https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_life_of_chuck

The PBS filmmaker, known for striking films like “The Civil War,” “Jazz,” and “Baseball” has a new documentary coming out called “The American Revolution.” He discussed the film and threats to public media during a visit to Houston.

Archived at https://archive.is/u4sAf

Kevin Smith says he’s cracked the story for the Dogma sequel by Kevin Fraser

JoBlo / 2025-06-05 00:55

Shortly after regaining control of Dogma from the Weinsteins last year, Kevin Smith quickly announced that he was working on a sequel. Since then, Smith has taken the original film on tour, including a screening at the 78th Cannes Film Festival, which prompted him to get bitten by the festival bug again. He told Deadline that he wants to return to the festival with a sequel to Dogma by 2028.

“What I didn’t realize is, I would get there and I’d get bit by the bug again, and I’d be seeing all these places, these haunts from my childhood, from my 20s, so to speak, from the three times I was there when I was a kid, once in ’94 with Clerks, once in ’99 with Dogma, and then again in 2006 with Clerks 2,” Smith said. “And suddenly, I was like, ‘Why is it that you assume that the Cannes-worthy portion of your life is over? You never even expected it to begin in the first place. It was never part of the aim. It just came along with the journey. Maybe if you really try, you could.’ So, it was the 78th edition this year and so I was like, ‘You know what? I wanna come back on the 80th, or the 81st at the latest with the Dogma sequel, like that’s a Cannes-worthy movie.’ And so, I said that on stage when I was intro-ing and everybody applauded, and [festival director] Thierry Frémaux was on stage with me, and he adds, ‘if it is good,’ and I was like, ‘fair enough, if it’s good, yes.’“

As for the Dogma sequel, Smith says he’s been “whimsying about it for the last six months” and has finally cracked the story.

“I absolutely love it. I feel like when people see it, they’ll be like, ‘Oh, I get it,’ like ‘that makes sense’ kind of thing. Hopefully they’ll be like, ‘that’s clever’ and not be like, ‘well shit, I would have done that,’” Smith said. “I will set a place at the table for everyone who was in the first movie who is still alive. Sadly, Alan [Rickman] and George [Carlin] won’t be able to join us, but I’ll set a place at the table for all of them. If they want to come back, they’ll have a role to play, but if not, no harm, no foul. The story I’m telling can definitely make use of everybody who is in Dogma, but I can also tell it without. So, that makes me pretty excited to go forward. It’s its own unique tale.“

Following up a beloved film with a belated sequel doesn’t always work out, but Smith feels that he’s got a winner on his hands, at least at this stage. “I feel very happy with it,” he said. “I can’t drop the ball on it. It’s like one of the last fing movies I ever made that’s beloved across the boards and shit like that. So, I would never step up to the plate unless I was like, ‘Oh, this will fing work nicely as a companion piece.’ So, I feel pretty great about it, man. But of course during the whimsy stage one always feels great about it. It’s when you make it and everyone sees it and they’re like, ‘Well, that f***ing sucks. You should have left well enough alone.’ You just hope it doesn’t come to that.” Hopefully not.

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/39461446

When The Goonies was first released in 1985, the swashbuckling kids’ adventure became a resounding box office hit. Audiences were charmed by Mikey (Sean Astin), Data (Ke Huy Quan), Chunk (Jeff Cohen) and Mouth’s (Corey Feldman) rambunctious personalities as the self-styled Goonies, who were desperately trying to save their homes in Astoria, Oregon, from being sold off by a property development company.

Steven Spielberg is rumoured to have come up with the idea for The Goonies when he wondered what kids got up to on rainy days. Apparently the answer was daring exploits worthy of Indiana Jones involving a dastardly family of ex-cons and a hidden shipwreck heaving with jewels. It all combined to make a touching film about the power of friendship that was also rip-roaring good fun.

Forty years later, the franchise lives on with the announcement by Warner Bros earlier this year that a sequel is finally in the works. We look back with the cast and crew to find out how the film has endured as a cult classic.

Mods are discussing at the moment, we'll create a poll in the coming days.

We still have some time as lemm.ee will only shutdown at the end of the month.

The Piefed community migration feature looks promising, but we have to troubleshoot a bit with @[email protected] to see how it can work.

https://deadline.com/2025/06/snow-white-disney-premiere-date-1236422998/

The First Family is getting a little bigger.

https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/fantastic-four-trailer-timeline

🚀 Marvel’s First Family has arrived! Watch the teaser for The Fantastic Four: First Steps—featuring Reed, Sue, Johnny, Ben, and a cosmic threat. 🎬 Tickets on sale now! #FantasticFour #MarvelStudios

Universal has dropped a brief teaser for Wicked: For Good, the sequel to 2024’s Wicked, starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande. The teaser hints at a deeper dive into Elphaba and Glinda’s complicated friendship, with new music by Stephen Schwartz and direction by Jon M. Chu. The full trailer drops June 4, and the film is set to hit theaters on November 21, 2025. What are your thoughts on the title change and what you'd like to see in the sequel? #Wicked #Movies #Musicals #Fantasy #ArianaGrande #CynthiaErivo

cross-posted from: https://crazypeople.online/post/2634649

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/65824884

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