When you think of Kevin Smith films, a few things immediately come to mind. First, the dialogue is often clever, if not overly wordy, particularly in his earlier work (“Clerks,” “Chasing Amy,” “Dogma”). Next, there are bound to be plenty of dick jokes, accompanied by “snoochie boochie” and other nonsense phrases. And finally, he’s going to always include some social commentary about the state of the world, the global economy, and various other issues affecting society.

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You really shouldn’t shit on a guy that miraculously recovered from a major, life-threatening heart attack and went on to make a film that is one of the most personal of his career. But when that guy is Kevin Smith and the film is “Jay and Silent Bob Reboot,” you can’t just give him a free pass, right? That movie isn’t good and Smith hasn’t to wowed us with a film project since…uh, “Clerks?” (Maybe “Chasing Amy,” but upon rewatch recently, that film has not aged well.) So, forgive our pessimism when the filmmaker announced that after “Jay and Silent Bob Reboot,” he’s still not done with the View Askewniverse, specifically “Mallrats.”

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Last fall, Smith broke the news that he was deep into development on a new script for “Clerks III,” which is a film that he’s been trying to get off the ground for years.

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