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

Interview: Expendables star Charisma Carpenter!

Posted 16 years ago

There was no true press day for THE EXPENDABLES 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 happy to bring...

What would an animated Scott Pilgrim film look like? A lot like this…

Posted 16 years ago

Universal Pictures commissioned Adult Swim to create an animated short film to coincide with the release of SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD and after airing on TV last night, it’s online to watch now. The four-minute clip was approved by...

Interview: Scott Pilgrim director Edgar Wright: Video Edition!

Posted 16 years ago

As I sat down to interview Edgar Wright for the first time, I was told by the video crew that they were having some technical problems. Sit tight, they said, it’ll be fixed in a few minutes. So Edgar and...

Interview: Scott Pilgrim director Edgar Wright: Extended Edition!

Posted 16 years ago

Whenever you interview someone on camera, it’s always a fairly short affair and I always leave with about 100 questions I didn’t get to ask. Luckily, I was able to bank a lot of those questions and save them for...

Did Universal almost pull the plug on the $200M Battleship?

Posted 16 years ago

With just 15 days left until filming begins on Peter Berg’s $200 million BATTLESHIP film, we’re now getting word that back in June, Universal considered pulling the plug on the whole affair. The budget was rising, a dicey concept (a...

Scott Pilgrim vs. JoBlo: Talking with Scott, Ramona and Knives!

Posted 16 years ago

It’s early on Sunday morning. My head is throbbing and my mouth is dry. I know this feeling well. Comic-Con is over. The previous four days were packed solid with panels, interviews, screenings and parties and normally this would be...

Schwentke to replace McG as director of RIPD

Posted 16 years ago

This is my favorite news story because not only do I get to frequently type the last name Schwentke (as in RED director Robert Schwentke) but also news that McG isn’t directing something. McG had been in talks to direct...

Interview: Scott Pilgrim’s ladies Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Ellen Wong

Posted 16 years ago

As I entered the room to talk to Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Ellen Wong of SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD, walking out of the room was an impossibly cute 9-year-old girl, who had just wrapped interviewing them for MSN. The...

MOVIE POLL # 607

Posted 16 years ago

Cool Videos: Bangladeshi Hulk movie features crackers, pantsings

Posted 16 years ago

Normally with our Cool Videos features we tend to highlight videos that are, you know, cool. This trailer below, for a Bangladeshi version of THE HULK called HALKA, is hardly cool. It actually makes MEGA SHARK VS. GIANT OCTOPUS look...

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