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Hailed as “the hottest comic in America” by The New York Times, Sebastian Maniscalco’s About My Father arrives on Premium Video on Demand June 16 from Lionsgate. Maniscalco both co-writes and stars in this hilarious comedy about relationships and what it means to be family. Robert De Niro (The Irishman) supports as an outspoken Italian father who joins a weekend getaway with his son’s fiancée’s (Leslie Bibb, Iron Man) family: Anders Holm (TV’s “Workaholics”), Brett Dier (TV’s “Jane the Virgin”), David Rasche (TV’s “Succession”), and Kim Cattrall (TV’s “Sex and the City”). Written by Austen Earl & Sebastian Maniscalco. Directed by Laura Terruso.
Written and directed by Charlie Day (TV’s “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” Fist Fight, Horrible Bosses), Fool’s Paradise arrives on Blu-ray™ + Digital on July 18. Starring Charlie Day (“It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”) in his directorial debut, this hilarious comedy follows an ordinary guy (Day) who happens to be a dead ringer for a hot-headed movie star. When he replaces the movie star in a major film, he becomes an accidental celebrity thrown into a fever dream of Hollywood fame brought to life by a stellar cast, including Ken Jeong, Kate Beckinsale, Adrien Brody, Jason Sudeikis, Edie Falco, Jason Bateman, Common, and Ray Liotta.
Ari Aster’s third film collaboration with A24, Beau Is Afraid arrives on Blu-ray™ + DVD + Digital and DVD July 11 from A24 and Lionsgate. A paranoid man embarks on an epic odyssey to get home to his mother in this bold and ingeniously depraved new film from writer/director Ari Aster. Writer and director Ari Aster (Hereditary, Midsommar) creates another unsettling story, starring Academy Award® winner Joaquin Phoenix (2020, Best Actor, Joker), Primetime Emmy® winner Nathan Lane (2022, Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series, “Only Murders in the Building”), and Primetime Emmy® nominee Patti LuPone (1998, Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series, “Frasier”)
Ray Romano brings his celebrated comedic voice to Somewhere in Queens available now on Digital and arrives from Lionsgate for Video on Demand June 16th in time for Father’s Day. Leo Russo (Ray Romano) lives a simple life in Queens, New York, with his wife Angela (Laurie Metcalf), their son “Sticks” (Jacob Ward), and a colorful network of Italian-American relatives and friends. After Sticks gets a life-changing opportunity to play college basketball, Leo goes to unexpected lengths to try and make sure his son doesn’t follow in his footsteps and end up in his family’s construction business, in this heartfelt comedy directed by Romano and featuring Sebastian Maniscalco and Tony Lo Bianco.
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