Archive for May 30th, 2006

Vulgarthon 2006: TOMORROW!

May 30th @ 7:17 pm | No Comments » | Scooped by Brad & Chris

  • The event of the year is HERE! Vulgarthon 2006 brings the event home to Red Bank, New Jersey. We’ll be on hand tomorrow to take in the spectacle, meet and greet, and be your eyes and ears from the event. If technical difficulties don’t hurt us, we’ll be reporting live throughout the day with the latest breaking news, stories, photos and more. So, if you couldn’t score a ticket or make it to the event, be sure and stop by tomorrow. We’ll make ya feel like you’re there with us. Should be a fantastic time.

As always, we’d like to remind the returnees as well as the newcomers that there’s some great tips and tricks to use throughout a ‘Thon. We’ve also scoured the boards and, thanks to some already in town, gathered up details for those of you arriving in tonight or early tomorrow morning as we are. So read on for all you need to know to be prepared:

  • Parking: Parking is at a premium in Red Bank, and there’s only one lot close to the theater — The others are a bit of a hike. The GOOD news is that the lot won’t be full with locals due to it being a workday, and meters need to be fed every four hours. 25 cents per half hour. So, doing the math, from 9-6 (when the meters are checked) it’s going to run you $4.50 in quarters. Come prepared. It’s still cheaper than paying a parking ticket, trust us. Also: The earlier you get there, the easier time you’ll have snagging a spot. If you miss the main lot, Ming’s been kind enough to highlight the other options for you in this nice aerial shot.
  • Cameras & Video: Ming has the complete word – “Still cameras will be allowed into the theater but they may not be used while a movie is playing. Feel free to use them at the post-movie Q&A’s, in the lobby and in the theater between movies.

    Anyone caught taking photos while a movie is playing will be ejected without a refund and all media and cameras will be confiscated. This includes all film, digital and cellphone cameras.

    Video cameras will not be permitted anywhere inside the theater. If you must have one on you please keep it inside a bag or case and do not attempt to bring it out at any time inside the theater. Anyone caught capturing footage while a movie is playing will be ejcted without a refund and all media and cameras will be confiscated. ”

    And yes, folks, this goes for digital cameras that take video, too — Don’t try using it. We’ll be watching. Just enjoy the show, and be sure and take some nice stills of the event to send to us for our coverage!

  • Secret Stash Hours: You need to pick up your tickets at the Stash. The pickup area is located in the back of the store. Here’s the store’s hours this week:

    Jay & Silent Bob’s Secret Stash Hours – May 29th – June 2nd:

    Monday May 29th: 11:00am – 6:00pm
    Tuesday May 30th: 11:00am – 9:00pm
    Wednesday May 31st: 7:30am – 10:30pm*
    Thursday June 1st: 9:00am – 10:00pm*
    Friday June 2nd: 9:00am – 6:00pm
    * May be open later depending on volume of people.

  • What you get in your packet: You’ll find out what theater you’re assigned to, along with a movie schedule, directions/map for Quick Stop/RST Video in Leonardo, armband, and nametag.The movie schedule is AMAZING and as follows:

    Theater One

    10am-12pm Super Secret Movie #1
    12pm-2pm small town gay bar
    2pm-5pm Jersey Girl Extended
    5pm-6:30pm Dinner BreakBig Helium Dog
    6:30pm-8:30pm Super Secret Movie #2
    8:30pm-10:30pm Oh What a Lovely Tea Party

    Theater Two

    10am-12pm small town gay bar
    12pm-2pm Super Secret #1
    2pm-4pm Oh what a lovely tea party
    4pm-5:30pm Dinner BreakBig Helium Dog
    5:30pm-8:30pm Jersey Girl Extended
    8:30pm-10:30pm Super secret Movie #2

    Yes, BHD plays during Dinner Break, so if you wanna see it again (or for the first time) pack yourself some grub to munch on. Brian Lynch is under the weather and sadly unable to attend the thon to present his film.

    ALSO — Yes, that’s right, TWO super secret films. Plus you east coasters are just gonna LOVE Jersey Girl extended. So be ready for an amazing day tomorrow and Thursday.

  • Seating tips: Seats are first come, first served. Try and pick seats you like when you get there, and keep them for the event. Moving around just confuses things. Bring a jacket or some other non valuable to mark it. And folks — If a seat’s taken, don’t take it. Also, remember these are SOLD OUT shows — So keeping those empty chairs in the middle and around you won’t do much good, they’ll just be taken eventually. So pack it in, folks, and find some good friends to sit close. We’ll be hanging out for 12 hours or so. And if you wanna say hi — Look for us in the back of theater one, our usual hangout at the show. We’ll be the dudes snapping photos and doing live updates via laptop. Don’t be a stranger. Say hi.
  • Weather: The absolute PERFECT day to hang outside between flicks, waiting in line, and the like. Partly Sunny in Red Bank with a high of 77 degrees and a low of just 64. GOTTA LOVE THAT!!!!

That about does it, folks — We’re expecting major excitement tomorrow and quite possibly the best Vulgarthon…Heck, the best View Askew EVENT…EVER. See you tomorrow, bright and early!

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Wanna See The Clerks II Standing O?

May 30th @ 7:17 pm | No Comments » | Scooped by Kevin Smith


“The 8 Minute Big O”
  • One of Kevin’s self-proclaimed most amazing life moments is now available for your eyes, via the Clerks II and YouTube sites. The eight minute standing ovation at Cannes was captured by the brilliant Zak and Joey, but oh, that’s not all you’ll get here. Yes, you’ll see Kevin and the cast’s arrival at the premiere (along with some nice Rosario camera-mugging), Kevin introducing the film, and then, of course, the magic that followed. Congratulations again to Kevin, Scott, and the entire cast and crew on the amazing showing in Cannes.

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Clerks II: Positive Reviews Pour In!

May 30th @ 7:16 pm | No Comments » | Scooped by Matty Unwin, Neil McGraw, Bels

  • Yep, they’re coming in every day, and nothing but praise from the lucky Clerks II Cannes premiere attendees. Let’s take a look at today’s offerings, starting with a BIG positive from major publication Variety. As always, watch for spoilers in the full reviews where noted:
Variety – “Clerks II Review”

“…The use of color may strike some auds as a concession to the mainstream (the first “Clerks” wore its grungy monochrome like a badge of honor), as might the prominently played and occasionally gooey scenes of romantic flirtation between Dante and Becky, some of which involve toenail-painting. Yet if “Clerks II” doesn’t have quite the scabrous kick of its predecessor, the chance to revisit a classic premise must have renewed the writer in Smith, whose banter here often achieves a sharpness and quality that haven’t been in evidence since 1999’s “Dogma.””

**SPOILERS AHEAD** Ecran Large (French Review) Translated

12 years after the premiere of Clerks and its model employees, Kevin Smith brings back his anti-heroes Dante Hicks and Randal Graves to where he left them, not far from Quick Stop, between the used K7 videos and the out-of-date bricks of milk. And nothing’s really changed, just the black and white of the era, at least before their minimarket dies in flames. Head towards Mooby’s, the local fast food store and cave of idolisation of Dogma, to have long conversations no longer of the Star Wars trilogy, but about Peter Jackson or the future live adaptation of Transformers!! You have to see it to believe it.

Seeing it is already a good thing, but seeing the film at a midnight screening at Cannes with the film’s team in a room of fans is a whole other experience. If it’s of course necessary to have seen Clerks, in 1994 or in a catch-up session just before the festival, it is also advised to know the multiple works of Kevin Smith, from Mallrats to Chasing Amy, passing by Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back.

A true life of cinemas, which gives this new Clerks all its value, all its savour. Indeed, if the adventures of Bluntman and Chronic can amuse or the loving disputes of Ben Affleck and Jason Lee can move you, the every day life that is so commonplace and nevertheless so removed in Quick Stop is a summary of life, friendship, love (why not!) and especially of humor. It’s hard to count the number of scathing retorts (homophobic, racist, sexist, vulgar etc) of Randal, or to stop laughing at the hilarious send-up of the Lord of the Rings (”men who march”).

If purists will regret a maybe less bitter tone compared to the first Clerks, they should not forget that Kevin Smith is, like his pals Rob Thomas (Veronica Mars) and Joss Whedon (Buffy), the spokesman (involuntary, unconscious) of time and of a popular culture. The fan boys today have the power, and the film is more accessible but not compromised. It shows with the ease that he manages to introduce two new and quickly inescapable characters, the cracking Rosario Dawson and the hilarious Trevor Fehrman. Or how he meets the challenge of the emotion of the scene between both of these more model employees. So, at the end, the most commonplace sentence of the world – “today is the first day of the rest of our lives” – returns to the heart. The standing ovation of more than a quarter of an hour was deserved… I was there.

JoBlo.com – “Clerks II Review”

“…As for the film itself, well, on the whole it succeeds on the same sort of level that the first film worked on, as a guy living in this day and age, in his 20s. This film is geared more toward those people who still haven’t found happiness or direction in their lives, despite being in their 30s, and all of the pressures/expectations that come with that. But before I make it all sound like a bore, trust me when I say that this film’s primary motivation is jokes, laughs, gags and vulgarity galore, so don’t be thinking that K. Smith has pussied out.

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When I first heard about this sequel being made, I was scared like many of you, but I’m happy to report that this is a solid movie with laughs galore, pop-culture reference galore, vulgarity and sexual connotations galore, and even a cute romance for the ladies in the audience. If you’re a fan of Kevin Smith and his previous films, I see no reason why this movie wouldn’t rock your balls off. Note: If you stay to the end of the credits you can see more “Thank yous” from Smith, as well as his tease that “Jay and Silent Bob might be back” in the future, and I for one, am suddenly aroused by that thought all over again. Snoochie bootchies, beeyatch!”

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View Askew NewsBites™

May 30th @ 7:16 pm | No Comments » | Scooped by Keith Garcia, Dave Sagredo, Dan Rowlands, BGA, Caliban

  • Foreign Clerks II release date! Attention Australians: The Great Union cinema chain has just updated their “Coming Soon” section and it includes an AUGUST 31ST release date for Clerks II. Quite often, UK release and other regions mirror dates, so this COULD be that overseas release information we’ve been waiting to share with you. We’ll keep you posted as we learn more.

  • And finally today, our good friends from our local News Askew Forums (NAF for short) continue to “NAF The World”, this time from board member Caliban and his family, who visited Stash West with his wife, kids, and 3 friends, who confused Bryan Johnson as they displayed their travelling banner outside. Good on ya, folks. See ya during the ‘thon tomorrow!

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