Kevin Smith must really like Austin. We can’t say we blame him. The portly auteur, who was here for a screening of Clerks II in July, is returning to town. This time he comes in support of his new film Catch and Release, which will screen at the Austin Film Festival. Smith stars in the movie, which will screen at 7:30pm on Friday the 20th, and will conduct a Q&A following the film. He......

Ah, the sweet smell of college freshmen. School's back in session, summer is almost over (in theory), and it's a few weeks before the holiday movie rush begins (Exhibit A: this week's slim pickin's). *Trust the Man We’ve got one word for the entire cast of this movie: yum. The Wicker Man God bless Nic Cage. He tries, ya know? What a trooper. The Quiet This film is receiving fairly poor reviews, which is......

SNAKES ON A MUTHAF*CKIN’ PLAAAAAAANE! Because it just hasn’t been said enough. *Snakes on a Plane We debated about whether or not we should recommend this one, and we only do so out of sheer, morbid curiosity (plus, we really like jumping on bandwagons. A lot!). There aren’t words to express how ridiculous/awesome this movie must be. It’s like a whole new genre of film. We’re witnessing history here, folks. History determined by an......

We all know which movie you're going to see this weekend, so let's just cut the chit-chat and get down to it. *Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby Hotly anticipated, highly hilarious, and rife with corporate logos, this flick is about as "All-American" as you can get without draping yourself in Old Glory, stuffing your face with apple pie, and using insider trade information to pad your personal bank account while denying health......

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Anyone who saw Jersey Girl could see Kevin Smith's struggle with moving away from his decade-long relationship with New Jersey malcontents and underachievers. The comedy had left his writing, and what remained felt anonymous and, well, uninteresting. Smith's decision to follow up with Clerks II seemed like a pretty bad idea: how could he revisit his cult classic without ruining it? Well, he went for it, and it all worked out just fine. Clerks......

Mustachioed movie critic Joel Siegel got his panties in a wad during a recent New York screening of Clerks II. During a particular scene that described a donkey show, Siegel could take no more and decided to leave the movie 40 minutes into the screening. Siegel got up during the movie and apparently said, "Time to go! First movie I've walked out of in 30 fucking years." The fact that he did not like the......

During the Clerks II Premiere Guy who played Silent Bob: [My wife said] if you wanted to marry a fan, you should have gay married Jason Mewes. Guy who played Silent Bob: There was so much love during that intro, I left feeling like I could totally fuck anyone in this town. Guy who played Silent Bob: Mewes don’t care about the script. He cares about whether he gets a free breakfast burrito every morning.......

The premier of Clerks II is going on right now at the Paramount. The red carpet was rolled out for Kevin Smith and, well, that's it. The director was the only star who made the stroll. "Where's Jason?!?" someone shouted, referring to Jason Mewes, aka "Jay." "He's back out in L.A.," Smith shouted back. We guess if Mewes had too many commitments to attend to, it was foolish to hope for a Rosario Dawson sighting.......

THURSDAY [13] [art] Opening reception for new work by Jeffrey Dell and Marjorie Moore at d berman gallery (Free, 6-8pm) (link) [music] The Paper Chase, Billy Nayer Show, Hello Lovers, the Snake Trap at Emo's (link) [music] Powerman 5000 and Powderburn at the Parish (link) [music] Yellowman at Flamingo Cantina (link) [music] Butch Hancock at Cactus Café (Through Thursday) (link) [music] Goodbye Stranger, Manager's Choice, Surrender Avenue at Trophy's ($4, 9pm) (link) [art] Luke Savisky......

MONDAY [10] [music] Rancid, Street Dogs, Complete Control at Emo's (link) [music/party] End of an Ear and XL Recordings presents a special midnight sale and listening party for Thom Yorke’s The Eraser, with loads of giveaways! Plus, hear new albums from Peaches, Sufjan Stevens and others at Emo's Lounge (Free, 10pm-1am) (link) [music] Girls' Tribute to Clifford Antone with Marcia Ball, Angela Strehil, Lou Ann Barton, Toni Price, Carolyn Wonderland, and Eve Monsee at Antone's......

The Austin Film Society is throwing us the advance screenings like they're on a parade float. After yesterday's A Scanner Darkly event, the AFS announced that Clerks II will arrive at the Paramount for a Texas preview on Thursday, July 13th. The highlight (besides seeing the film early) will be a post-show Q&A with Kevin Smith. Smith is literally such a good talker that there are TWO DVD sets available of his Q&A's! What......