Michael Rapaport
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The sports world according to Michael Rapaport—actor, Top 50 podcaster, award-winning film maker, and sports fanatic—from the greatest and downright worst athletes, players, teams, and jerseys, but minus statistics, analytics, or anything else that isn't pure hustle in this "hell of a book" (Shaquille O'Neal).
In 1979, nine-year-old Michael Rapaport decided he was going to do whatever it took to be a pro baller. He practiced...
In 1979, nine-year-old Michael Rapaport decided he was going to do whatever it took to be a pro baller. He practiced...
2) Special
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Les is accepted into an experimental drug study. As he begins to take the drugs he develops unexpected special powers. Convinced that he is a superhero, he hits the streets to fight crime and protect the world from the forces of evil.
3) Big Fan
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A hard-core New York Giants fan struggles to deal with the consequences when he is beaten up by his favorite player.
4) Chuck
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Liev Schreiber, Naomi Watts, & Elisabeth Moss star in the incredible true story of a New Jersey liquor salesman who became the real-life inspiration for Rocky Balboa.
5) Bamboozled
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Dark, biting satire of the television industry. A frustrated writer devises a plan to revive the minstrel show; but instead of white actors in black face, the show stars black actors in even blacker face. Directed by Spike Lee.
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Ray is an ex-convict who is married to Frenchy, a former stripper. Ray concocts a scheme to rob a bank by digging a tunnel from a defunct pizza place next door. As a cover, Frenchy opens a cookie shop in the storefront while Ray digs in the back. Ray's burglary is a failure, but Frenchy's cookies are a rousing success, and within a year the store has spawned a nationwide franchise that makes both rich. However, while Ray wants to move to Miami and...
8) Little boy
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Little Pepper Busbee enjoys an idyllic life in an American small town, but his world is shattered when his beloved father is sent off to fight in World War II. But a chance encounter with a stage magician awakens his dormant abilities and clues him into the power of faith. Now his devotion to his father will extend past time and space and into the realm of miracles.
9) Chuck
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He was the pride of Bayonne, New Jersey, a man who went fifteen rounds in the ring with Muhammad Ali, and the real life inspiration for Rocky Balboa. Before all that, Chuck Wepner was a liquor salesman and father with a modest prizefighting career whose life changed overnight when, in 1975, he was chosen to take on The Greatest in a highly publicized title match.
10) True romance
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Two lovers skip town after an accidental murder and hit the road to L.A. with the mob in pursuit.
12) Big Fan
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A parking garage attendant and lifelong New York Giants fan finds his life spinning out of control following an altercation with his favorite player.