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One of the most prolific and reliably excellent actors on the independent film circuit, Kevin Corrigan has made a name for himself portraying a painfully memorable array of geeks, stoners, and generally pathetic losers. Consistently good at playing bad, he has elevated the expression of basic freakishness into something of an underrated art form.
A native of the Bronx, where he was born March 27, 1969, Corrigan first became interested in acting as a teenager. At the age of 17, his play The Boiler Room was produced by the Young Playwrights Festival of New York. The 1990s got off to a promising start for Corrigan with a supporting role as Ray Liotta's brother in Martin Scorsese's critically acclaimed Goodfellas (1990). More gangster action followed the next year with a part in Billy Bathgate, but Corrigan then took a turn toward smaller features with Zebrahead, a 1992 film that opened to generally positive reviews but little box-office action. After supporting roles in The Saint of Fort Washington and True Romance...
One of the most prolific and reliably excellent actors on the independent film circuit, Kevin Corrigan has made a name for himself portraying a painfully memorable array of geeks, stoners, and generally pathetic losers. Consistently good at playing bad, he has elevated the expression of basic freakishness into something of an underrated art form.
A native of the Bronx, where he was born March 27, 1969, Corrigan first became interested in acting as a teenager. At the age of 17, his play The Boiler Room was produced by the Young Playwrights Festival of New York. The 1990s got off to a promising start for Corrigan with a supporting role as Ray Liotta's brother in Martin Scorsese's critically acclaimed Goodfellas (1990). More gangster action followed the next year with a part in Billy Bathgate, but Corrigan then took a turn toward smaller features with Zebrahead, a 1992 film that opened to generally positive reviews but little box-office action. After supporting roles in The Saint of Fort Washington and True Romance (both 1993), Corrigan had a substantial part in director Matthew Harrison's Rhythm Thief, a black-and-white drama that won Harrison a directing award at the 1995 Sundance Film Festival. The film marked the beginning of Corrigan's immersion in the growing and increasingly lucrative world of independent film, with supporting roles in Tom DiCillo's acclaimed Living in Oblivion (1995), in which the actor provided laughs as a dimbulb cameraman, and Trees Lounge (1996), the directorial debut of Corrigan's Oblivion co-star Steve Buscemi. The same year, Corrigan had substantial roles in the well-received independent comedy Walking and Talking, in which he had a memorable turn as a nebbishy video clerk who sleeps with Catherine Keener, and Illtown, a crime drama in which he starred with Lili Taylor and Zebrahead co-star Michael Rapaport.
Following a turn as a stoner guitarist in the obscure Bandwagon (1996) and a supporting role in Hal Hartley's 1997 film Henry Fool, Corrigan co-wrote and starred in the comedy Kicked in the Head, his second collaboration with Rhythm Thief director Harrison. The film had the distinction of being executive produced by Martin Scorsese, who had signed on after being favorably impressed by Rhythm Thief. The film was also notable for the fact that the misadventures of Corrigan's character -- a guy who gets kicked out of his apartment and dumped by his girlfriend -- were based on events in the actor's own life. He would later remark that the film was a form of therapy and followed it up with what was essentially a form of therapy for another director, Tamara Jenkins' The Slums of Beverly Hills (1998). Playing a Manson Family-obsessed stoner, Corrigan made a repugnantly vivid impression in the widely acclaimed film and the same year made a similar impression with his role as Vincent Gallo's best friend in Buffalo '66. After a small part in Paul Auster's Lulu on the Bridge (which premiered at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival), Corrigan worked on two more independents, the {romantic drama} Roberta, which premiered at the 1999 Sundance Festival and featured Corrigan in a lead role as a shy computer expert, and Coming Soon, which opened at the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival in April of the same year. ~ Rebecca Flint Marx, All Movie Guide
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Jonas Brothers: The Concert Experience
These guys have reached that critical mass point in pop culture where most of America at least know who they are. Now that being said - perhaps you've not paid much attention to their musical talents - which we should note are pretty sizable. They write their own tunes, they play well, and the put on-stage a mighty nice show. This film documents their 2008 "Burning Up" tour, and the concert film was presented in theaters in 3D. So here's the rub: if you buy the traditional DVD, you'll get the 2D version. If your purchase is a Blu-ray, it comes in 3D with viewing specs included.
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June 30th, 2009
Princess Protection Program
This new Disney Channel original movie was a smash-hit on the tube, and it's also hilarious and heartwarming. BFFs Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato star, with Gomez playing the Louisiana tomboy who befriends Lovato's princess - who is in a special protection program funded by royal loyals who are safeguarding her from an evil dictator.
Two Lovers
It's new to D-V-D and Blu-Ray today. Steve Martin returns as the famed "Inspector Clouseau." This time he is out to stop a globe-hopping thief with a talent for stealing historical artifacts, including the diamond that's been dubbed "The Pink Panther." Jean Reno, Emily Mortimer, Andy Garcia and John Cleese co-star. It comes with some classic Panther cartoons, a gag feel and a few making-of featurettes.
TV: Eastbound and Down Season 1
Funny guy of the moment Danny McBride (Pineapple Express, Tropic Thunder, Land of the Lost) plays a washed-up former major league ballplayer who is forced to return to his hometown and teach P.E. at his old middle school. McBride's Kenny Powers proves himself to be adept at burning every bridge he crosses.
Music: Rob Thomas, Something to be Tour - Live at Red Rocks
With Rob's second solo release, "Cradlesong" out today, here's a sweet companion piece for fans to enjoy. At one of the nation's coolest concert venues, the natural mountain amphitheater just outside of Denver, Rob performs songs from the tour that embraced his first solo record.
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