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

Cool Videos: Jay-Z short documentary NY-Z

Posted 16 years ago

I’ll try to avoid getting too far into hyperbole here in this article but I’ll say that I think we, as a society, are not fully appreciating the genius of Jay-Z. This may seem an odd statement for a guy...

INTERVIEW: Let Me In director Matt Reeves!

Posted 16 years ago

I’ll be honest: I went into my interview with LET ME IN writer/director Matt Reeves a little skeptical about his remake of LET THE RIGHT ONE IN. Remakes are always a tough gambit, especially when the film you’re remaking is...

Interview: Let Me In director Matt Reeves!

Posted 16 years ago

Emma Stone looks to DreamWorks for Help

Posted 16 years ago

Emma Stone is in talks to star in the upcoming DreamWorks drama THE HELP, based on the Kathryn Stockett novel of the same name. Stone will star as Skeeter, who may sound like a cast member on the upcoming season...

Wes Craven to begin shooting Scream 4 in the spring

Posted 16 years ago

The horror sequel that no one asked for has been greenlight and will begin filming this spring. No, not SAW VIII. And no, not HALLOWEEN 3 either. SCREAM 4 will begin filming next month with Neve Campbell, David Arquette and...

It’s officially official: Chris Evans is Captain America!

Posted 16 years ago

Last Friday it was reported that Chris Evans was the first actor to receive an offer sheet from Marvel to star in CAPTAIN AMERICA. Evans took the weekend to mull it over and today decided he liked the idea of...

Restricted Get Him to the Greek trailer full of laughs

Posted 16 years ago

Sometimes before the release of a brand new trailer, I’ll spend this later paragraph up here (the very one you’re reading now) vamping a bit with stories of this, that or the other thing. “Oh this movie looks OK” or...

Transformers 3 casts Malkovich? And Ken Jeong??

Posted 16 years ago

Wow, I’m not sure I saw this coming. Michael Bay posted an update to his blog this morning with an update on TRANSFORMERS 3. Apparently also unhappy with Variety’s online paywall, he decided to forgo the usual announcement of cast...

Brand new Losers poster features lots of bullets

Posted 16 years ago

I think what THE LOSERS is doing – beating THE A-TEAM at its own game by releasing in April – is a pretty smart move. The trailer was surprisingly effective and actually got me more excited than the actual A-TEAM...

Will Ferrell finds a cast for his next flick

Posted 16 years ago

I may be in the minority on this but I actually liked Will Ferrell’s last foray into drama, the quirky STRANGER THAN FICTION. Sure it had its problems but in the end, I wound up a fan. If you’re gonna...

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