Over the past few weeks, you may have noticed that we’ve had a few little hiccups with our servers. Well, there was that one day we went down. And the entire weekend when our site was virtually inaccessible to everyone in the known universe. Needless to say, we need to have some work done. So before we unleash our big end of the year features, we’re going to have some maintenance done this weekend. That means migrating to a fancy, fully optimized and totally badass new server (which we’ve named Hercules, completely unironically). This also means that things may get a little bumpy over the weekend. We would like to apologize in advance and thank you (also in advance) for the patience we’re sure you’ll display as we move our site to its new home. On the other side of this transition, there will be cash and prizes. Or maybe not. We’ll see. In the end, it will enable the team here at FSR to continue bringing you the best content on the web. So take that, server room Gremlins! Your days are numbered.

If you’ve visited Film School Rejects over the past 36 hours or so, you may have received the following error: “This Page Not Found.” Doesn’t that just piss you off? What do you mean you can’t find that thing I was looking for, internet? Not cool. As you might imagine, this is even more of an annoyance for us, as we’d much rather have you read and enjoy the content on which we work so hard. With that in mind, we’ve taken our best programmers, developers, code monkeys and locked them in an undisclosed bunker location, fed them Mountain Dew and told them that as soon as it’s fixed, we’ll let them go to the bathroom. We’ve found it to be the most effective way to get things fixed around here. In the mean time, we greatly appreciate everyone’s patience as we work out the kinks over the next day or so. Running an independently owned movie website can bring its own unique challenges, and we’re working through them as efficiently as possible. So bear with us. A few links may not work right away, but before we let our monkeys go to bed, we’ll get everything squared away. Until then, we’ve left you an appropriately themed Fred Willard appearance after the break.

If I had a time machine and was able to go back in time, I’d have a lot of advice for a young Neil Miller. Things like “lay off the fatty foods, fatty,” “move to Austin sooner” and “credit cards are bad” would be at the top of my list. Nowhere in there, however, would you find any changes to the people who have been brought on over the years to write for Film School Rejects. I wouldn’t change those for anything. It would be nice to be a little thinner, though. I tell you that story to tell you this one. The article you’re reading will count as the 15,000th published article in the 5+ year history of Film School Rejects. It’s a very cool milestone that a young Neil Miller wouldn’t dare believe could ever happen. And we’re here because of the countless people who have worked hard to bring us to this point. And just as we did earlier this year when the site had its 5 year anniversary, it’s time to celebrate. To do so we’ve taken a look back at the first articles (and words) written by some of our most prolific and longest running contributors. To celebrate where we’ve come to, we must first take a look back at where it all started.

Like many of you out there in the world, we here at Reject HQ are always on the go. Mostly going to and fro between the couch and the refrigerator, but on the go nonetheless. And even those shortest of distances (don’t even get us started on the walk to the bathroom), we like to stay connected. One of our favorite little tools for a while has been the Pulse News Reader. It can be found in the app stores of your iDevices (iPad, iPod and iPhone) and the Android marketplace for your robotic Google phone. With that in mind, you can imagine our excitement when we found out this week that we are now a featured news provider in Pulse’s app. Now you (and many others like you) can see our content in an even sexier mobile version. We’re told you can also read other movie websites as well, a fact that hadn’t even crossed our minds until this very moment. We would urge you to check it out, if you’re into being hip and cool. If you’re not, do it as part of the anti-hip and cool movement. You’ll show the man that you can’t be controlled. Either way, just get on it. [Pulse News Reader]

Of course we’re on the list — why the hell else would we even remotely consider posting something like this?

We’re announcing a new schedule of columns — some new and some established — for 2010. As a service to our readers, I would like to give you a bit of a preview of all of our weekly columns below. Will you join me?

It is likely that I will regret asking this question, but I feel it to be an important one.

Mark this day, dear readers, as the day when Film School Rejects begins its quest to become the Susan Lucci of movie blogs. Always a bridesmaid, never a bride.

Do you find yourself spending every weekend at your local cineplex watching the latest movie releases? Do you spend your days scouring the internet, tracking the latest casting news, release date changes and box office trends? Do you also want to be a writer when you grow up? Come inside… Lets talk.

As you may or may not have noticed, there are some changes abound here at Film School Rejects. Come on in and find out what has changed, and why.

To celebrate the 3rd birthday of Film School Rejects, the big man in charge is celebrating by talking about the transitional nature of the month of February and the epic cross-country move that FSR’s world headquarters is about to have. As well, there are also some exciting new goings-on to talk about.

This will only take a few moments of your time… And please, put your pants back on — this is not that kind of inquiry.

And so it has begun — the Film School Rejects team, normally scattered across the country (and the world) is assembling this very day in San Diego, California for Comic-Con International. It is time to find out who we’ve brought along and what we’ve got in store for you.

As I do every week — well, if you don’t count last week at least — I am here to give you a little update on the happenings of the Reject Nation.

Why not spend your Sunday afternoon reading about the latest happenings in the word of me, Neil Miller, Executive Editor of FSR. This week we congratulate two of our own on new roles and welcome 4 awesome new weekly features.

As you can probably tell, we’ve made a few changes. Now we want to hear what you think of our new design…

We just wanted to take a second to wish you a Merry Christmas, a Happy Hanukkah or a Happy whatever it is that you celebrate.

Reject Nation! Lend me your ears (cut to the scene from Robin Hood: Men in Tights where ears are thrown at the speaker.) I have something important to say…

Film. Cinema. Movies. Synonyms that make their indelible mark daily on the fabric of our culture, and countless other cultures around the world. And while nations may disagree, political affiliations may create enemies, and cultures may collide in anger, we are all united under one consistent medium that seems to hold the ties of humanity together. No matter who you are, where you live, or what religion you follow, it is safe to say that you have, at one time in your life, been emotionally lifted or otherwise touched by the art of cinema. They make us laugh, they make us cry, and they often give us insight into the lives of others. They carry our dreams, our fantasies, and so very often they tell us of our history. Whether based on a true story or the concoction of a creative mind, they always seem to reel us in, tell us a story, and solicit some kind of human emotion. And while some movies accomplish this in different ways, and on different levels, they all share that feature in common: they all move us in some way. I believe that my love of movie began as a child, with the release of fantastic classics such as Back to the Future and The Ghostbusters. The belief that you could travel through time or fight off evil paranormal activity made childhood entertaining. And this lust for the fantastic and surreal is something that I have carried with me throughout my life, both [Due to Content Scraping and Theft, we have been forced to try abbreviated feeds. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and woud very much appreciate you clicking through to view the full article on FilmSchoolRejects.com]