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Cop Out – “Scene Selection” Review

The buddy cop movie is no where near a revolutionary genre for film. Nearly thirty years ago, you could make the case for originality, but “Lethal Weapon” changed that. Now many good, bad, and ugly buddy cop flicks exist in our collection. Is it possible to even put a new spin on the genre? If …

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Kevin Smith ‘Directly’ responsible for Cop Out!

Kevin Smith wrote and directed Zack and Miri so I’m assuming this is a poorly cut trailer for Cop Out or maybe he should have written the screenplay as well as directed. The trailer shows too much of Tracy Morgan’s annoying overacting (who lost a lot of points in my book after Little Man) and …

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‘Don’t you Forget about Me’ ~ “Gordon and the Whale Review” of John Hughes doc

Part of MovieSet’s Remembering John Hughes special series
‘Don’t You Forget About Me‘ DVD Review
By James Wallace of Gordon and the Whale
Special for MovieSet.com
DIRECTOR: Matt Austin
WRITERS: Matt Austin, Michael Facciolo, Kari Hollend, Lenny Panzer
RATING: 9/10
John Hughes. It’s a name that is synonymous with our youth. With our teen angst. With our feelings of suburban loneliness and …

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Legendary Storyteller for a Generation – John Hughes not forgotten

Part of MovieSet’s Remembering John Hughes special series
By KL Hedberg
for MovieSet.com
Filming began in 2006. On August 6th of this year, my generation and those that have followed, lost a legendary storyteller. John Hughes sudden death at 59 was like losing a family member for many of us who saw his films as a mirror …

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Giveaway: Zack and Miri Make a Porno DVDs

Kevin Smith’s most recent and controversial film, Zack and Miri Make a Porno, is now available on DVD and Bluray. The Weinstein Company has generously provided us with two copies to give away to a couple of lucky MovieSet readers.
Synopsis:
Lifelong friends and roommates Zack (Seth Rogen) and Miri (Elizabeth Banks) are facing hard times and …

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The graph of Clerks

What would a visual representation be of all the dialogue in a film? That’s the question that the folks at the Wattsei website asked when they broached the notion of laying out who said what in Kevin Smith’s first movie, Clerks. The designers color coded which characters said what lines by breaking the film down …

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Kevin Smith unveils new American version of Zack and Miri poster

They wanted it so Kevin Smith is gving it to them. After the MPAA’s puritanical furor over what this writer believes to be a harmless site gag used in the first iteration of the poster for Zack and Miri Make a Porno Smith’s crack advertsing team had to scramble to come up with a new …

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MPAA bans Zack and Miri Make a Porno Poster

Oh no! Did I read that title correctly? Kevin Smith must have really made a boo boo with his poster for the upcoming Zack and Miri Make a Porno. Goodness gracious what the heck can be so bad? Kevin Smith has already had issues with the MPAA around the rating for this film and won …

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Kevin Smith f%$#ing loves Watchmen

Kevin Smith has seen Watchmen and apparently he likes it – a lot. At least that’s what I gather from his review:

I saw “Watchmen.” It’s f***ing astounding. The Non-Disclosure Agreement I signed prevents me from saying much, but I can spout the following with complete joygasmic enthusiasm: Snyder and Co. have pulled it …

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