The 4:30 Movie (2024)
So after hearing about the making of this film last year I was intrigued. Full confession I'm a Kevin Smith fan. I saw Clerks in 1994 three times and back in 1992 Robert Rodriguez's film El Mariachi set my brain on fire, so when Mr. Smith's film "The 4:30 Movie" was released I had to see it. In the NYC area there was a show called the 4:30 Movie, which would host an assortment of different movies. It was on channel 7 WABC NYC. There would be Planet of the Apes week, or monster week, and a favorite of mine was Godzilla week. Everything a young boy could imagine and hope for, so I was intrigued by Mr. Smith's film and why he called it "The 4:30 Movie". What the film is about is sort of a autobiography of Kevin Smith growing up in New Jersey in the Atlantic Highlands neighborhood, and how he became obsessed with movies. It is a cute story about friends and first loves, which takes us back to 1986. Kevin does a great job at recreating the era o