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January 14th @ 5:27 pm | | Scooped by O.J. Costello, James Dunn, Brian Dailey

  • So why isn’t Kevin on that “At The Movies” worst-of 2007 special after all? It seems that he made the decision not to appear, since not having SEEN everything in 2006, it wouldn’t have felt right dogging flicks having not given everything a chance to score (or NOT score, as the case may be). Here’s Kevin himself with more:
If you’re gonna come on all authoritative with “Here’s what was the worst out of everything”, you’d have better peeped all the flicks, I say. I hadn’t.

Sadly, I didn’t figure that all out until I sat down to write my mini-reviews. The “Ebert” folks were very gracious and understanding.

For a non-critic like me, I can get away with reviewing a few flicks on any given episode, but considering (unlike Roger and Richard), I don’t see every flick that comes out, I shouldn’t be sitting in on a year-end “Worst of” special.

The “Best of” and “Worst of” eps should really be chaired solely by critics.

  • In the new issue of “Famous Magazine” (a movie magazine that’s distributed in Cineplex Theatres,) there’s an interview with Kevin regarding “Catch and Release”. We’ve got scans on the way, in the meantime, look for your own copy if you stop by one of their locations.
  • Clerks II comes in at #10 on JoBlo’s list of the top films of 2006. Here’s what he had to say:
“When I first heard about this sequel being made, I was scared like many of you, but I’m happy to report that this is a solid movie with laughs galore, pop-culture reference galore, vulgarity and sexual connotations galore and even a cute romance for the ladies in the audience. If you’re a fan of Kevin Smith and his previous films, I see no reason why this movie wouldn’t rock your balls off.”

I guess I’m a little biased since I’ve met Kevin Smith once or twice in my lifetime and he was even cool enough to write a foreword to my book, but that aside, this film was one of the funnier ones of the year for me, especially as a 30-something who connected with some of the film’s subtext (and yeah, by “subtext” I mean Pillowpants!!!!!). And I’m pretty sure that I can watch the scene featuring Rosario Dawson “dancing” on the rooftop for say…days on end!

  • And finally today, shame on the Starz service for pulling a double dip on the “Evening Harder” set! Word is that the release just popped up on their Pay-Per-View service, but they charge for each section! In other words, you pay full price to watch the Canada leg, then you pay AGAIN to watch the London leg! Good for them for offering this great disc, but it’s a shame they couldn’t have offered it for one low price.

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