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Blu-ray review: Kevin Smith 3-Movie Collection (Clerks, Chasing Amy, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back)

24 November 2009 12:48 PM, PST | ReelLoop.com | See recent Reel Loop news »

The newly released Kevin Smith three-movie box set contains the popular director’s three most popular films in beautiful Blu-ray quality. Containing his debut Clerks, along with Chasing Amy and Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back, Smith’s new box set captures a lot of crap you missed the first time around.

Kevin Smith is usually a big hit with internet writers thanks in part to his humble origin, legendary (or hyped, depending on who you ask) beginnings and his rather soft physique. He also represents the film/comic book/video game subculture, which has made serious strides to becoming a mainstream, high covered phenomenon on the verge of losing its trademark and sarcasm.

Or he just makes funny movies.

The legend of Kevin Smith is a classic American success story. A film school reject, Smith decided to break away from schools, books and teacher’s dirty looks and make his »

- Erik Buckman

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Movieweb's 2009 Blu-ray Holiday Gift Guide!

24 November 2009 5:51 AM, PST | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »

Listen up hi-def humbugs and Blu-ray Scrooges! This is the year you'll not just want, but need, to buy a new hi-def plasma screen and a shiny black Blu-ray player for Christmas (and/or whatever other holiday you choose to celebrate with lavish gifts). Why? Because this technology has reached its performance plateau. And it is finally at a reasonable price most of us can afford. Not only that, it serves as the one prefect gift the entire family can enjoy together. With more Blu-ray titles being released right now than ever before, there simply couldn't be a better time to dive head first into this leading technological platform.

But wait! There's one thing you don't want to overlook after all that exciting new equipment has been unwrapped. Without a stack of Blu-ray discs strategically placed in each family member's stocking with care, your gorgeous new HD flat screen becomes a delectable serving tray, »

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Blu-Ray Review: Beloved Kevin Smith Films Released in High Definition

23 November 2009 3:38 PM, PST | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – Very few filmmakers provoke the same kind of passionate adoration as the sometimes-great Kevin Smith, a man who has such a following that he can sell out large theaters filled with people who merely want to ask him questions for hours. Smith is a charismatic, interesting, clever filmmaker and his best work reflect his gregarious personality. Three of his best are captured in “The Kevin Smith Collection,” including two films with all-new Blu-Ray material.

Blu-Ray Rating: 4.0/5.0

If you were designing the Kevin Smith set and could only pick three films, what would you choose? The man has directed eight full-length feature films and we can probably cut “Jersey Girl” from consideration from the beginning, leaving seven to choose from. Personally, I would go with three different periods of his work and choose “Clerks,” “Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back,” and “Zack and Miri Make a Porno,” but then that »

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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Weekend Shopping Guide 11/20/09: Boldly Going

20 November 2009 12:45 AM, PST | Quick Stop | See recent Quick Stop news »

The weekend’s here. You’ve just been paid, and it’s burning a hole in your pocket. What’s a pop culture geek to do? In hopes of steering you in the right direction to blow some of that hard-earned cash, it’s time for the Quick Stop Weekend Shopping Guide - your spotlight on the things you didn’t even know you wanted…

(Please support Quick Stop by using the links below to make any impulse purchases - it helps to keep us going…)

I admit, I went into Jj Abrams’ reboot of Star Trek (Paramount, Rated PG-13, Blu-Ray-$39.99 Srp) not wanting to like it, based on my less than enthusiastic view of Abrams’ previous work and a healthy level of fondness for Trek (when it was done right - not in the crap Berman/Braga/Voyager/Enterprise/latter-day films era). So yes, I had to be won »

- UncaScroogeMcD

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Kevin Smith 3-Movie Collection (Clerks, Chasing Amy, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back) – Blu-ray

18 November 2009 11:54 AM, PST | The Scorecard Review | See recent Scorecard Review news »

Blu-ray Review

Kevin Smith 3-Movie Collection (Clerks, Chasing Amy, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back)

Directed by: Kevin Smith

Rating: R

Due Out: November 17, 2009

Who’S It For? With the fan-based nature of his movies, if you like these titles from writer/director Kevin Smith, then you probably own them already. It’s really up to you if you want to shell out ninety dollars to have their latest incarnation, though none of them really demand a high definition presentation except for maybe the more Hollywood Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. The documentaries about each movie are fun watches, but perhaps you should put this on your wish list before your immediate shopping list.

Movies:

Clerks

Kevin Smith embraces the suckage of work by finding the amusing nature of the weird sh*t that can go on during one shift. Slaving away at a beat down convenience store on »

- Nick Allen

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'Star Trek' Boldly Goes, Brüno Gets Sensational And More In The DVD Report For November 17

17 November 2009 3:46 PM, PST | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »

While the rest of the planet is looking forward to "New Moon," here in the world of home entertainment it's all about looking back...specifically to two of the summer's biggest films which are now hitting store shelves. From space cadets to a fashion-savy Austrian, this is your DVD Report for Tuesday, November 17.

You'd be hard-pressed to find a group more anxious than "Star Trek" fans on the date director J.J. Abrams was tapped to reboot the franchise. It was a tall order. "Trek" had notably faltered at the box office after the dreadful "Nemesis," and had been unceremoniously dumped from the airwaves after the lackluster "Enterprise." And now here was a guy who openly boasted that he had barely watched "Star Trek." Even his directing credentials were thin -- a few television episodes here and there and one feature film in "Mission: Impossible III." It all made for a »

- Brian Jacks

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New on DVD This Week

17 November 2009 3:00 PM, PST | The Flickcast | See recent The Flickcast news »

Here’s a list of some of the new movie and TV shows coming to DVD and Blu-ray this week that we’re looking forward to seeing. Also, there’s some classic, and not-so-classic, movies hitting Blu-ray for the first time this week as well.

Of all the new releases, we’re particularly interested in the Blu-ray versions of movies and TV shows such as J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek, Gone with the Wind, Thirst, Rome: The Complete Series and the Blu-ray debut of David Fincher’s awesome Fight Club (shown above with Brad Pitt and Edward Norton). We are Jack’s excitement at this release finally coming out.

Check them out:

Movies

Bruno ~ Sacha Baron Cohen, Paula Abdul (DVD and Blu-ray)

Clerks ~ Brian O’Halloran, Kevin Smith (Blu-ray)

Downhill Racer (The Criterion Collection) ~ Robert Redford, Gene Hackman (DVD)

Fight Club ~ Edward Norton, Brad Pitt, Helena Bonham Carter (Blu-ray)

Galaxy Quest ~ Tim Allen, »

- Heather Toshiko

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Review: 'Kevin Smith 3-Movie Collection' on Blu-ray

17 November 2009 2:46 PM, PST | Comicmix.com | See recent Comicmix news »

You have to admire Kevin Smith. Growing up in New Jersey, he found himself a circle of likeminded friends who took his scripts and performed them in a sort of comedy revue that wowed audiences in Red Bank. Inspired, he went on to Vancouver and film school where he met his producing muse, Scott Mosier. Back home, they scraped together $27,500, recruited Smith’s friends and shot the semi-autobiographical Clerks. The black and white film, mostly a series of vignettes tied together by the two leads, wowed audiences and became a cult hit.

From there, Smith got hired by Universal to make a second film, the $5 million Mallrats but Smith and the studio system clashed and the result was a critical and commercial dud. Still, Smith used many of his friends and made new ones, casting with a keen eye towards nascent (and cheap) talent. He also found a girlfriend, Joey Lauren Adams, »

- Robert Greenberger

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This Week on DVD: Star Trek, Bruno, Thirst

17 November 2009 8:59 AM, PST | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »

With the holiday season quickly approaching, it's time for the November rush... which means we're in for a seriously packed DVD release day! When you look at the major releases, the only real blockbuster here is J.J. Abrams' Star Trek, but there are a ton of interesting indie releases and a solid line-up of Blu-ray discs as well. A pair of underperforming comedies hit stores today (Bruno and The Goods) plus Jim Jarmusch's The Limits of Control, Chan-wook Park's vampire drama Thirst, and the Sundance hit Humpday, not to mention the Lil' Wayne documentary The Carter. On Blu-ray, we have new anniversary editions of Fight Club and Gone with the Wind, plus three Kevin Smith flicks, Galaxy Quest, and Leon: The Professional. What's on your shopping list this week? Star Trek [1] (DVD, Blu-ray [2]) Bruno [3] (DVD, Blu-ray [4]) The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard [5] Thirst [6] The Limits of Control [7] Humpday [8] Franklyn [9] (DVD, »

- Sean

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Vactor’s Blu-ray Bulletin for November 17, 2009

17 November 2009 7:55 AM, PST | FusedFilm | See recent FusedFilm news »

Here are the new Blu-ray releases for November 17, 2009: Brüno (Universal) Chasing Amy (Disney/Buena Vista) Clerks (Disney/Buena Vista) Darwin’s Darkest Hour (National Geographic) Earth, Wind and Fire: Live at Montreaux 1997 (Eagle Rock) Fight Club: 10th Anniversary Edition (20th Century Fox) Franklyn (Image) Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa (FUNimation) Galaxy Quest (Paramount) Gone with the Wind: 70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector’s Edition (Warner) Is Anybody There? (Magnolia) It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia: A Very Sunny Christmas (20th Century Fox) Kevin Smith Box Set (Disney/Buena Vista) Léon: The Professional (Sony) Marilyn Manson: Guns, God and Government - Live In L.A. (Eagle Rock) My Sister’s Keeper (New Line) The Open Road (Anchor Bay) Rome: The Complete Series (HBO) Scrubs: The Complete Eighth Season (MGM) Sex, Lies, and Videotape (Sony) Star Trek Limited Edition Replica Gift Set (Amazon Exclusive) (Paramount) Star Trek »

- Vactor

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This Week On DVD and Blu-ray: November 17, 2009

17 November 2009 2:12 AM, PST | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

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I don't know if any of you took my advice on the 50% off Criterion sale at Barnes and Noble I mentioned two weeks ago, but you have one more week and I have already taken advantage of it by getting Battle of Algiers, the Fanny and Alexander box set and upgraded my single-disc version of Seven Samurai with the three-disc edition. I basically paid about $70 for the whole thing with my Barnes and Noble Membership card and it's about $160 worth of DVDs so that's a good deal in my book. Take advantage of it and use this coupon to save an extra $5.

Now, for this week's DVDs.

Gone With the Wind (70th Anniversary Ultimate Collection) I just reviewed the Blu-ray edition of this and was incredibly impressed. What's even more impressive is Amazon is charging only $45.49 for both the »

- Brad Brevet

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Blu-ray Review: The Kevin Smith Collection

17 November 2009 2:00 AM, PST | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

I am an unashamed Kevin Smith fan, and primarily of his earlier, less mature work. If there's such a thing as quality dick and fart joke movies, I would say Kevin's pre-Jersey Girl films fit the description. While I wasn't a big fan of either Clerks 2 or Zack and Miri Make a Porno, films such as Clerks, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Mallrats and Dogma are personal comedic favorites of mine and Miramax's Kevin Smith Blu-ray collection brings two of those along with what may be Smith's most respected film, Chasing Amy, home in a tidy little package.

To begin, the collection includes the first ever Blu-ray releases of Clerks and Chasing Amy as well as the previously released Blu-ray edition of Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. If you already own the Jay and Silent Bob Blu-ray this is the exact same thing with the included audio commentary, »

- Brad Brevet

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Three Kevin Smith Films Come To Blu-ray

16 November 2009 9:50 PM, PST | icelebz.com | See recent iCelebz news »

The Kevin Smith Collection is currently available on Blu-ray Hi-Def.

The Kevin Smith Collection, released today, is a box set containing three of the filmmaker's best-loved movies: "Clerks," "Chasing Amy" and "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back." The collection contains all new features for the films, in addition to the transfer of the content to a high definition digital format.

"Clerks," Smith's first foray into the film world, follows a day in the life of New Jersey convenience store worker Dante (Brian O'Halloran) and his foul-mouthed best friend, Randal (Jeff Anderson), a video rental clerk. The low budget, black and white 1994 feature became a hit at film festivals such as Cannes and Sundance, launching the careers of writer/director Smith and producer Scott Mosier and inspiring a later animated series and a 2006 sequel. Among the special features are an all new introduction by Smith; the notorious "Lost Scene"; and Smith and Mosier's film school short, »

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Kevin Smith 3 Movie Collection Blu-ray Review - Clerks, Chasing Amy and Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back

16 November 2009 9:01 PM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »

I remember when Clerks was announced. It was a Sundance favorite and trailered along with Pulp Fiction. Having had some counter experience, and being a Star Wars nerd, Clerks looked like sweet elixir. And I went to see it opening weekend (in a double feature with Stargate), and was in the Kevin Smith. Revisiting his films Clerks, Chasing Amy and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back on Blu-ray in the Kevin Smith collection is a chance to wrestle with what makes Kevin Smith great and somewhat terrible. My review after the jump.

Clerks is one of those films that - at the time - you wanted to root for. It was a small film from a filmmaker who scrapped together his pocket change and made a film, and the history of films like that which received a theatrical release were always encouraging. Spike Lee, Richard Linklater, etc. Now, now that »

- Andre Dellamorte

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[DVD Review] Kevin Smith 3-Movie Collection

16 November 2009 4:00 AM, PST | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »

This isn’t the first time a set titled the “[insert name] collection” has debuted with a less than stellar compilation of films attempting to represent a filmmaker or actor’s career. What Miramax did right here was calling it a “3-Movie Collection” thus letting themselves off the hook for not having some of Kevin Smith’s better films. The set includes Clerks, Chasing Amy and Jay and Silent Strike Back which means the collection might not all be the crème de la crème de Smith, but it certainly lets you see a wide range of the man’s talents as a director. However, I think the best way to think of this set is as a sign of his career financially and not necessarily professionally.

With Clerks, Kevin Smith operated on a shoestring budget and cast his friends in the leads after deciding he didn’t have the chops to handle »

- Lex Walker

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This Weeks DVD/Blu-Ray/Cinema Releases

15 November 2009 9:59 PM, PST | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »

Here’s a brief look at this week’s big DVD, Blu-Ray and Cinema releases, on both sides of the pond. All information is correct to the best of my knowledge (and research skills). It looks like a good week for Star Trek fans…

 

 

UK Releases 

DVD (November 16th)

Star Trek XI 1 Disc version

Star Trek XI 2 Disc version

Star Trek Next Generation Movie Collection

Star Trek Movie Collection I-x

Moon

Starwars The Clone Wars Complete Season 1

Four Christmases

Terminator The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 2

Terminator The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 1+2 Set

Inalienable

Sunshine Cleaning

Blu-Ray (November 16th)

Star Trek XI 1 Disc

Star Trek XI 3 Disc

Star Trek Tos Season 2

Star Trek The Next Generation Movie Collection

Star Trek Movie Collection I-x

Moon

Sunshine Cleaning

Four Christmases

Terminator The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 2

Terminator The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 1+2 Set

Starwars The Clone Wars Complete Season 1

North By Northwest

Gone With The Wind »

- Barry Steele

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DVD Playhouse--November 2009

14 November 2009 6:25 PM, PST | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »

DVD Playhouse—November 2009

By

Allen Gardner

Watchmen—The Ultimate Cut (Warner Bros.) Director Zack Snyder’s film of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ landmark graphic novel is as worthy an adaptation of a great book that has ever been filmed. In an alternative version of the year 1985, Richard Nixon is serving his third term as President and super heroes have been outlawed by a congressional act, in spite of the fact that two of the most high-profile “masks,” Dr. Manhattan (Billy Cruddup) and The Comedian (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) helped the U.S. win the Vietnam War. When The Comedian is found murdered, many former heroes become concerned that a conspiracy is afoot to assassinate retired costumed crime fighters. Former masks Nite Owl (Patrick Wilson), Silk Spectre (Malin Akerman) and still-operating Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley, in an Oscar-worthy turn) launch an investigation of their own, all while the Pentagon’s “Doomsday »

- The Hollywood Interview.com

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Blu-ray Giveaway: The Kevin Smith Collection

13 November 2009 7:19 AM, PST | TheHDRoom | See recent TheHDRoom news »

Kevin Smith is coming to Blu-ray in a big way on November 17 with the debut of Chasing Amy and Clerks bundled with previously released Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back in The Kevin Smith Collection.

I currently have three of these loaded sets up for grabs in this contest. Send in the completed entry form below to throw your name into the hat. You can also return any or every day and enter again for as long as the contest is active.

Clerks is one wild day in the life of a pair of overworked counter jockeys whose razor-sharp wit and on-the-job antics give a whole new meaning to customer service. Chasing Amy: Filled with Smith's unique ear for dialogue and insight into relationships, Chasing Amy offers a thoughtful, funny look at how perceptions alter lives, and how obsession and self-doubt skew reality. Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back »

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Pixar Looks 'Up,' 'Watchmen' Gets Ultimate And More In The DVD Report For November 10

10 November 2009 7:00 AM, PST | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »

After last week's jam-packed release schedule led by "G.I. Joe," we're given an opportunity to breath today with only two new theatrical titles coming to market, along with an assortment of action-filled catalog offerings making their way to Blu-ray. This is your DVD Report for Tuesday, November 9.

Disney's Pixar was flying high after the critically and commercially acclaimed "Wall-e," so naturally they looked to the skies for their next animated outing, "Up." The film focuses on Carl Fredricksen, an elderly shut-in who aims to pay homage to his late wife by relocating to the top of a South American paradise the couple had always dreamed of visiting. Equipping his home with hundreds of helium balloons, the house lifts off its foundation and floats away, inadvertently taking with it a young wilderness scout who grows attached to the grumpy septuagenarian at the start of a grand adventure.

Like most Pixar films, »

- Brian Jacks

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Kevin Smith's Red State Closer to Reality?

8 October 2009 | shocktillyoudrop.com | See recent shocktillyoudrop news »

Appears so. The Kevin Smith-penned horror film may finally come to fruition. If you recall, the Chasing Amy and Clerks helmer wanted to take a jaunt through the horror genre with a film of his own. He wrote a script, entitled Red State , and when he handed it over to the Weinstein brothers, Harvey and Bob, they passed. Red State was without a home. Den of Geek, however, caught up to Smith in England and the director informed them that it looks like he's finally got the money to make the film happen. Actually, his exact words were: "I think we've got the money for Red State." The film could be building some momentum now, so we'll keep you posted on further developments. »

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