By Drew Grant 9/26/12 4:02pm

Big Apple Idolatry

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Emilia Clarke with her new monster. She also has a dragon (PmC, HBO)

Big Apple Idolatry: Seth MacFarlane is Dating the Mother of Dragons, and It’s Not Lindsay Lohan

- How did Seth MacFarlane land Game of Thrones’s Emilia Clarke?? Do they not have Saturday Night Live in Qarth? This is truly an upsetting turn of events; at least when he dated Amanda Bynes, one got the sense that they were both awful.

- Jenni “JWoww” Farley got engaged to longtime boyfriend Roger Mathews after he proposed to her while skydiving. Smart move, protecting herself from complete reality-show irrelevancy now that Jersey Shore is ending and Snooki might not come back for their spinoff. JWoww Getting Married, anyone? Read More

By Drew Grant 2/07/12 4:17pm

Kevin Smith

The sausage fest of 'Comic Book Men' (AMC)

Kevin Smith on Lack of Women on AMC Comic Book Show: ‘That’s Reality’

Today over a long lunch at Caroline’s, actor/director/oversized advocate Kevin Smith discussed his new AMC reality show, Comic Book Men. The series, which focuses on Mr. Smith’s own New Jersey comic shop Jay and Silent Bob’s Secret Stash (as well as the kooky individuals who both work at and patronize the store), has been given a prime spot on the channel: directly after the zombie drama The Walking Dead.

After various mentions of how high he was, Mr. Smith took questions from the audience. The Observer enjoys a good comic book now and then, so we just had one question about the “reality” show…where were the female comic geeks? Read More

By Drew Grant 10/13/11 2:21pm

New York Comic Con

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Kevin Smith at Comic Con, obviously.

Your Guide to Stalking Celebrities at New York Comic Con [Slideshow]

Today is the official start date of  New York’s annual Comic Con, the sad stepbrother of San Diego’s way more famous nerd convention. Still, New York has its fair share of amazing graphic novel writers and artists (which was what Comic Con is all about, right?), and DC and Marvel have spent a good chunk of cash flying out some big name celebrities for panels as well. Read More

By Christopher Rosen 8/04/10 12:44am

One Indie Movie’s Hollywood Ending

Blame Kevin Smith, or perhaps Edward Burns. They took their little indie films (Clerks and The Brothers McMullen, respectively) to the festival circuit in the mid-’90s, grabbed a distribution deal and went on to fame and fortune. “The popular story that got everyone’s attention at the time was the young filmmaker who put Read More

By Rex Reed 2/24/10 12:49am

Please Don’t Make Me See Cop Out Again!

Cop Out
Running time 110 minutes
Written by Rob and Mark Cullen
Directed by Kevin Smith
Starring  Bruce Willis, Tracy Morgan, Seann William Scott, Adam Brody, Kevin Pollack

ZERO STARS

With so much junk littering the screen these days, the movie business looks like a garbage strike, and it’s beginning to smell, Read More

By Christopher Rosen 8/20/09 1:28pm

Single Person’s Movie: Mallrats

It’s 2 a.m. and you awake with a jerk, alone in your fully lit apartment and still on the couch. On TV, the credits of some movie you’ve already seen a billion times are scrolling by. It feels like rock bottom. And we know, because we’re just like you: single.

Need a Read More