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

JoBlo.com gets Raw with the WWE and the cast of MacGruber!

Posted 16 years ago

As you might be able to tell from the graphic above, I was lucky enough to spend some time with the cast of MACGRUBER – Will Forte, Kristen Wiig and Ryan Phillippe – as they prepared to host last night’s...

Superbad director signs for Brad Pitt, Natalie Portman comedy

Posted 16 years ago

Back when SPIDER-MAN 4 imploded and Sony announced they were moving forward on a reboot of the franchise, I openly lobbied for Greg Mottola (SUPERBAD, ADVENTURELAND) to be taken seriously as a candidate to direct the new film. He’s done...

Trailer for stoner comedy High School with bonus JoBlo love!

Posted 16 years ago

Our own Chris Bumbray reviewed the comedy HIGH SCHOOL out of Sundance and called it a “stoner epic.” So imagine my surprise when I watched the trailer debut for HIGH SCHOOL and saw a quote from Chris Bumbray of JoBlo.com...

Rutger Hauer is the Hobo With a Shotgun!

Posted 16 years ago

Back in 2007, Jason Eisener, John Davies, and Rob Cotterill won a contest at SXSW sponsored by Robert Rodriguez and the movie GRINDHOUSE. The trio created a trailer for a fake grindhouse film called “Hobo With a Shotgun” and as...

Around the JoBlo.com Watercooler! Cannes, Marx Bros, Boobs and more!

Posted 16 years ago

In this new weekly column we take a look at some of the hot conversations currently taking place around the virtual watercooler in the JOBLO.COM FORUMS. Each week we’ll present you with some new conversations that you can jump in...

Write Your Own Review: Kick-Ass!

Posted 16 years ago

The buzz online for Matthew Vaughn’s KICK-ASS has been near deafening. Ever since it opened to rave reviews out of Austin’s Butt-Numb-A-Thon, early reviews have ranged from highly positive to absolutely spectacular. Our own Chris Bumbray says in his review...

Sam Jackson gets ready to play some Deathgames

Posted 16 years ago

Perhaps cementing his status as the A-list King of the B-movies, Sam Jackson has signed on to star in DEATHGAMES. In the film, he’ll star as the orchestrator of a modern gladiator arena where he lords over the proceedings with...

Here he comes to save the day! Mighty Mouse returns!

Posted 16 years ago

With superhero films AND classic animation reboots all the rage in Hollywood, I’m honestly surprised we haven’t gotten a MIGHTY MOUSE movie sooner. Executives at Paramount and Nickelodeon Movies must be thinking the same thing as they’ve plucked the MIGHTY...

Nic Cage casts a spell on you in new Sorcerer’s Apprentice poster

Posted 16 years ago

While you get ready to see Nicolas Cage play Big Daddy this weekend in KICK-ASS, you can take a look at this poster of Nic Cage playing a much different character in a much different movie. Coming Soon has the...

DreamWorks to go back and convert old Shrek movies to 3D

Posted 16 years ago

Speaking recently at the National Association of Broadcasters convention DreamWorks Animation head Jeffrey Katzenberg refused to make any more derogatory comments towards upconverted 3D films like CLASH OF THE TITANS (he had previously said that “you cannot do anything that...

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