23:55 15 August

(1997) A highly original romantic comedy from indie king Kevin Smith that plays on the age-old boy-meets-girl-and-upsets-best-mate plot. Puerile pals Holden McNeil (Ben Affleck) and Banky Edwards (Jason Lee) are riding the crest of a wave with the success of their cult comic book, Bluntman and Chronic. But their friendship is threatened when Holden meets and falls for fellow comic book artist, Alyssa Jones (Joey Lauren Adams).

Smith lends the central trigonometry an intriguing twist by making Alyssa a lesbian. Or at least, she claims she’s never had sex with men, and isn’t about to start with Holden. But as their friendship develops, she finds herself reciprocating Holden’s love, and they’re soon sliding into a decidedly un-platonic relationship, much to the annoyance of both Banky and Alyssa’s clique of gay friends, who pile pressure on the pair to separate.

At first the couple seem unaffected by the negative external forces, both of them enjoying their first meaningful and mature relationship with a member of the opposite sex. But when Holden discovers that Alyssa has a colourful sexual history, he becomes crippled by mistrust and anxiety over his own, inferior, experience between the sheets. Shown in widescreen.

RED BANK, NJ – After the watching the 1994 movie “Clerks,” which was written and directed by Kevin Smith, 18 year old Benjamin Fisher has decided not to attend college and instead spend his time working in a local convenience store.

“Man, those two guys looked like they were havin’ mad fun working there,” Fisher said. “I ain’t never had that many wacky adventures in my whole 18 years, and those two cats get into mad trouble all in the span of about 90 minutes. That mad sick crazy, man.”

While Fisher’s mind may be set to work the rest of his life in a convenience store, his parents are adamantly against the decision, and issued a statement to the press.

“While Mr. Smith’s films are indeed highly entertaining and full of wacky mis-adventures, we do not feel that this is a wise career choice for our son. We feel that it would be wise of our son to finish his schooling, then if he does not enjoy his life as a taxidermist, then he should pursue his dreams.”