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from Facebook: Kevin Smith wants to make a Buckaroo Banzai TV show

Tue, May 17, 2016
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QOTD: What if the villains were actually the good guys?

Fri, Feb 08, 2013
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Pick a character whom pop culture has cast as a villain and tell us what not-very-evil thing he or she was actually up to that has been perverted by the winners’ propaganda…

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question of the day: What phrases or expressions do you wish critics — including me! — did not use in our reviews?

Thu, Jul 19, 2012
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No one presumes that film critics are above criticism ourselves, and I’m sure there are things that critics do that bug even our biggest fans. So here’s your chance to sound off…

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Kevin Smith is now cool with critics who don’t pay for movies (and other adventures in social networking)

Wed, May 23, 2012
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What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

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why celebs love Scientology; Netflix in deal for original programming; the real problem of ‘Mars Needs Moms’; more: leftover links

Sun, Mar 20, 2011
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Plus: why Republicans want to destroy NPR; Hereafter (with its tsunami scene) pulled from Japanese theaters; promo fail for Limitless viral video; more…

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question of the day: What filmmakers seem to have lost their minds?

Thu, Feb 03, 2011
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Kevin Smith? John Carpenter? They’re two potentials on my list at the moment…

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what you don’t understand about Twitter; Facebook defriends Roger Ebert; Golden Globes in big trouble; more: leftover links

Sun, Jan 30, 2011
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Plus: Katie Holmes smeared by mean ol’ gossip rags; Syfy picks up Web series The Mercury Men; the Internet stole Obama’s State of the Union address; more…

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question of the day: Has Kevin Smith finally gone mad… or is he brilliant?

Wed, Jan 26, 2011
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Smith wants his fans to pay $60 to see his new movie, Red State, in order to support independent filmmaking and independent distribution. Could any movie possibly be worth that, even to Smith’s legions of fans?

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Nintendo says no to Justin Bieber; Ricky Gervais won’t host Golden Globes again; Michel Gondry not a fan of 3D; more: leftover links

Sat, Jan 22, 2011
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Plus: Kevin Smith was lying about how cool it was to direct Bruce Willis in Cop Out; CBS now stealing ideas from German TV; Joan Rivers gets kicked off Fox for bitching about Sarah Palin; more…

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reality TV hates women; pirates love ‘Lost’ and ‘Heroes’; Kevin Smith announces career makeover; more: leftover links

Sun, Jan 02, 2011
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Plus: How did ‘Little Fockers’ get focked up?; is ‘True Grit’ a remake or not?; Jon Stewart, the Modern Day Edward R. Murrow; more…

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