” and this flatterng Mallrats write-up:
Mallrats (1985) Kevin Smith’s simply told follow-up to Clerks is not nearly as heinous as other critics would have you believe. A couple of slacker buds (Jeremy London, Jason Lee) head to the mall to score some food-court cookies and reclaim the girlfriends who just dumped them.
- Tickets for the Newport Beach Film Festival showing of “Drop Dead Sexy” (starring Jason Lee) are now on sale. The film will show at 5 PM on April 22. Here’s a capsule description:
Frank Muzzy and his gravedigger sidekick Eddie are looking for one lucky break so they can escape a small town Texas life. Spider hires Frank and Eddie to run contraband cigarettes into Mexico. Little do they know that Spider has rigged Eddie’s truck with a nasty surprise. To repay their $250,000 debt, Frank and Eddie dig up the recently deceased former stripper Crystal Harkness for her diamond necklace. Frank wants to ransom Crystal’s body to her husband, Eddie has other ideas.
An in an interesting “coincidence”, Jason’s “Almost Famous” co-star, appears in the movie Amateurs which is showing after Drop Dead Sexy. 7pm and 7:30pm shows.
- 411mania is a pulp-culture news site that regularly hosts a weekly ‘Fact or Fiction’ article which provides statements and its writers have to explain their position as to why the statement is ‘fact’ or ‘fiction’. This week, a Clerks II statement was brought up:
5. Clerks 2 shouldn’t be in colour
Ruther
FICTION: I really hate people that don’t like change. The only reason the original movie was done in B&W was budget reasons. Using colour film would have meant have to rent lights and renting lights was not possible. B&W film meant they could use the lights in the Quickstop and not much else. So it was practical not stylistic and if anyone thinks that Clerks 2 needs to be in boring B&W you need to get a fucking life. Just don’t ask JT how to get a life because he’s as clueless as they get 🙂
JT
FICTION: While budget may come into it, the fact is Kevin Smith and the whole crew have evolved, not only in this movie but in their careers as well. The B & W was one of the reasons (along with how awesome it was) that it became a cult classic, but it wasn’t a major reason. Like dipshit said, everybody knew that it was for budget reasons; now that Smith has the finances (and the backing) to bring it back to life in full color, I say it’s all good.
You can read the full article HERE.
