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

Ang Lee to direct Life of Pi in 3D?

Posted 16 years ago

After THE VILLAGE met with critical and commercial disappointment in 2004, M. Night Shyamalan looked to do something different for his next film. He signed with Fox to write and direct an adaptation of Yann Martel’s “Life of Pi,” the...

Brad Pitt to star with Robert Duvall in Hatfields and the McCoys?

Posted 16 years ago

If one journalist’s fuzzy recollection of something Robert Duvall said at a press conference is your idea of solid news, then boy do I have a scoop for you! Jeff Wells is reporting via his blog that Duvall revealed at...

Sarah Silverman to be Seth Rogen’s sister

Posted 16 years ago

I know Sarah Silverman was bummed that her Comedy Central series “The Sarah Silverman Show” was canceled as she had said it was the only thing, besides standup, that left her creatively fulfilled. But with her series out of the...

Universal shuffles release dates, Your Highness to 2011

Posted 16 years ago

With YOUR HIGHNESS set to hit theaters on October 1st, I had figured that a trailer would most definitely be attached to prints of GET HIM TO THE GREEK this June. Now? Not so sure. Universal released their updated release...

Half-bird teens vs. wolf men in worst idea ever?

Posted 16 years ago

I don’t like to judge film properties this early into development but I’m sorry – the idea of half-bird/half-teens going up against a pack of man-wolves just sounds like the most ludicrous thing I’ve heard all year. It’s a film...

The Ring gets reboot in 3D?

Posted 16 years ago

The DreamWorks remake of THE RING proved to be such an effective thriller it launched a whole sub-genre of horror (J-horror remakes) as well as a sequel. Sadly the sequel sucked so bad that it effectively killed off J-horror and...

Jason Segel wrote Russell Brand a song for Get Him to the Greek

Posted 16 years ago

In addition to being a pretty funny guy, Jason Segel is also a pretty talented musician (as evidenced on-stage here and in FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL). He’s been writing his own songs but now looks to be the first time he’s...

Want to know one of the gross ways someone will die in Final Destination 5?

Posted 16 years ago

The one thing I like about the FINAL DESTINATION franchise that, to me, sets it apart from other horror movies that never want to end is that they can always keep coming up with endless “everyday” scenarios that can kill...

Fat? Sleepy? Drunk? All the above? Don’t watch 3D!

Posted 16 years ago

As Dean Wormer once said, fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life. That point may be especially more valid as TV manufacturer Samsung has released a new warning that people in “bad physical condition,” who “need...

Exclusive: The Good, The Bad and the Weird clip!

Posted 16 years ago

With a budget of over $17 million, THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE WEIRD is the most expensive film ever to come out of Korea (yeah, even more expensive than THE HOST). The film premiered at the 2008 Cannes Film...

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