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adgy-san said:
Sundance Review: Kevin Smith's 'Yoga Hosers' With Lily-Rose Depp, Harley Quinn Smith, Johnny Depp, And More

Not positive at all.
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Nope. Pretty much across the board. Seen it described as a cartoon mixed with female clerks for stoners. Somehow, I am not sure the Sundance crowd was the right audience for this. Rob Zombie's 31, didn't fare much better in the few reviews I have seen so far. Two directors making movies for themselves and their fans...**** the critics.
 
Kevin Smith Isn’t Making Movies for Audiences Anymore, Reveals Crazy Ending to ‘Moose Jaws’
http://www.slashfilm.com/new-details-on-the-kevin-smith-moose-jaws-movie-more/#more-336621

“I used to want to make movies for audiences. But if you’ve seen Tusk, and after you’ve seen Yoga Hosers, you’ll see that I really don’t give a **** about the audience anymore.”

After posting about this online, many people have taken it as something incendiary towards the people who go to see his movies. However, his position is really one that a lot of filmmakers should have. Smith isn’t saying that he doesn’t want the audience to enjoy the movie or that he’s purposely making movies that they won’t like (though some would disagree with the latter), but he’s simply making the movies that he wants to make...

...Anyway, kudos to Smith for simply making the kind of movies he wants. If his fans or other audiences like them, then that’s a bonus. But if he can make a living writing and directing the kind of movies he wants to see without any interference from a studio or second-guessing himself as to whether this is is something the audience will enjoy, then it sounds like he’s got it made.
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Like I said.



 
Kevin Smith Talks Moose Jaws; Mr. Tusk Will Appear
http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/148530/148530/

At Sundance’s Deadline Hollywood panel (video below) this week, Smith spoke a bit about the upcoming film, spoiling a fun little scene that will connect Tusk to Moose Jaws.

“Justin [Long] returns as Tusk,” Smith revealed, “and he fights Moose Jaws.”

“I love Jaws, I love Canada, and I combined the two of them,” he elaborated. “So the whole thing is beat-for-beat Jaws, up until the third act. In the third act it becomes Godzilla, Destroy All Monsters, Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan, and ends with Return of the Jedi. It’s pretty magical.”

Please don’t ever stop being a crazy sumbitch, sir.
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New Pictures, Posters, And TV Spots For John Hillcoat's Star-Studded 'Triple 9'

Casey Affleck, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Clifton Collins, Jr., Michael K. Williams, Woody Harrelson, Anthony Mackie, Aaron Paul, Norman Reedus, and Gal Gadot — those are some of the reasons why "Triple 9" landed on our 12 Films To See In February list. Not to mention that it's directed by John Hillcoat ("The Proposition," "The Road"). And today comes our biggest look yet at the movie.
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Very nice.
 
Review: Coen Brothers' 'Hail, Caesar!' Starring Josh Brolin, George Clooney, Scarlett Johansson, Tilda Swinton, And More

Working in a madcap vein most closely aligned with that of “The Hudsucker Proxy” and “Burn After Reading,” the Coens’ latest suffers from a narrative that, plot-wise, is so all over the place, it often feels like its operating on pure adrenalized instinct rather than following a carefully laid-out plan. Such impressions, however, are a byproduct of the frenzied pace at which this tale proceeds, as beneath the film's zippy tongue-in-cheek farce lurks a more incisive, self-conscious portrait of the industry as the producer of artful commodities which, at their finest, operate as make-believe entertainments with the power to thrill, amuse and inspire.
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jerseydevil said:
Will it be madcap, screwball and/or zany? Because that would be a change of pace.
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Why does it have to be zany?

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Review: John Hillcoat’s ‘Triple 9’ Starring Casey Affleck, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Anthony Mackie & Kate Winslet

Perhaps there’s a longer cut out there where all these people got fleshed out. And perhaps that cut led to a film that felt like it was actually about something. Instead, we get empty genre tropes going through motions without much of a theme to show for it. For hardcore fans of the cop-movie genre starved for material, maybe that’ll be enough. The rest of us will likely leave the movie feeling like an opportunity was missed somewhere. [C]
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Well, that's disappointing. Currently 63% on Rotten Tomatoes.
 
jerseydevil said:
Had a bad feeling about this when I saw the release date. With the exception of Valentines weekend, the first few months are a dumping ground. The generic trailers didn't help much either.
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I know the trailers have been playing constantly, but I've barely paid any attention because I forgot Hillcoat directed this. Patiently waiting for him to put together a film that lives up to the promise he showed with The Proposition.
 
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