Mike Sampson

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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

It’s 11:11 and Darren Bousman makes a wish

Posted 16 years ago

You ever hear of that old superstition when it’s 11:11, you’re supposed to make a wish and that wish will come true? Well guess what? It doesn’t work (trust me, I’ve tried numerous times). But that’s not stopping director Darren...

New Skyline poster sucks…people up into the sky

Posted 16 years ago

For once aliens are invading Los Angeles! For what seemed like an endless stream of movies, the aliens and monsters were only interested in invading New York (and in the case of WAR OF THE WORLDS, they started by invading...

MOVIE POLL # 609

Posted 16 years ago

The Jaws sequel you never wanted is finally here!

Posted 16 years ago

The original JAWS is such a perfect film, it’s almost a shame to remember that it’s been spun-off into some rather terrible sequels (and one sequel – JAWS 3D – that’s so bad, it’s actually pretty good). It’s been over...

JJ Abrams spins the bottle to find 7 Minutes in Heaven

Posted 16 years ago

I’ll be honest: I never played “7 Minutes in Heaven” as a kid. I think I was just a little too nerdy for that. (“Seven minutes in heaven?? Is there a Super Nintendo in there?!”) I may have played “Spin...

Robert Rodriguez talks directing Deadpool with Ryan Reynolds

Posted 16 years ago

Back in June it was reported that director Robert Rodriguez was offered DEADPOOL and right after Comic-Con it was revealed he was officially in negotiations to direct Ryan Reynolds in the Marvel flick. Now that he’s out promoting MACHETE, Rodriguez...

Interview: Piranha 3D director Alex Aja!

Posted 16 years ago

PIRANHA 3D was unceremoniously booted from Comic-Con this year but that didn’t stop the film from having a presence at the San Diego fest. The cast and crew were on hand to show off a bunch of footage from the...

Cool Videos: Piranha 3D for Best Picture

Posted 16 years ago

No one is claiming that PIRANHA 3D is an Oscar-caliber film…except the stars of PIRANHA 3D. In fact they’re openly lobbying for Oscars. In this new video from Funny or Die, the cast has collaborated on a “For Your Consideration”...

Let Me In to open Fantastic Fest, screen at Toronto Film Festival

Posted 16 years ago

LET ME IN, the Matt Reeves directed remake of LET THE RIGHT ONE IN, pretty much wowed a skeptical Hall H crowd at Comic-Con and now it has its sights set on the audiences in Austin and Toronto. It was...

Exclusive: Jessica Alba and Danny Trejo in a brand new Machete clip!

Posted 16 years ago

I would think that the success of THE EXPENDABLES this past weekend can only mean good things for MACHETE. They’re both very much action films with an old-school attitude, MACHETE almost even moreso. I know some lucky LA journalists got...

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