Speaking Of Swag…

January 13th @ 12:00 am | No Comments » | Scooped by Brad & Chris

  • Kim posted this note today. It’s VERY important for those of you who’ve been procrastinating placing that Stash order! Spend some of that Christmas cash and get it before it’s gone! Here’s what she said:
      Sorry guys, have to put a moratorium on the personalizations for the immediate future, should be back to normal once production wraps on DOGMA.

      If you haven’t yet received a personalized order that you placed before today, rest assured it is coming. If you have been procrastinating ordering something up ’til now, you have until 12:00 PM (EST) Wednesday January 14, 1998 to order the following:

      personalized Clerks/Amy screenplay book
      personalized Mallrats book
      personalized Posters of any Kind
      pick-it-yourself Clerks/Amy cells

      The above mentioned items will be available in limited quantities bearing just Kevin’s signature (limited only by the number we get him to sign before taking off to rehearse with actors), and of course, VA selected cells (cause Kevin won’t have to agonize over you getting JUST the right scene, merely trust us to send from the right movie) tee-shirts, hats, keychains, jerseys, blueprints, and mousepads will be available as ever.

  • More On Dogma…

    January 13th @ 12:00 am | No Comments » | Scooped by Brad @ Chris

  • Nolan Reese sends us this refreshing piece from CineZine’s latest e-mail newsletter, which is run by the folks who left Film Threat to work on their own. Interestingly, they found “Chasing Amy” to be the BEST film of the year! “Good Wilble, but Ethan really doesn’t mind this because he “fucking hates” doing the casts for it. haha. Also, I guess some CGI will be used to make him more…..shitty?

    We just thought you might find that interesting…Remember to check Dogma : Rumor Control for all the latest up-to-date info on the film!

  • News Askew Celebrates 50,000th Hit!

    January 11th @ 12:00 am | No Comments » | Scooped by Brad & Chris

  • It’s a most glorious day…Today, News Askew/Drinks Askew celebrated it’s 50,000th visit.Congratulations and thanks to Joel Spurny for mailing us with the news that he hit the magic number! We don’t have a prize or anything cool to give away, unfortunately, but we’re damn happy to be here. Who knew that this little site would have gotten so far during it’s humble beginnings last May?

    Thanks also to all of you for visiting, and for all the notes of congratulations that we received today on the milestone. We appreciate your sticking with us and the site, and hope to make the next 50,000 just as memorable.

  • What’s Up Film Threat’s Ass?

    January 11th @ 12:00 am | No Comments » | Scooped by Brad & Chris

  • Man, oh man. How quickly they turn on you. We remember when Film Threat used to sing the praises of Kev’s work, now they’re using half of their e-mail notes just to bash the man. Tonight, Film Threat’s weekly digest sent out an entire seperate mailing, consisting of just hate mail concerning the death of Independent Film (Which they so brilliantly surmised was all due to the cause of Kevin writing a Fletch script). There WERE a few positive mailings that were printed, one of which from a familiar soul by the name of Keef who even got a “Big Helium Dog” mention in there! Then, they put the capper on with shit like this:
      OVERRATED FILM OF THE YEAR
      …STUFF DELETED…
      2) “Chasing Amy” - I guess with a budget of only $250,000, Kevin Smithcouldn’t afford realistic characterization. Yeah, let’s have a threesome. That’ll solve our problems! Please. You’ve been watching way too much porn, Kevin.

      MOST DISAPPOINTING FILM OF THE YEAR
      …STUFF DELETED…
      3) “Chasing Amy” - Has Kevin Smith ever actually TALKED to a girl?

    Sad thing is, we actually normally like these guys and value their opinion. For some reason, though, they’ve decided to start a View Askew war. Who knows what the deal is, and, for that matter, who really cares? We just thought you’d like to see what was going on. We’re sure that Kevin’s just losing major sleep over it anyway. Yeah, right.

  • View Askew NewsBites™

    January 11th @ 12:00 am | No Comments » | Scooped by Brad & Chris

  • Although Kev’s being pretty cryptic about it, we think that “Dogma” may be moving filming to a new location. This means NO Memphis, and current speculation points to a possible shoot somewhere in New York. We’ll keep you posted here and on Dogma: Rumor Control.
  • It’s getting futher and further into 1998, but those Top 10 lists keep surfacing, and Amy keeps appearing! Thanks to Hal Phillips for letting us know that the flick made the Top 10 lists of 2 of the Village Voice’s critics.
  • Matt Damon is scheduled to appear on the Oprah Winfrey show tomorrow (Monday) at 4 PM. Scoop courtesy of Carrie.
  • Finally, not one, but TWO people sent us this scoop: Ben Affleck was spotted on an episode of the short-lived series “The Torkelsons” on the Disney channel this weekend. Now, we don’t find this in itself that News Askew-worthy, but found the fact that 2 people were actually WATCHING this show scary in itself.

  • Independent Spirit Awards (OFFICIAL)…

    January 10th @ 12:00 am | No Comments » | Scooped by Brad & Chris

  • The Independent Spirit Awards have been officially announced. Best Picture nods wentto “The Apostle”, “Ulee’s Gold”, “Loved” and “Chasing Amy”. Also, congrats to Jason Lee for gettinga Best Supporting Actor nod as well, bringing the film to 3 total nominations! Thanks to Gary Anthony, GWHunting, Ross Decker, and Aaron Fowler for ALL reporting this scoop to us. You guys are getting tough to keep up with!

  • Chalk Up Another One…

    January 10th @ 12:00 am | No Comments » | Scooped by Brad & Chris

  • They like the Chasing Amy in Texas as well, apparently! The flick made number 9 in the Top 10 of 1997 according to the Austin Chronicle. The list is based on the compiled lists of film critics Marjorie Baumgarten, Steve Davis, Robert Faires, Marc Savlov & Russell Smith, a whole bunch of people who have never been in our kitchen (And if you get that reference, you watch too much TV).

  • Commentary

    January 10th @ 12:00 am | No Comments » | Scooped by Brad & Chris

  • News Askew is QUICKLY approaching the 50,000 hit mark! Quite a milestone. Since the ‘thon ended, the site has been going CRAZY (along with my e-mail box). So, please, keep sending the mail, I’m still responding personally to every message ASAP, it just may take a bit longer. As always, thanks for visiting and for all your e-mails. On with the news…

  • Flixtour Becomes “A Better Place”…

    January 10th @ 12:00 am | No Comments » | Scooped by Brad & Chris

  • Here’s some more news that we learned at VulgarThon: Vincent Pereira’s been asked to take his film “A Better Place” on a Flixtour, which brings him to at least 12 colleges around the country, covers all his travel, food, and living costs, and even pays some of the green stuff to boot. Not only will he get the chance to show his excellent film (*We know, we saw it at VulgarThon and it delivers…Full details in our wrap-up) to many diverse audiences, but he’ll get to see the country and take a nice vacation. Here’s Vin’s words:
      In case anybody missed my announcements during the Q&As at the VulgarAthon, A BETTER PLACE has been invited to participate in the Flixtour, a kind of traveling film festival that will bring the film to a minimum of twelve colleges over a ten week period, starting in late January. Needless to say, I’m very excited about this- the prospect of seeing my film with so many audiences over the next few months (and getting paid for it no less) is… fuck, let’s just say that I’m very, very happy.

    And we’re happy for ya…Congrats, Vincent, and good luck!

    By the way, check out Vincent’s snazzy new webpage as well…

  • Another View Askew Mailing List

    January 9th @ 12:00 am | No Comments » | Scooped by Brad & Chris

  • Because the WWWBoard exists, I always shy away from these things, but we were asked if we could mention a View Askew Mailing List set up by Landon. There’s regular and digest forms of the list, which is available here. Check it out if youre web-imparired or just looking for another dose of View Askew chat.