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

Zach Galifianakis isn’t being funny in the It’s Kind of a Funny Story trailer

Posted 16 years ago

Zach Galifiankis has done his fair share of work in dramatic films. But that was before THE HANGOVER. Now that he’s a big comedy star, his performance in IT’S KIND OF A FUNNY STORY is being used as a key...

Thor, Loki and Odin in a brand new Thor pic! Plus 3D news!

Posted 16 years ago

First, the news you expected to hear at some time: both THOR and CAPTAIN AMERICA will be released in 3D. And no, neither film is/was shot in 3D. Both of the Marvel films will use the controversial conversion process that...

Helen Mirren looks badass with a gun in latest Red poster!

Posted 16 years ago

I can’t get enough of the fact that Helen Mirren, Sylvester Stallone and Michael Cera will all be back-to-back-to-back in Hall H next Thursday pimping their respective action films. Mirren, who will be on hand with her film RED, might...

Comic-Con: The JoBlo.com screening of Animal Kingdom!

Posted 16 years ago

Despite its name, ANIMAL KINGDOM is not a documentary about the African wild. It’s actually a pretty incredible Australian crime thriller. Chris Bumbray reviewed it out of Sundance, gave it a perfect 10/10 review and called it the best film...

Cool Videos: The Scott Pilgrim trailer gets more epic with Inception music

Posted 16 years ago

Two trailers for this year that totally blew up JoBlo Video in terms of views were the SCOTT PILGRIM teaser and the INCEPTION trailer. We got thinking that the only way to make these trailers better is to combine them....

Brian Cox is the latest human to cause the Rise of the Apes

Posted 16 years ago

Already with an impressive cast that includes James Franco, Don Cheadle, Frieda Pinto, John Lithgow and Andy Serkis, RISE OF THE APES has added another talented actor to its roster. Brian Cox, who previously worked with director Rupert Wyatt on...

Piranha 3D too intense for Comic-Con, pulled from lineup

Posted 16 years ago

Last night comedian and PIRANHA 3D star Paul Scheer tweeted the following: “BIG NEWS! Comic Con bans Piranha 3D for being “TOO WILD!” Scheer is one of the funniest guys I know on Twitter so I wasn’t sure if this...

Bruce Willis has time to kill in the first Red poster!

Posted 16 years ago

If you’ve seen the trailer for RED you know just how much fun this film looks like. We’ve had to keep mum about our time spent on set but today we’re finally allowed to talk and our RED set visit...

Contest: Sideshow Collectibles at Comic-Con!

Posted 16 years ago

If you can believe it, Comic-Con is only 9 days away. Yikes! And if you’ve been to Comic-Con you’ve seen some of the insanely cool items from Sideshow Collectibles. Now’s your chance to own one yourself without having to fork...

Angelina Jolie explains why Wanted 2 isn’t happening

Posted 16 years ago

Before getting into the details of this news, I’ll warn you right from the start that this contains SPOILERS for anyone who hasn’t seen WANTED. With that said… I liked WANTED well-enough but I don’t know that I was taken...

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