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Television

Late Night Fanboy Fest Geeking Out Premieres on August 14th!

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Kevin Smith, J.J. Abrams, Greg Grunberg – Geeking Out _ Season 1, Episode 1 – Photo Credit: Michael Moriatis/AMC

AMC’s late night series Geeking Out premieres on Sunday, August 14th (11/10C). The series – which looks at pop culture through a fanboy lens – is hosted by superfans Kevin Smith and Greg Grunberg.

Geeking Out will feature talk segments, celebrity interviews and out-of-studio segments (not unlike out-of-body segments…?). Following its premiere, Geeking Out will shift to its regular timeslot of minight (11C). Follow the jump for the premiere’s guests

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Comic-Con

Comic-Con 2016: Geeking Out!

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AMC’s new late-night talk show Geeking Out will be making the scene at San Diego Comic-Con 2016.

A special edition of the talker – hosted by renowned fanboys Kevin Smith and Greg Grunberg – will ‘go behind-the-scenes of the Con than started them all.

Matt Damon will be on hand to talk Jason Bourne at a pre-Con pit stop in Las Vega. Then Star Trek Beyond composer Michael Giacchino will give the boys a peek at Star Trek Beyond IMAX before the pair head onto the floor to chat with comics writers and artists – plus, cosplayers!

This special edition of Geeking Out will air on Sunday, July 24th (10/9C). Follow the jump to get all the details.

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Television

AMC Orders Late Night Geek Out!

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Fanboys/girls will be getting their due on AMC’s new late night talk show, Geeking Out (working title) hosted by epic fanboys Kevin Smith and Greg Grunberg.

The half-hour weekly show will examine pop culture ‘through a fanboy lens’ beginning with a special San Diego Comic-Con episode in late July. Eight more episodes will follow beginning in late summer.

Smith and Grunberg will also serve as executive producers. Further details follow the jump.

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Out and About

Seventh annual Produced By conference brings Hollywood powerhouses together

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The seventh annual Produced By Conference presented by the Producer’s Guild of America (PGA) occurred May 30-31, 2015, and was hosted by Paramount Pictures in Hollywood.  It brought together the best of Hollywood in film, television, and digital.  Lee Daniels,Tyler Perry, Kevin Smith, Brian Grazer, Eva Longoria, and Reese Witherspoon are but a few of the names that came to speak to producers from all over the world. See more after the jump.

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Movie Trailers

Too Mundane Or Not Too Mundane Trailer: Shooting Clerks!

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Someone thought it would be a great idea to shoot a movie about the making of Clerks – which was a film another guy made about his mundane life that became a monster cult favorite. Then they got the guy who made that film to narrate theirs. Isn’t life strange and wonderful? Or at least strange?

Check out the first trailer for Shooting Clerks right after the jump.

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Hollywood Insider

Kevin Smith on Making Movies, TV and Getting to Work with His Daughter

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It’s always a trip to spend time with Kevin Smith because you know it’s going to be entertaining and fun no matter the topic of conversation.

Recently I had the chance to talk to Kevin about his hit series Comic Book Men on AMC, the positive response at the Toronto International Film Festival to his new movie Tusk and passing the acting torch to his daughter (Harley Quinn Smith) who appears in both his TV series this season and his upcoming film Yoga Hosers, a spin-off sequel to Tusk, which is scheduled for release in 2015.

Full interview after the jump.

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NYCC: Kevin Smith and the Comic Book Men

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It’s always fun to get a chance to chat with Kevin Smith about any topic. I had the opportunity to sit down with him and the rest of the wacky crew from AMC’s Comic Book Men to discuss their new season premiering this weekend. We also discussed how having Kevin’s daughter in both an episode of Comic Book Men and his new movie Tusk has effected him.

Check back for the full video of the interviews and be sure to tune in to Comic Book Men on AMC October 12, at Midnight!

Comic-Con 2014

Weirdly Scary Trailer: Kevin Smith’s Tusk!

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Only Kevin Smith could conceive of a horror movie incorporating walruses – and only Kevin Smith would just go ahead and make that movie. Plus, only Kevin Smith could assemble such an intriguing cast: Justin Long, Michael Parks, Haley Joel Osment, Genesis Rodriguez.

Smith premiered the first trailer for Tusk at Comic-Con 2014. Check it out after the jump. Tusk is slated to premiere on September 19th.

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DVD Reviews

DVD Review: Cop Out Rolls Out The Laughs, But The Bonus Features Don’t Rock

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Available from Warner Home Video as a DVD/Blu-Ray/Digital Down load Combo Pack beginning July 20th.

Cop Out had all the makings of a box office action/comedy hit when it was released into theaters back in February. It starred action movie veteran Bruce Willis and the very comedic Tracy Morgan and had Kevin Smith in the production mix as director and editor.  In Cop Out, Officers Jimmy Monroe (Bruce Willis) and Paul Hodges (Tracy Morgan) are a pair of bickering-but-got-your-back Brooklyn buddy cops on the  hunt for a stolen 1952 mint-condition baseball card (Jimmy needs it to fund his daughter’s wedding), a hunt plunging them into a gunslinging war with a deadly drug ring.

Cop Out was suppose to be funny and it was laugh out loud funny at several points in the movie. The problem was and still is, that despite a strong cast that also included Sean William Scott and Kevin Pollack, this ‘bromance played for laughs”’ style of cop comedy was short on plot line and relied too heavily on the being carried by the laughs.

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Blu-Ray

Blu-ray Review: Michelle looks at the Kevin Smith Box Set, featuring Clerks, Chasing Amy and Jay and Silent Bob Strikes Back!!

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When the Kevin Smith Blu-ray boxed set was announced, my first reaction was why? I mean Kevin Smith films aren’t known for their directorial flourish and they certainly didn’t win any awards for cinematography excellence. Kevin Smith’s claim to fame is his story telling abilities and his great ear for dialogue – which let’s face it, as he says consists of "fart jokes." This Blu-ray collection includes his 3 most well know films Clerks, Chasing Amy and Jay and Silent Bob Strikes back. Each disk is packed to the gills with features.

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