- Sounds like we’ve got a really nice treat on the way in a few days…A scooper sends us news that he’s gotten a hold of the Japanese Manga Chasing Amy comic. He says:
Remeber the Amy manga/comic novel I gave word of a few months back?
It’s in my hands.
I’ll make some scans before this weekend and send you the pics. Funny stuff. Of course, it’s all in Japanese which makes it completely unreadable to someone not versed in the language. But the art is cool. Wait’ll you get a load of the manga representations of Jay and Silent Bob. Hilarious.
- Zentertainment summed up Kevin’s big personal news and brought up thebig Mallrats TV showing this weekend. Should be fun!
On his VIEW ASKEW website, filmmaker Kevin Smith (Clerks, Chasing Amy, Dogma) has announced he has become engaged to Jennifer Schwalbach, who wrote an article on him in USA TODAY this past spring, and the couple is expecting a baby in April. Smith’s MALLRATS makes its network debut this Saturday night at 9 on ABC, and it’s possible this edited version will feature some footage which didn’t make it into the theatrical release, but should all appear in the planned MALLRATS Special Edition DVD.
- Dark Horizons reports a few things that we mentioned on NA a couple daysago, but just to make sure you caught it:
Dogma: ViewAskew reports that the first cut of “Dogma” clocks in at 3hrs 30 mins, about 70 minutes more than the length that Kevin Smith is aiming for in the final cut. The sad news is that those 70 minutes are going to be cut from the film version, but the good part is that they’re likely to be restored in the laserdisc version. Next up, Miramax may thankfully be moving the release date up for the film – generalising it to be released in the Fall ’99 season, rather than specifying December as previously mentioned. Finally, congratulations are in order for Mr. Smith – he’s going to be a father!!! (well done). Thanks to ‘Mr. Black’.
- Another scooper caught a sneak of “Rounders” and wrote us up a quick, non-spoiler, capsule review:
Hey guys. I just saw a screening of ROUNDERS, so heres my quick review:
I enjoyed the movie. Solid performances by Damon and Norton. John Turturro , as always, is amazing. There were some times were Damon’s character reminded me of Will Hunting, but that aside, I liked the movie and recommend it. Its like a “The Hustler” for the 90s. Check it out.
- And finally, from the world of the bizarre:
I was watching MTV (why?) today, “Lunch with Jesse” to be exact, and Jesse had this rock band on, who I think used to be famous and still dressed like it was 1985, and they were at Jay & Silent Bob’s Secret Stash in Red Bank. The lead singer f**ked the name up calling it Jay & Bob’s Silent Secret Stash even though they were right in front of the store with that big sign behind them. Anyway, they went in, played with a Hulk 2099 toy and checked out the Lady Death books. Nobody who works there was on the show, I didn’t see anyone but the band and Jesse in the whole store.
Hey, at least it gets the Stash some more of that precious publicity!
We’ll see ya next time, folks.
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