Posts tagged "Kevin Smith"

Friends, drop what you’re doing and click here to behold the ballot submitted by Raphael Bob-Waksberg (the creator of Bojack Horseman and co-creator of Undone) to Rolling Stone’s list of the best TV shows of all time.  This is genius.  (Allow me to give special praise to

Back in 1994, Kevin Smith launched his career with the funny and innovative Clerks.  Filmed at night in the very same convenience store where Mr. Smith worked, and made for a teensy tiny budget (basically paid for by Mr. Smith’s maxing out his own credit cards), Clerks was a wonde

The Last Blockbuster is a documentary film, directed by Taylor Morden and written & produced by Zeke Kamm, that chronicles the rise and fall of the once-ubiquitous video rental company Blockbuster Video.  It also shines a light on the very last Blockbuster that is still open and

I have watched this most recent trailer for Avengers: Endgame a lot: I love the nostalgia-focused first half of the trailer, with well-used clips and soundbites from previous films.  (They really tease fans with that Peggy Carter audio!!  That’s from a previous film, but my he

Let’s start with this amazing creation: Topher Grace and Jeff Yorkes wove together footage from every single Star Wars film so far to create a gorgeous, emotional five-minute tribute to the Star Wars saga.  I have watched this thing a LOT of times so far.  What an incredible e

How great is this first trailer for Black Panther? This looks like a fun new direction for a Marvel film to take.  I hope they really go crazy in exploring this new corner of the Marvel universe.  I loved Creed and I can’t wait to see what director Ryan Coogler has cooked up h

Don’t tease me, universe!  I desperately want this news of a possible resurrection of The X-Files to be true!! I am thrilled to have three cartoons from Motion Pictures included in JOMIX — Jewish Comics; Art & Derivation, an exhibition currently open in New York City.

I’m a huge fan of Kevin Smith.  I like his movies, and more than that, I like Mr. Smith himself.  He’s a great character and a hilarious story-teller.  There have been some fantastically-packed DVD and blu-ray releases of his earlier films, and sometimes I think the spe