Mike Sampson

4,524 Articles Published

Favorite Movies: The Shawshank Redemption, Jaws, Boogie Nights, Goodfellas, The Jerk, Raiders of read more the Lost Ark, The Untouchables (recent) 21 Grams, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Anchorman

Likes: German women, the VX-980 hair blower, my chest hair, fighting beach read more crime, my talking black Trans-Am...oh wait, that's David Hasselhoff

Exclusive: Behind the scenes of Lucasfilm talking Star Wars! Part Two!

Posted 13 years ago

If you read yesterday’s report from Lucasfilm and Skywalker Ranch, you know the basic gist: George Lucas had a kids only junket for STAR WARS, EPISODE I – THE PHANTOM MENACE 3D. Being that I have a kid – and...

Exclusive: Behind the scenes of Lucasfilm talking Star Wars!

Posted 13 years ago

In my 11-plus years at JoBlo.com, I had never once been invited to the vaunted Skywalker Ranch and frankly, few have. But last month, I got an invite that would include my first trip to the Ranch, plus a tour...

Review: The Innkeepers

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT – A man and a young girl are working the last night at a rural Connecticut inn with a spooky past. They determine to find out if there really are any ghosts living at the hotel before the place...

Review: Josh Trank’s Chronicle (2012)

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: Three high school seniors find themselves suddenly bestowed with superhero-like powers. Unlike most superheroes, they use this power not for saving people, but for having fun. They pull pranks, impress girls and go on flying joyrides. As they test...

MOVIE POLL # 745

Posted 13 years ago

Exclusive: Willem Dafoe will track you down on this new poster for The Hunter!

Posted 13 years ago

I love some Willem Dafoe and by all accounts, his upcoming film, THE HUNTER, is his best performance in years. The film premiered to rave reviews at the Toronto Film Festival and will be coming your way this spring via...

Review: Chronicle

Posted 13 years ago

The 2012 Oscar nominations!

Posted 13 years ago

This morning at 8:30am EST/5:30am PST, the nominations for the 83rd Annual Academy Awards will be announced in Hollywood. Former Best Actress nominee Jennifer Lawrence will join Tom Sherak, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, to...

Exclusive: Check the brutal action in this red band clip from The Raid!

Posted 13 years ago

Action-thriller THE RAID played to packed houses at the Toronto Film Festival and promptly took those houses and blew the roofs off of them, winning the Midnight Madness award. Sony Pictures Classics quickly snatched up the rights and will unleash...

Exclusive: A look at Haywire’s butt-kicking babe Mallory Kane!

Posted 13 years ago

January is usually the month reserved for movies that aren’t, well, any good. Which is why I’m doubly looking forward to Steven Soderbergh’s HAYWIRE. Friend Jordan Hoffman already called the film the first great superhero movie of 2012, and judging...

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