• As promised, Kevin continues to fill us in on his ongoing battle to lose weight and avoid the food temptation with another blog entry this week. Here’s a clip:

Congrats yet again to Kevin for fighting the good fight, it’s amazing progress so far.

Wanna hear more? Hit Silent Bob Speaks or the Myspace page to comment and read Kevin’s entire entry for this week.

• Kevin and Scott return for week three of their compelling podcast, SModcast. This “ongoing conversation” between the two remains available EXCLUSIVELY at our own Quick Stop Entertainment webite or as a subscription via iTunes. Here’s the rundown for this week’s segment:

We’ve become addicted to the ‘cast and can’t believe how fast the runtime flies by week after week. We know you’ll love it to. The latest episode, as well as the two debut episodes, remain available free and always at Quick Stop Entertainment. Let’s hope the duo can keep this pace up for a long long time.

• Holy ripoff, Batman! Take a peek at this DVD cover for the 1995 Nicole Eggert movie “SECRET SINS”. Wonder which movie of Kevin’s they got the silhouette in the cover art from?
• Huge congrats to View Askew composer Jim Venable who just won his 4th Annie Award (along with Jennifer Remington who is accepting the award for both of them in this video. They won for their work on “Fosters Home for Imaginary Friends”. Also, the George Bush impersonator is pretty good, too.
• The LA Times has an article on the emergence of women directors, and mentions Joey Lauren Adams in the piece:

• This just in for a very cool university professor in Michigan: This summer, he’s offering a new class on the schedule: a one-week film course dedicated solely to Kevin’s work. This class is being taught at Central Michigan University, in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. The description from the registrar’s website reads as follows:

To call the info up yourself, go to http://www.registrars.cmich.edu/courses/CourseOfferings/, select summer 2007, select the BCA department, type 520J into the box, and hit submit.

Talk about a great excuse to go back to school! If anyone is interested in coming to the scenic “middle-of-the-state” area for a week, the class caps at (I think) 40 students, though it could probably be bumped higher if the need arose. Professor Jeff tells us that he may even ask Kevin to pop in for a day if it suits his schedule.

• More UK press for Kevin to kick off newsbites today. The March issue of Impact hits the streets this week, with all manner of action movie goodness from around the world including two mentions of our hero’s latest appearances (Die Hard 4 and his voice role in the Ninja Turtles film). See the scanned pages here for the story.
• The Region 2 Clerks II DVD hits shops everywhere in the UK today. If you don’t have a region free player that allowed you to purchase one from us, enjoy finally bringing this gem into your home to spin up over and over! Having watched it a few more times already, we can attest that it’s got a bunch of replay value.
• Movie Maze also has the teaser trailer for the Jason Lee-voiced “Underdog” coming this summer, for those of you who had trouble streaming through Yahoo the other day.

• On World Wrestling Entertainment’s offical site, they ran a piece talking to fan about their picks for the upcoming No Way Out Pay-Per-View event. The opening image on the main page is of 2 fans in a stare down. One fan wearing a black t-shirt and the other fan wearing a Mooby’s jersey. Image is right here for ya. We got a lot of mail on this one today, so it’s obviously quite a popular site.
• We can’t get enough of these re-cut trailers with alternate takes on famous flicks. First up, a fun take on one person’s own version of “Good Will Hunting: Hunting Season”. Funny stuff. Also, Affleck gets a dose himself in this YouTube video titled “Supermanland”.
• Jersey Girl will be screened in New Zealand at 8:30pm on February 25 on TV2.

• The single-disc version of “Dogma” makes a guest appearance on the box for a small media storage unit one scooper just purchased.
• Don’t forget, the great Stan Lee cameos on tonight’s “Heroes” on NBC, one of the best new shows of the year! See ya next time.

• Long thought LOST in a hard drive crash, we managed to restore our “Evening Harder” review and went back and peppered in some of the stuff we’d written for the NEW review, it’s like two two two reviews in one! But not really. If you don’t have the disc for some crazy reason yet, this review should be your excuse to go the heck out and buy it. And hey, even if you’ve already watched it over and over again (just re-watched it again to ensure the review was solid), give the review a quick look to see our menu screenshots and hear our opinion on all the good stuff, the excellent production values, and all the love that went into this 2-disc DVD set. Enjoy! We’ll be back later with more news.

• Kevin stopped by the board to give a quick reaction to the “Reaper” pilot news, revealed a familiar DP will be onboard, and also dropped HUGE NEWS that he’s writing not one, but TWO new films which he’s hoping to direct BACK TO BACK in late 2007 and early 2008. YEAH YEAH YEAH!!! Here’s Kevin:

• it seems Kevin is staging a takeover on Brit magazines this month! He’s a guest editor in this month’s Total Film Birthday Issue (dated April 2007). Even cooler, this issue ALSO comes with a Clerks II DVD containing “Unseen Extras exclusive to Total Film”! On The DVD:

Clerks 2 VH1 Movie Special
Train Wrecks
– The Passion Of The Clerks: Back To The Well
– Day One
– Silent Movie
– 80s Ending
– Cannes 2006
Think Fast Music Video Competition Winner (this was a “make your own Clerks II video” contest we announced a while back)

Kevin Smith On…

Borat

Carry On Films

The Departed

Fight Club

Ghandi

Hi-Def

iPhone

Marie Antoinette

Hudsucker Proxy

Playstation 3

Mr & Mrs Smith

Wow. Anyone got a copy they can send us for the archives? This sounds like a keeper. Kevin comments on quite a few things in his guest editor spot throughout the issue, so we’ve got scans of anything he’s involved with above as part of this article. The entire DVD reviews section was edited by Kevin this month. Just click away for a better look. Most of Kevin’s thoughts are relayed in post-it note fashion, so direct your eyeballs that way. We’ve also included some shots of the DVD itself, a sure collectible for any View Askew fan.

• USA Today’s pop culture expert Whitney Matheson once again compliments Kevin in her latest column, this time citing his as one of the best celebrity websites out there:

• DVDFile reports that “Catch and Release” will hit DVD on May 8th. If you missed it in theaters, don’t miss it at home. It’s a fine film that was very well liked by fans and critics last month, and very much worth your valuable time. It plays well for extra viewings as well, so it’ll be a worthy purchase.
• Jay takes onscreen kudos from that wonderful site The Shiznit as of the Top 10 Movie Drug Dealers:

• The “Clerks II” DVD was spotted in a recent Myspace ad for Blockbuster Total Access (in an animated “claw” game). Here’s a screengrab.

• We’re celebrating an icy Valentine’s Day here in the Northeast today, with snow and ice galore, hazardous roads, all that great stuff that comes with living in Pennsylvania. If you’re up here, be safe, and we hope you’re enjoying your Valentine’s Day. The weather hasn’t slowed down the news, with a potentially big announcement about a new project Kevin’s involved with, and some other newsbites of interest. So if you’re up here with us, keep warm, and enjoy your day with that special someone. Don’t have anyone and call yourself a V-day hater? Cuddle up with the latest news then, right here…