- NY Mag feature “The Vulture†has done an article set on upcoming television series, and gives an opinion on if they are TiVo-worthy or not. “Reaper†is the first show profiled, and gets a positive review:
The pitch: Kevin Smith–produced comedy-drama about a slacker who is forced by Satan to collect the souls of the damned who have escaped from Hell.
Breakout star: Obviously Labine, who’s surprisingly endearing as the Kevin Smith stand-in — that is, the fat, scruffy, wisecracking best friend.
Worth a season pass?: Sure! An engaging tone and funny actors go a long way. With its smart writing, well-observed big-box-store setting, and story of a wallflower coming into his own — plus its Hellish twist — it’s like The 40-Year-Old Virgin meets The Devil’s Advocate.
You can beat we’ll be season-passing this one in the Fall. We can’t wait.
- “Dogma†gets a little shout-out in the description of item #75 on this list of the greatest movie songs of all time.
Alanis Morissette, ‘Uninvited’ (‘City of Angels,’ 1998)
One year after Alanis penned this heavenly, Oscar-worthy song for a syrupy film about angels, she was cast as God in Kevin Smith’s brilliantly blasphemous ‘Dogma.’ Coincidence? — M. Tye Comer
- Here’s a fun little movie poster Photoshop-job from a contest that a scooper dug up — Throwing Silent Bob into a Men In Black film might not be such a crazy idea, really…
- Mallrats will be screened at Marcus Cinemas in Orland Park, IL (a Chicago suburb) on June 14th. Admission tends to run right around $5 for shows here, so this will be a fantastic deal and a night of fun at the movies. Mallrats is a blast with a good crowd. The show starts up at 9 PM.
- Blast from the past here — All those Nike commercials directed by Kevin and starring Jason Mewes have popped up on YouTube. It’s been ages since we saw these, so it’s cool to see someone else archiving them for posterity.
- Don’t forget – “Clerks†vet Marilyn Ghigliotti’s play “An Adult Evening With Shel Silverstein†opens up NEXT WEEK – Free food and drinks on opening and closing nights, we hear, so book up and book FAST as those nights will sell out. Marliyn’s hoping to see many fans throughout the show’s run. Opening Night is Friday, June 8th at 8 PM, with the play running through June every Friday and Saturday. For reservations, call (818) 206-4000. Ticket prices are $15 – $20, a steal for a night of theater!
- More on Mewes: The actor was recent brought up on CNN’s “Showbiz Tonight†on a feature covering addiction in Hollywood. He was part of the segment of success stories, where Kevin was also interviewed. We missed this, so if anyone’s got clippage anywhere, PLEASE let us know so we can post it up.
- Something else we’d love some scannage of — On Monday (May 28) in the King Features Syndicate “funny animal†strip “My Cageâ€, the main character’s girlfriend greets him at the door with the following: “Hon! Kevin Sloth, director of ‘Clucks’ and ‘Chasing Apey’ is doing a signing at my store!†This is a new strip, so it wasn’t featured in many papers (our scooper caught in in the Houston Chronicle). If anyone’s got a scan, or if a King Features rep might be reading, drop us a line, we’d love to run this at the site.
- And finally today, our scooper Eddie is an airbrush artist AND a big Dogma fan — Check out his beautiful work on a custom Buddy Christ tee he created for his girlfriend. One of a kind, and very cool! Nice work, sir. See ya’ll next time…
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