There have been quite a few stories in the gossip sites that all was not well on the set of Kevin Smith's Cop Out, with reports claiming that the filmmaker and star Bruce Willis were not getting along. At the time of release, Willis denied reports and Smith admitted but downplayed problems with humorous stories.…
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Kevin Smith's Cop Out was not treated kindly by critics, which led many to accuse Smith of simply taking the director gig for an easy payday. Recently, Smith addressed those accusations via his Twitter account. Hit the jump to learn why he took a pay cut to make Cop Out. Smith tweets in non-stop, stream-of-consciousness,…
Read MoreThis Week in DVD & Blu-ray is a column that compiles all the latest info regarding new DVD and Blu-ray releases, sales, and exclusive deals from stores including Target, Best Buy and Fry’s. MOTHER At a certain point, after watching so many movies for so long, you sometimes forget that films can still surprise you.…
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In this week's episode of the /Filmcast, David Chen, Devindra Hardawar, and Adam Quigley try to figure out what Kevin Smith was going for in Cop Out, assess the career of David Goyer, and shower praise on Triangle, The Last Airbender, and the Muppet movies. Special guest Laremy Legel joins us from Film.com. You can…
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If the '80s gave a sniffling speech at the Decade Achievement Awards, Harold Faltermeyer and his scores would be thanked somewhere after Shigeru Miyamoto and Super Mario Bros. and Magic Johnson's Lakers. A classically trained German composer with an affinity for rock and disco, Faltermeyer got his start in Hollywood assisting mustachioed electro-don Georgio Moroder on soundtracks…
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Warner Bros Pictures has released 30+ high resolution photos from Kevin Smith's buddy cop comedy Cop Out, starring Bruce Willis, Tracy Morgan, Adam Brody, Kevin Pollak, Guillermo Diaz, Ana de la Reguera and Seann William Scott. Check them out after the jump, along with the production notes from the film. Click on any of the…
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Kevin Smith has been talking about the film Red State for a couple of years now, and his description has been enough to keep the project high on fan wishlists. "It’s this weird f***ing dark little seventies horror movie that nobody wants to make," Smith says. Despite the difficulty in getting funds for the film,…
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I'm a huge fan of Kevin Smith, and have loved every movie he's released thus far (yes, even Jersey Girl). But the first trailer for his new film, a buddy cop comedy which he didn't write, Cop Out, had me worried. I've read the script, and thought it was mildly entertaining, and I was hoping…
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There are a bunch of new posters this week, and easily the most striking of the bunch is the painted image for The Wolfman, created by legendary Famous Monsters of Filmland cover artist Basil Gogos. CHUD got the image as an exclusive; you can see part of it above, and click through for the full…
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Disney has released the first official photo of Johnny Depp as The Mad Hatter from Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland, and Warner Bros has released a high resolution version of the Entertainment Weekly preview photo for Kevin Smith's Cop Out the we previously featured on the site in low res. Both photos can be viewed…
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The latest issue of Entertainment Weekly features an all new photo from Kevin Smith's Cop Out. Sharp-eyed readers may recognize Tracey Morgan's costume in the pic from our first look at the film back in June. The Playlist is also reporting that Smith's next feature, the hockey film Hit Somebody, may start filming sometime in…
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We just recently covered the first trailer for Kevin Smith's latest film, Cop Out --- a film whose original title, A Couple of Dicks, was gathering similar controversy to Smith's previous Zack and Miri Make a Porno. Fans pushed hard for Smith to stick with the title since it was announced, but we always knew…
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This week, there will be no news, only trailers! Kevin Smith has always written his own movies, until now. When he signed on to direct A Couple of Dicks, for Warner Bros., eventually retitled Cop Out, the project was an interesting move, if nothing else. Could Smith work purely as a director for hire and…
Read MoreThe other day, Kevin Smith revealed that after a very lengthy decision process beginning with Warner Brothers deciding to drop the title of his new film A Couple of Dicks, then deciding to keep it, in the end the film would lose its original, double-entendre-worthy title. But what would the new title be? Now, evidence…
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