Posts Tagged ‘Kevin Smith’

DVD Tuesday: ‘Cop Out’ and ‘The Losers’

DVD Tuesday: ‘Cop Out’ and ‘The Losers’

By W. Andrew Powell • Jul 20th, 2010 • Category: DVDs

Coming out this week on DVD and Blu-ray: Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan star as zany cops in Kevin Smith‘s action-comedy, Cop Out; a group of framed CIA agents try to clear their names in The Losers; plus a look at season two of Lexx on DVD.



Film Friday: ‘Cop Out’ and ‘The Crazies’

Film Friday: ‘Cop Out’ and ‘The Crazies’

By W. Andrew Powell • Feb 26th, 2010 • Category: Films

New this week at a theatre near you: Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan star in Kevin Smith‘s action comedy, Cop Out; plus a look at the horror film, The Crazies, starring Timothy Olyphant.



DVD Tuesday: ‘Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist’ & ‘Passchendaele’

DVD Tuesday: ‘Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist’ & ‘Passchendaele’

By W. Andrew Powell • Feb 3rd, 2009 • Category: DVDs

This week on DVD, two couples go on very different adventures, with teenagers enjoying an all-night escapade in Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist, while two adults aim for more x-rated fun in Zack and Miri Make a Porno. Plus, Paul Gross‘ Canadian war epic, Passchendaele, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, and Bottle Shock.



Film Friday: ‘Zack and Miri Make a Porno’ & ‘Changeling’

Film Friday: ‘Zack and Miri Make a Porno’ & ‘Changeling’

By W. Andrew Powell • Nov 1st, 2008 • Category: Films

This week, Kevin Smith debuts his latest comedy, Zack and Miri Make a Porno. Clint Eastwood‘s tense drama, Changeling, opens in a few more theatres this weekend, plus, Guy Ritchie‘s RocknRolla opens across the country, as well as, The Haunting of Molly Hartley, and The Other End of the Line.



Kevin Smith talks ‘Zack & Miri’ in Toronto

Kevin Smith talks ‘Zack & Miri’ in Toronto

By W. Andrew Powell • Oct 3rd, 2008 • Category: Features, Toronto International Film Festival

When I first learned that Kevin Smith was going to bring Zack and Miri Make a Porno to the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival, I knew I had to get an interview. Out of everyone coming to this year’s TIFF, Smith was at the top of my list. Not just because he made Clerks, but also because he’s a genuine, talented guy with a knack for realistic dialogue, and uncommon, original characters.



Gallery: ‘Zack and Miri Make a Porno’

Gallery: ‘Zack and Miri Make a Porno’

By W. Andrew Powell • Sep 11th, 2008 • Category: Features, Spotlight, Toronto International Film Festival

Fan favorite writer and director Kevin Smith was at Ryerson Theatre during the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival for the debut of his latest film, Zack and Miri Make a Porno.

Joining him on the red carpet were stars Elizabeth Banks, Jason Mewes, Jennifer Schwalbach Smith, and not least of all, real life porn star Katie Morgan.



TIFF 08: Play that funky music

TIFF 08: Play that funky music

By W. Andrew Powell • Sep 11th, 2008 • Category: Features, Spotlight, Toronto International Film Festival

If I go through some of my all-time favorite songs, most of them have one thing in common: they’re featured in a movie I also love.

em>Shaun of the Dead reminded me how much I loved Queen with the song “Don’t Stop Me Now.” Damien Rice’s “The Blower’s Daughter” leaps off the screen in Closer. Counting Crows had the wickedly addictive opening song “Accidentally in Love” in Shrek 2.



TIFF 08: Day 5 and the chocolate vanishes

TIFF 08: Day 5 and the chocolate vanishes

By W. Andrew Powell • Sep 8th, 2008 • Category: Photography, The GATE, Toronto Film Fest

Call the press a bit pampered at TIFF, but I’m feeling severely deprived of my daily chocolate fix since the bowl full of Lindt truffles emptied today and hasn’t been refilled. It’s a terrible discovery as I sit down to work, but I suppose into every life a little rain must fall.



TIFF 08: Day four with… Kevin

TIFF 08: Day four with… Kevin

By W. Andrew Powell • Sep 7th, 2008 • Category: The GATE, Toronto Film Fest

Today has been pretty quiet, compared to the last few days of the festival. I got up early and caught the screening of Zack and Miri Make a Porno (hilarious, for the record) before catching Fifty Dead Men Walking (not bad, but not as good as it should have been).