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Critic wrangle: "Zack and Miri Make a Porno."
Fri, Oct 31 2008 5:23 PM

I liked Kevin Smith's rom-com just fine when I caught it at Fantastic Fest last month, though I'm getting pretty tired of the Smith/Apatow tendency to obscure sappiness with poop jokes. Own it or get over it, boys. The critics are all over the place with "Zack and Miri Make a Porno," which is either heartfelt, tiresome or both. On the pro side... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Critic wrangle, Kevin Smith, Zack and Miri Make a Porno, Seth Rogen, Elizabeth Banks

Fantastic Fest 2008: Opening Night, "Zack and Miri Make a Porno."
Sat, Sep 20 2008 9:34 PM

There's incredible (and welcome) cultural whiplash in sneaking away from the middle of the determinedly highbrow New York Film Festival to head to Austin for Fantastic Fest, an event that's most certainly not. Dedicated to horror, sci-fi, fantasy, cult and general genre fare, Fantastic Fest is the brainchild of Alamo Drafthouse founder Tim League with... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Festivals, Kevin Smith, Zack and Miri Make a Porno, Fantastic Fest 2008, Seth Rogen, Elizabeth Banks, Reviews

"I would simply go to the Internet and watch real people having real sex."
Tue, Sep 9 2008 1:52 PM

"I was on a roll, so I kept going with it. I said, 'Look, if I were a 13-year-old boy, and I saw ['Zack and Miri'] on cable back in 1983? Yes, it would send me to the bathroom to jerk off. Now, as a 13-year-old boy, if I saw this movie? It would not titillate me. I would simply go to the Internet and watch real people having real sex. How can... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: In quotes, Kevin Smith, Zack and Miri Make a Porno, Paul Krik, The Serpent's Egg, Dan Glickman, Dexter, Able Danger, This Film Is Not Yet Rated, David Carradine, Chuck Norris

Zack and Miri go to Austin.
Mon, Aug 25 2008 1:41 PM

I've never been to the Toronto Film Festival. We've traditionally left it the realm of IFC Canada -- but this year I am headed to Fantastic Fest in Austin, and couldn't be more pleased. The country's fiercest genre festival has already announced two waves of films; among the selections the U.S. premieres of "Ong Bak" director Prachya... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Festivals, Kevin Smith, Zack and Miri Make a Porno, Fantastic Fest 2008

Odds: "Porno" gets the R, ThinkFilm doesn't need your damn bills.
Tue, Aug 5 2008 5:18 PM

Kevin Smith gets "Zack and Miri Make a Porno," first rated NC-17, down to a more marketable R. As if there was ever any doubt. [Via the AP] ThinkFilm is so indie it doesn't even need to pay its bills! Bills just roll right off it! Alex Ben Block gets some fabulous quotes from company head David Bergstein at the Hollywood Reporter: "Some of... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Odds, Kevin Smith, Scott Rudin, Slydial, Luc Dardenne, Zack and Miri Make a Porno, Jean-Pierre Dardenne, ThinkFilm

"It's not finished... It's finished."
Tue, Jul 22 2008 4:42 PM

"Spaced," the grandly geeky British sitcom about two North London roommates and their friends that Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright and Nick Frost created before moving on to "Shaun of the Dead" and "Hot Fuzz," is out on region one DVD today and is well worth convincing someone else to purchase for you. As Sam Adams writes at the LA Times... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Quentin Tarantino, Edger Wright, Jessica Hynes, Spaced, Matt Stone, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Diablo Cody, Kevin Smith