Acolyte Actor Says Anakin Blew Up the Death Star… Twice
I’m not going to get into some facetious preamble that pretends anyone had faith in The Acolyte, the new Star Wars series coming to Disney+ next week. But sometimes, something is stupid enough to shock you even when it doesn’t quite surprise you. Some of the show’s stars are making the press rounds right now, and […]
Kevin Smith’s Smodcast Cinemas is Struggling
In 2022, Kevin Smith and some friends bought Atlantic Cinemas, a movie theater in Atlantic Highlands near Smith’s hometown of Red Bank, New Jersey. The idea was to preserve a treasure of his youth, and since rechristening it Smodcastle Cinemas, Smith has played classic movies – along with some of his own, of course – […]
REVIEW: Clerks III (2022)
Clerks III is probably Kevin Smith’s most introspective movie. This isn’t the first time he’s looked inward through his films; his early works were about him growing in his attitude towards relationships, Dogma was born of his struggles with his faith, and the recent Jay and Silent Bob Reboot was rooted in his experiences with […]
Clerks III Trailer Works on Its Day Off
The Quick Stop is open for business again. Earlier today, Lionsgate and Kevin Smith unveiled the trailer for Clerks III, the latest in Smith’s View Askewniverse series. Clerks III catches up with Dante Hicks and Randal Graves, who, when last we saw them, bought their old places of employment, the Quick Stop convenience store and […]
Clerks III Starts Filming Next Month
If nothing else, Kevin Smith is proof that you can always go home again. Deadline exclusively reports that Lionsgate will be distributing Clerks III, the latest (let’s not say “last”) movie in Smith’s View Askewniverse series. Clerks III is the second sequel to Smith’s debut film, Clerks, and the eighth entry in the Askewniverse, following […]
REVIEW: Jay and Silent Bob: Mall Brawl (2020)
It’s been twenty-five years since Mallrats hit the movie theaters in the United States, bombing spectacularly at the box office. After the success of Clerks, that didn’t stop the film from getting a huge cult following from the home video version, which made it a celebrated and highly quotable entry in Kevin Smith’s View Askewniverse. […]