- Bostonist reports on the Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film’s Top 100 list for this year – Their one hundred funniest films of all time. “Clerks II” and “Chasing Amy” take spots 77 and 79, repsectively.
- Some congrats to Askew and ancillary Askew types for the Oscars this year. No major nominations, however, here’s a few you might be interested in:
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE – Casey Affleck for “The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford” (brother of Ben Affleck, appeared in “Good Will Hunting”)
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE – Amy Ryan for “Gone Baby Gone” (directed by Ben Affleck, of course)
3 Nominations for Matt Damon’s “Bourne Ultimatum”, for score, editing, and mixing. - Though “Red State” is far from our minds with the current flick filming, the controversial Phelps family is keeping the press alive – Ever since hearing rumors of the film’s theme, they’ve been characteristically outspoken on the project. Cinematical picks up this latest quote from Shirley Phelps regarding the project (which, mind you, no one has yet seen the script for aside from a few friends and insiders at View Askew).
- The unforgettable Golgothan is one of the subjects of this fun little piece on Sewer Monsters in film. The creature joins the wonderful CHUD among others:
Dogma: In Kevin Smith’s religious comedy, the Golgothan is the excrement monster that Jason Lee sends after Jay and Silent Bob. He’s made up of all the evil shit from all over the world, and even has his own action figure that farts when you squeeze it. Unlike the Charmin. - “Reaper” is just now hitting the UK via their network channel E4, and getting some well-deserved good press. We like what Times Online had to say the best:
Reaper, E4, 9pmImagine a Simon Pegg/Nick Frost-style couple of buddies dropped into a comedy episode of Heroes, and you have Reaper. Tonight’s pilot, in which our champion Sam (Bret Harrison) finds out that his parents sold his soul to the Devil (Ray Wise), also benefits from the direction of the Clerks legend Kevin Smith – it’s great fun, but it’ll be interesting to see how it develops next week without Smith at the helm.
TV Scoop also gives the show a nice little review. - Looks like the Damon-Affleck produced adaptation of “A People’s History of the United States” is finally getting underway, in miniseries form. NPR reports.
- Kevin gets a nod for his “Southland Tales” cameo in this positive capsule review of the film from Cleveland.com.
- And finally today, we love SignOnSanDiego’s take on “Zack and Miri Make a Porno” when listing their upcoming flicks to watch for this year:
“Zack and Miri Make a Porno†(Fall): Written and directed by Kevin Smith. That’s enough for us.
We couldn’t have typed it better ourselves. Be sure to visit our production page for a complete list of the latest multimedia and press from the film. We’ve just added a few today. See ya next time!
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January 28, 2008 at 11:36
Casey was also in “Chasing Amy” in the opening scene (also known as the “Tracer” scene) with Scott Moser and Jason Lee.