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

Watch the first five minutes of Ricky Gervais’ latest film

Posted 16 years ago

I think I was one of the few people who actually really enjoyed THE INVENTION OF LYING and, as such, was looking forward to Ricky Gervais’ follow-up, CEMETERY JUNCTION. Unfortunately when the film was released in the UK, it didn’t...

New poster for The Town features 100 percent more floating heads

Posted 16 years ago

There was a time, perhaps around FORCES OF NATURE, when it was almost hard to remember that Ben Affleck was an Oscar winner. But with his work directing GONE BABY GONE and the look of his latest project, THE TOWN,...

Rooney Mara cast alongside Daniel Craig in Dragon Tattoo

Posted 16 years ago

It was perhaps one of the hottest roles in Hollywood: Lisbeth Salander the pretty punk princess at the center of THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO. While director David Fincher had settled on Daniel Craig as his male lead fairly...

Trailer for Drew Struzan documentary features Spielberg, Lucas and more

Posted 16 years ago

Even if you don’t know who Drew Struzan is (and if you don’t, shame on you), you certainly know his work. The man has created some of the most iconic movie poster art this side of Saul Bass. STAR WARS,...

Kristen Bell to play a mom? I feel old…

Posted 16 years ago

Kristen Bell is only about two years younger than me so it’s distressing to hear that she’s sequeing into that period of her career where she can believably play a mother. And a mother of a 10-year-old to boot. But...

Rose Byrne to play Moira MacTaggert in X-Men: First Class

Posted 16 years ago

UPDATE – Deadline is now reporting that Oliver Platt has also signed on to star as the mysterious figure “The Man in Black”… With filming set to begin later this month, the final bits of casting on X-MEN: FIRST CLASS...

Star Wars on Blu-ray in October of 2011?

Posted 16 years ago

UPDATE: At today’s Star Wars Celebration V in Orlando, Florida, George Lucas confirmed that all 6 Star Wars live-action feature films will be coming to Blu-ray in 2011. The box set, expected to arrive in the fourth quarter of next...

What Did You Think? Post your Expendables review!

Posted 16 years ago

In his review, Arrow says he “f*cking loved” THE EXPENDABLES. And our own Chris Bumbray loved it as well saying it’s “exactly the kind of all-out, balls-to-the-wall action flick you’d expect.” But that doesn’t mean everyone has loved it. Right...

What Did You Think? Post your Scott Pilgrim review!

Posted 16 years ago

If you’ve turned on the TV lately or flipped through a newspaper, you’ve likely stumbled across my quote claiming SCOTT PILGRIM is one of the best films of the year. It’s true, it really is. But just because I say...

INTERVIEW: Expendables star Charisma Carpenter!

Posted 16 years ago

There was no true press day for THE EXPENDABLES(READ ARROW’S REVIEW HERE) so our opportunities to talk to all the cast on camera were limited but we did catch up with the female in THE EXPENDABLES at Comic-Con and we’re...

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