January 15th, 2010 @ 1:39 am | No Comments » | Scooped by Ming, Brad & Chris
- The theatrical one-sheet (or poster, for you non-geek types) for “Cop Out” gets the job done. It highlights the stars, catches your eye, looks slick, and has one of the best taglines we’ve seen of recent memory. “Rock out with your glock out” is so good, it should take the sting away from anyone still missing the original “Dicks” title. The tagline’s even more subservise than the original title, and we love it for that. This one’s a winner, and we’re sure you’ll all agree. Click away for a bigger look. We’re pleased to have this one in a clean, logo-free format for those of you who’d like to collect a copy for yourselves. Enjoy. We’ll all keep waiting to rock out with our glocks out starting February 26th.
January 15th, 2010 @ 1:36 am | No Comments » | Scooped by Brad & Chris
- Smith and Flanagan have brought us issue #4 in the best-selling, acclaimed series “Batman: Widening Gyre” this week. Those of you who are enjoying this brilliantly written and wonderfully drawn series have likely already thumbed through your copies a few times. But in case you haven’t gone to the bookstore to pick yours up yet, or are just wondering what all the fuss is about, check out what Bats is up to with some shots of the covers, and the first handful of actual pages of the story, free of charge, courtesy of IGN. You can tell the guys are really having fun mixing it up with this story. It’s got a lot going on but at the same time doesn’t take itself too seriously all the time, making it for a unique and worthy entry into the Batman canon.
Check it out — And also, take a peek to see what the Stash is offering up as far as deals. There’s some packages going on with signed books and variant covers, especially cool for those of you who might be a little late to the party with this series. Highly recommended.
January 15th, 2010 @ 1:35 am | No Comments » | Scooped by John Whiteaker, Paul Hapsellis, Greg Andrew, Josh Frydman
- A recent e-issue of pop culture mag GeekChicDaily lists “Cop Out” among their “Top 10 for the First Half of 2010”:
Cop Out (Feb. 26) Kevin Smith directs Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan as the po-po, in what we’re hoping will be the funniest cop film since Bad Boys (the original, not Bad Boys 2). Our prediction: When it comes to buddy cops, Tracy Morgan is the next Eddie Murphy and/or Will Smith!
- The two major Australian theatre chains are advertising March 18th as the release date for “Cop Out”. Curiously, though, one of them is also advertising another movie called “A Couple Of Dicks”, supposedly opening on February 25th — Obviously an error, of course. Still, March 18th means Aussies are getting the film just a few weeks after North America, and a full month before the U.K.
- Empire Online cites the protests surrounding Dogma in their article titled “Cinema Can Be Hazardous To Your Health!”.
- Kevin’s got a spot on Total Film’s feature on the “18 Youngest Film Directors”:
The Director: Kevin Smith
Age: 22
How Did They Get Their Break
Smith?s first film, Mae Day: The Crumbling of a Documentary, was shot with co-director Scott Mosier while the pair were at the Vancouver Film School.
The latter dubbed it ?the greatest documentary that never was?. It followed the duo?s failed attempt to made a documentary about the titular Mae Day, who was going through a sex change.
Just two years later, Smith made Clerks.
