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Vince McMahon has a lot of negative qualities to him. He’s an egomaniacal, out-of-touch, petty sociopath who will chase people around the workplace with soiled underwear on a stick. Despite being an eccentric psycho, Vince still has his positives. One of them is how whenever WrestleMania comes by, he tends to treat the roster like Ebenezer Scrooge treats people on Christmas Day. WrestleMania is the biggest payday of the year and it’s a show where they try to get as many people on as possible so that even some of the lowest-ranking folks can earn some big money.

It can take many forms, from ten-man tag matches, Fatal 4-Ways, Money in the Bank, or even just tossing in a bunch of pointless singles matches featuring guys who aren’t even feuding. The most tried and true way to get a bunch of wrestlers on the show with little effort is a battle royal.

Gavin Jasper Apr 4, 2019

Since the second WrestleMania, the show has been home to many over-the-top-rope free-for-alls featuring giants and football players.

Vince McMahon has a lot of negative qualities to him. He’s an egomaniacal, out-of-touch, petty sociopath who will chase people around the workplace with soiled underwear on a stick. Despite being an eccentric psycho, Vince still has his positives. One of them is how whenever WrestleMania comes by, he tends to treat the roster like Ebenezer Scrooge treats people on Christmas Day. WrestleMania is the biggest payday of the year and it’s a show where they try to get as many people on as possible so that even some of the lowest-ranking folks can earn some big money.

It can take many forms, from ten-man tag matches, Fatal 4-Ways, Money in the Bank, or even just tossing in a bunch of pointless singles matches featuring guys who aren’t even feuding.

After becoming a low-key favorite on the festival circuit last year — it played at New Directors/New Films, South by Southwest and AFI Fest — “Donald Cried” is finally headed to theaters courtesy of the Orchard. Kris Avedisian co-wrote, directed and stars as the title character in the film, in which a 30-something man (Jesse Wakeman) returns to his hometown in Rhode Island for a day. Watch the trailer below.

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A man-child with a heart of gold and an overbearing personality, Donald inspires mixed feelings. He is, for instance, the only one Wakeman’s character can think of to ask for help when he realizes he’s forgotten his wallet and needs a ride while dealing with the aftermath of his grandmother’s death; he’s also difficult to be around for more than 10 minutes at time. The...

"Can you please look at me for a second, Pete?" The Orchard has released a trailer for a wacky, dark comedy titled Donald Cried, from writer/director/star Kris Avedisian. The film is presented by David Gordon Green, Jody Hill, Danny McBride and Brandon James, which is a powerhouse comedy team-up. Avedisian stars as the titular Donald, a childhood friend of a man who returns to his hometown after his grandmother passes away. Awkwardness ensues, and things get a little fun. The cast includes Jesse Wakeman, Louisa Krause, Ted Arcidi, Shawn Contois, and Kate Fitzgerald. This played at festivals all over the world throughout 2016, so even though it may seem a bit weird, it's definitely a quality film worth your attention. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Kris Avedisian's Donald Cried, direct from YouTube: With sudden passing of his grandmother, Peter Latang (Jesse Wakeman) returns to his hometown and encounters his long lost,...

It's not often that a first time director is fortunate enough to be able to cast not one but three former Oscar Nominees, two Emmy winners and an honest to God screen legend in his or her debut film but for director Jake Goldberger ... that's exactly what happened. In his new independent film, Don McKay, which opened in theaters on April 2nd, Goldberger was able to bring together a stellar cast of accomplished actors that includes one time Oscar nominees Thomas Haden Church (Sideways) Elisabeth Shue (Leaving Las Vegas) and Melissa Leo (Frozen River), Emmy winners Keith David (They Live) and Pruitt Taylor Vince (Identity) and even a genuine acting legend in M. Emmet Walsh (Blood Simple, Fletch). In the film, Thomas Haden Church plays Don McKay, a man haunted by the demons of his past but yet journeys home to see his high school sweetheart, Sonny (Shue), who may...

The Leaving Las Vegas actress discusses her new independent film co-starring Thomas Hayden Church

Actress Elisabeth Shue first gained fame in the '80s for a string of roles in now classic films like The Karate Kid, Cocktail, Adventures In Babysitting, Back To The Future Part II and Back To The Future Part III. But it was her role in the gritty independent film Leaving Las Vegas, opposite Oscar winner Nicolas Cage that not only earned her an Oscar nomination, but also the respect of her fellow actors and the Hollywood community.

The actress now returns to the independent film world with her new drama Don McKay, opening on April 2nd and co-starring Sideways actor Thomas Haden Church. In the film Shue plays Sonny, a woman who may or not be who she claims she is and involves her high school sweetheart, Don McKay, in a world of deception, lies and double crossing.

Thomas Haden Church is Don McKay Audiences first fell in love with actor Thomas Haden Church for his role as dim-witted mechanic, Lowell Mather, on the popular TV series Wings but it was Oscar nominated role in Alexander Payne's Oscar winning comedy, Sideways, that made him a household name. Since then the actor has appeared in a slew of mainstream studio films including Charlotte's Web, Smart People, Imagine That, All About Steve and Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 3, in which he played the classic comic book villain, The Sandman. The actor even won an Emmy award for his role in the TV movie Broken Trail opposite screen legend Robert Duvall.

Now Church returns to his Sideways roots with the new independent film Don McKay co-starring Elisabeth Shue and opening in theaters on April 2nd. In the film, Church plays the title role of a haunted man plagued by the...

Thomas Haden Church is stranded in a mystery that's way too mysterious.

Thomas Haden Church and Elisabeth Shue in "Don McKay"

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As a neo-noir mystery, "Don McKay" isn't a lot more than the sum of the sources it seeks to honor: vintage Billy Wilder, a bit of Hitchcock, the Coen brothers' "Blood Simple." The mystery itself is so laboriously convoluted that by the time we learn what's going on, we've long since ceased to care.

Thomas Haden Church gives a near-catatonic performance as the title character, a man whose life hasn't gone the way he'd hoped, and who now works as a janitor in a Boston prep school. When he receives a letter from his old high-school girlfriend, still resident in the hometown he hasn't seen in 25 years and now, she says, dying of cancer, he gets right on a plane to go be by her side.