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[DVD Review] A Day in the Life

9 July 2009 11:03 PM, PDT | From JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news

I’m not a fan of rap. I’ll start there. I appreciate some of the beats and the coordination between the music and the words. I appreciate the craft and the poetic touches it takes to achieve rhymes in places that most people could never squeeze one in. I appreciate the attitude and the energy. But that said, I’m not a fan of rap. Here is of list of things that I don’t appreciate: the money grabbing, the arrogance, the women (those poor women), the cheesy lyrics, the constant cursing, the shameless materialism. I’m sure there are plenty of rappers who aren’t all about the cheap tricks and quick bucks, but many are.

For a non-fan, rap music videos are a blessing for two reasons. One is that they end in about three minutes. So even if you’re looking to see your favorite Three

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Erin Burris

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Big Fan Trailer Packs a Punch

7 July 2009 8:44 PM, PDT | From TheHDRoom | See recent TheHDRoom news

The 2009 Sundance Film Festival darling Big Fan trailer has dropped and will strike a chord with anyone who roots for an NFL team in the Nfc East. Big Fan stars Patton Oswalt as a parking garage attendant with an obsession for the New York Giants and more specifically, the team's star linebacker. After meeting his idol does not go as planned, the "big fan" becomes the center of a potential scandal that tests his allegiance to his team, family and friends. Co-starring in Big Fan are Michael Rapaport, Kevin Corrigan, Marcia Jean Kurtz, and Matt Servitto. Look for Big Fan to engage in a limited release starting August 28. Head over to Yahoo! Movies to see the trailer in HD.

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New on DVD This Week

7 July 2009 12:00 PM, PDT | From The Flickcast | See recent The Flickcast news

Here’s a list of some of the new DVD and Blu-ray releases this week. Plus, some old favorites coming out this week on Blu-Ray.

New Movies:

• Knowing ~ Nicolas Cage, Rose Byrne (DVD and Blu-ray)

• Push ~ Chris Evans, Dakota Fanning (DVD and Blu-ray)

• The Unborn ~ Odette Yustman (DVD and Blu-Ray)

• Night Train ~ Danny Glover, Leelee Sobieski, Steve Zahn (DVD and Blu-ray)

• Five Fingers ~ Laurence Fishburne, Colm Meaney, Antonie Kamerling, Saïd Taghmaoui (DVD and Blu-ray)

• A Day in the Life ~ Omar Epps, Faizon Love, Michael Rapaport, Tyrin Turner (DVD)

• Flying By ~ Billy Ray Cyrus, Heather Locklear, Olesya Rulin, Patricia Neal (DVD)

• Applause for Miss E ~ Vanessa Bell Calloway, Roger Guenveur Smith, Gina Torres (DVD)

• Power Rangers Rpm, Vol. 1: Start Your Engines ~ Eka Darville, Ari Boyland, Rose McIver, Milo Cawthorne (DVD)

• Flight 666 ~ Iron Maiden (Blu-ray)

Previously Released and Classic Movies:

• Lonely are the Brave ~ Kirk Douglas, Gena Rowlands, Walter Matthau, George Kennedy

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Chris Ullrich

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Big Fan Trailer Starring Patton Oswalt

7 July 2009 9:52 AM, PDT | From FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news

After writing the script for Darren Aronofsky's The Wrestler, Robert Siegel makes his directorial debut with Big Fan, a dark character study about an obsessed football fan who gets beaten up by his favourite player. This is a movie I've been really looking forward to, and I was completely bummed that we weren't able to catch it at Sundance earlier this year. Fortunately, it was picked up for distribution by First Independent Pictures, and they will be releasing it in select theatres next month. The first trailer has arrived online this week and I think it looks pretty intriguing. The movie stars Patton Oswalt in the lead role, and he has been getting a lot of praise for his performance. Obviously with Oswalt there is an expectation for it to be a comedy, but as the trailer indicates there is very little humour here at all. The supporting cast

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Patton Oswalt is a Sad, Pathetic Little Man in Big Fan Trailer

7 July 2009 9:29 AM, PDT | From Beyond Hollywood | See recent Beyond Hollywood news

“Big Fan” is like “The Wrestler”, only it’s about football and Patton Oswalt isn’t Mickey Rourke. Other than that, they should probably have called this movie “The Wrestler 2: The Football Fan Guy”, because it has the exact same tone and vibe as that other film, which writer/director Robert D. Siegel also wrote. With “Big Fan”, Siegel is making his directorial debut, and oh boy is it a doozy. This movie will either depress the hell out of you or make you glad you kinda like football, but not that much. But hey, there is a bright side to all this: if it had been Plaxico Burrows, Oswalt’s character might have gotten shot instead of just beaten up. Paul Aufiero, a hardcore New York Giants football fan, struggles to deal with the consequences when he is beaten up by his favorite player. Starring Patton Oswalt, Kevin Corrigan,

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Big Fan Trailer Now Online

6 July 2009 10:04 PM, PDT | From TheMovingPicture.net | See recent TheMovingPicture news

The first trailer for Big Fan, the drama starring Patton Oswalt that premiered earlier in the year at Sundance, has hit the web. Kevin Corrigan, Michael Rapaport, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Gino Cafarelli, Matt Servitto and Polly Humphreys also star in the film, which is scheduled to open August 28. The directorial debut of Robert D. Siegel, former editor and chief of The Onion and screenwriter of The Wrestler, Big Fan centers on a hardcore New York Giants football fan (Oswalt) who struggles to deal with the consequences when he is beaten up by his favorite player.

James Cook

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First (Belated) Look: Assassination of a High School President

6 July 2009 2:38 PM, PDT | From ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news

I first heard of Assassination of a High School President during the 2008 Sundance Film Festival where the movie - a political/Noir mystery set in a high school - managed to make something of an impression. Fans of the film were calling it the next Brick (and if you don’t know what Brick is, you should), only two-times as funny. And that was endorsement enough for me.

Well, after Sundance, I waited for the seemingly inevitable theatrical release of Assassination of a High School President to happen, but nothing ever came of it and the film slowly faded from my overcrowded memory until recently, when a trailer for the film and news of its release finally arrived.

 

Now apparently, Yari Film Group, which owns Assassination, was forced into bankruptcy before they could get the movie into theaters. The resulting legalities involved with bankruptcy court have kept the movie on

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Kofi Outlaw

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"Big Fan" - Trailer for the critically acclaimed Patton Oswalt drama

6 July 2009 1:00 PM, PDT | From Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news

Patton Oswalt completely immerses himself into a dramatic role in the Robert D. Siegel-helmed and written "Big Fan." The critically acclaimed film opens in New York on the 28th of August followed by Los Angeles. Also starring are Kevin Corrigan, Michael Rapaport, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Gino Cafarelli, Serafina Fiore and Polly Humphreys. The story tells of a man who struggles with the fact that his favorite baseball player has beaten him up.

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Help Save ‘Assassination of a High School President’

30 June 2009 1:30 PM, PDT | From The Flickcast | See recent The Flickcast news

Screened at last year’s Sundance Film Festival,  Assassination of a High School President, by relative unknown Brett Simon, is already making quite a few waves, and could become a memory before you ever even see a theatrical release.

The film is about high school newspaper reporter Bobby Funke (Rocket Science’s Reece Thompson), who uncovers a series of conspiracy plots going on in his private school. The film also brings in the likes of Bruce Willis, Mischa Barton, and Michael Rapaport in the supporting cast for what most are calling “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang in high school”.

With the film’s positive reviews, that may not be enough to get a theatrical release. The film’s distributor, Yari Film Group, was recently forced into bankruptcy, which has put Assassination, as well as a few other titles, up on the shelf. This means that the audience may never see Simon’s high school noir.

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Matt Raub

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Poster Roundup: Big Fan, World’s Greatest Dad

18 June 2009 10:00 PM, PDT | From TheMovingPicture.net | See recent TheMovingPicture news

Two Sundance indies, Big Fan and World’s Greatest Dad, now have posters and you can check them out below courtesy of the folks over at Cinematical and NY Mag. Big Fan, the directorial debut of The Wrestler screenwriter Robert D. Siegel, stars comedian Patton Oswalt as a hardcore New York Giants football fan who struggles to deal with the consequences when he is beaten up by his favorite player. It also stars Kevin Corrigan and Michael Rapaport and the release date is still Tbd. World’s Greatest Dad comes from writer/director Bob Goldthwait and stars Robin Williams as a single dad and high school teacher who finds his son dead after an apparent autoerotic accident. In an effort to give his son dignity in death, he pens a suicide note that is accidentally leaked to the student paper. It’s slated to open in limited release August 21.

James Cook

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Prison Break Series Finale: Review & Discussion

16 May 2009 12:44 PM, PDT | From ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news

[Spoilers!!!]

The 4th season series finale of Prison Break ended it’s dying ratings existence in its Friday night slot.

This final season trudged along while everybody was chasing Scylla.  The General wanted it, Christina Scofield wanted it.  China wanted it.  India wanted.  Hell, who didn’t want it?  I wanted it so I can find some dirt to write about.

 

I tried to break this down in a chronological order, but my new novel adaptation of Fox’s Prison Break was getting way too long.  The closing story became too convoluted with twists, turns and the reappearance of old characters that I felt that maybe I just needed to draw on my emotions about the finale and not try to detail out the episode.  We all say it. Right?

There are some Spoilers included in one way or another, so you have been warned.

The brothers Michael (Wentworth Miller) and

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Bruce Simmons

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First Independent Is a Big Fan

29 April 2009 5:24 PM, PDT | From MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news

In a story from Variety, it seems that First Independent has picked up the U.S. distribution rights to Big Fan.

The film was written and directed by Robert Siegel (The Wrestler).

Patton Oswalt stars in this film as a crazy New York Giants fan who gets in a fight with his favorite football hero.

Kevin Corrigan and Michael Rappaport co-star in this film. It is due to be released in late August or early September.

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First Independent Pictures a 'Big Fan' of Robert Siegel's Debut

28 April 2009 | From ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news

- An accurate, sometimes unnerving portrait of fanaticism, I think many of the Sundance critic confreres that I discussed screenwriter Robert Siegel's directorial debut with, were as equally pleasantly surprised by the quality of the picture. What was often referenced was the film's tone - there is a point in Big Fan where one feels that it will go into Taxi Driver-esque territory. It was a picture I was strongly considered adding to my best of Sundance leftovers (films that did not get picked up) and if I were to write the same piece today, I'd have reason not to include it. Note: Siegel is the writer behind The Wrestler. Today, an independent label that I'm hoping can stay in the game to market the sometimes unmarketable (they just released Gigantic), First Independent Pictures announced the acquisition of Big Fan for an eventual “late summer to early fall” release as reported by Indiewire.

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Discuss: The Long-Awaited Death of the Dtv Stigma

6 April 2009 8:15 PM, PDT | From Cinematical.com | See recent Cinematical news

Back in the VHS days, "direct to video" actually meant something. It meant something Bad, more often than not. The video marketplace allowed a lot of people to make and sell their own flicks, but uh, they were generally pretty terrible. So when someone says "Ugh, I don't wanna rent that. It went direct to video," they're probably dredging up memories of backyard horror flicks or Oliver Gruner action films. But in today's ultra-modern, mega-bandwidth, multi-distributive movie landscape, "direct to video" can mean a whole lot of things.

Take the recent French horror film Inside, which played at festivals all over the world, opened theatrically in several countries, and got a basic (but well-received) DVD release from The Weinstein Company here in the States. So as far as the U.S. is concerned, this is considered a "direct to video" title. Yet it's an awesome film. How can that be?

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Scott Weinberg

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DVD releases for Tuesday March 31, 2009

30 March 2009 7:27 PM, PDT | From QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news

One of the best weeks for DVDs in a while is official upon us so listen closely and listen good people.

One of our favorite films of last year, Cthulhu (review here) is finally getting a wide DVD release from Liberation Entertainment so check it out. This really is a fantastic debut film by Dan Gildark. Also, don't forget to enter our exclusive Cthulhu contest.

Next we have Timecrimes, the Spanish time travel thriller which was also my second favorite film of last year. Here's hoping Magnet didn't mess up the subs on this one like they did on Let the Right One In a few weeks back.

Then of course we have the After Dark Horrorfest III: 8 Films to Die For (part one of our review here) boxed set. Featuring eight of the year's most innovative horror films, the After Dark set features some truly great scare flicks from around the world.

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New "MADtv" preview clips!

20 March 2009 | From Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news

Fourteen years ago, a show began which spawned laughter from all those who were submitted to its craziness. Welcome to "MADtv," born from the beloved books read by countless people around the world.   Now, checkout these two preview clips from the next episode on March 21st of "MADtv," airing at 11/10c on Fox!       MADtv continues to dish out the laughs on Saturday nights. The fast-paced, Emmy award winning comedy series has proven to be an audience favorite with its unrivalled pop-culture parodies and politically incorrect humor. Noted for its signature characters, celebrity impersonations and edgy pop-culture send ups, MADtv welcomes returning cast members Bobby Lee, Nicole Parker, Keegan-Michael Key, Arden Myrin, Crista Flanagan, Johnny Sanchez and four new cast members: Erica Ash, Matt Braunger, Eric Price and Lauren Pritchard. The returning cast has created such wildly popular characters as Lee's "Blind Kung Fu Master," Parker's "Ellen DeGeneres," Key's "Coach Hines,

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Celebrity Birthdays - 03/20/09

20 March 2009 4:32 AM, PDT | From PopStar | See recent PopStar news

We have some pretty famous birthdays to report to you today! Can you guess who they are based on the following facts? You can catch him playing in Ocean's Eleven, Ocean's Twelve, and Ocean's Thirteen playing the role of Saul Bloom. He's quite the Harry Potter star, first appearing in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Perhaps he was the prisoner? He may not be with us any longer, but he certainly left his mark on generations of children in Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood! She was a witch of a woman in Little Black Book who partially redeemed herself through Saving Grace. He's nothing if not a hottie! He started out on The O.C. before playing a recurring role on Smallville, but his most recent role is Charlie Hogan in Privileged. From Boston Public to The War at Home to Prison Break, he's a familiar face on television. Sued a

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rsw@corp.popstar.com (Robert Samuel White)

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Celebrity Birthdays - 03/20/09

20 March 2009 4:32 AM, PDT | From PopStar | See recent PopStar news

We have some pretty famous birthdays to report to you today! Can you guess who they are based on the following facts? You can catch him playing in Ocean's Eleven, Ocean's Twelve, and Ocean's Thirteen playing the role of Saul Bloom. He's quite the Harry Potter star, first appearing in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Perhaps he was the prisoner? He may not be with us any longer, but he certainly left his mark on generations of children in Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood! She was a witch of a woman in Little Black Book who partially redeemed herself through Saving Grace. He's nothing if not a hottie! He started out on The O.C. before playing a recurring role on Smallville, but his most recent role is Charlie Hogan in Privileged. From Boston Public to The War at Home to Prison Break, he's a familiar face on television. Sued a

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rsw@corp.popstar.com (Robert Samuel White)

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Celebrity Birthdays - 03/20/09

20 March 2009 4:32 AM, PDT | From PopStar | See recent PopStar news

We have some pretty famous birthdays to report to you today! Can you guess who they are based on the following facts? You can catch him playing in Ocean's Eleven, Ocean's Twelve, and Ocean's Thirteen playing the role of Saul Bloom. He's quite the Harry Potter star, first appearing in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Perhaps he was the prisoner? He may not be with us any longer, but he certainly left his mark on generations of children in Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood! She was a witch of a woman in Little Black Book who partially redeemed herself through Saving Grace. He's nothing if not a hottie! He started out on The O.C. before playing a recurring role on Smallville, but his most recent role is Charlie Hogan in Privileged. From Boston Public to The War at Home to Prison Break, he's a familiar face on television. Sued a

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rsw@corp.popstar.com (Robert Samuel White)

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3 Movie Clips from Big Fan - Robert Siegel’s Directorial Debut -- Starring Patton Oswalt, Kevin Corrigan, Michael Rapaport, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Gino Cafarelli, and Matt Servitto

15 February 2009 | From Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news

Another of the many movies that premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival was writer/director Robert Siegel’s debut film “Big Fan”. Like “The Wrestler”, which he wrote but didn’t direct, this film deals with the sports world and it feels just as real and authentic. Here’s the synopsis: Patton Oswalt plays a 35-year-old parking-garage attendant from Staten Island, and is the self-described "world's biggest New York Giants fan". He lives at home with his mother, spending his off hours calling in to local sports-radio station 760 The Zone, where he rants in support of his beloved team, often against his mysterious on-air rival, Eagles fan Philadelphia Phil. His family berates him for doing nothing with his life, but they don't understand the depth of his love of the Giants or the responsibility his fandom carries.One night, Paul and ...

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