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

Ben Stiller in talks to reteam with Noah Baumbach on Penguins

Posted 16 years ago

Ben Stiller, who previously dabbled with penguins in the MADAGASCAR series, is set to return to the world of the flightless birds. Stiller and Noah Baumbach, who just recently worked together on GREENBERG, are in discussions to reunite on MR....

Harold and Kumar directors take on American Pie 4

Posted 16 years ago

Just the other day it was announced that Kal Penn was ready to begin work on HAROLD AND KUMAR 3 and that filming would begin this summer. What gave me pause was the note that the studio was currently looking...

The WB cut trailer for Splice hits the web!

Posted 16 years ago

The sci-fi thriller SPLICE has been around for a few months now (Arrow reviewed it out of Sitges back in October) but Joel Silver’s Dark Castle bought the film out of Sundance and set it up at Warner Bros. where...

Exclusive: This Harry Brown clip is a riot!

Posted 16 years ago

While HARRY BROWN opened in the UK last year, US audiences have only been able to get peeks at it as it tours the festival circuit. It’s been winning raves at both the Toronto Film Fest and recently at SXSW...

Coraline director Henry Selick returns to Disney for next film

Posted 16 years ago

For animation fans this is particular exciting news (and to be honest, it should be exciting news for fans of good movies in general). Henry Selick, who began his career as an animator with Disney in the 1970s, is returning...

Latest A-Team trailer specializes in the ridiculous

Posted 16 years ago

In the new A-TEAM trailer, Jessica Biel explains to her people that the team in question are “the best” and that they “specialize in the ridiculous.” No shit? This was the same movie that gave us a teaser trailer with...

New Salt trailer features wigs, crashes and slo-mo instant replay

Posted 16 years ago

I’ve never really bought Angelina Jolie as an action superstar. The TOMB RAIDER movies were mainly limp and nothing she’s done since then has really impressed me. But I’ve gotta say, I’m kinda digging what’s going on here in SALT....

Reitman, Clooney reteam for Vertigo 3D

Posted 16 years ago

After being nominated for Best Director at the Oscars for his last two films, Jason Reitman could pretty much have his pick of projects at any studio in Hollywood. Which makes this decision even stranger. Reitman has signed a deal...

Jonah Hill’s writers sign to write Baywatch movie

Posted 16 years ago

Brian Gatewood and Alessandro Tanaka have one of the hottest comedy scripts in Hollywood right now with the Jonah Hill comedy THE SITTER. Their spec script, which was written with Hill in mind to star, was picked up by Fox...

Kaley Cuoco signs on to nurse Easter Bunny back to health

Posted 16 years ago

With our Jewish brothers and sisters celebrating Passover this week, the Catholics among us are getting ready to rock some Easter this weekend. Normally Easter is one of the holidays that doesn’t come with the tie-in movie (with the exception...

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