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

Interview: Green Zone director Paul Greengrass

Posted 16 years ago

Director Paul Greengrass is not cut out for 4-minute TV interviews. I mean this entirely as a compliment and I realize it about three-quarters through our interview when he’s still answering my first question. The man doesn’t talk in soundbytes...

Fright Night remake gets a director?

Posted 16 years ago

DreamWorks is ramping up its planned remake of FRIGHT NIGHT (previously announced last year) and has hired a director to bring the film into the 21st century. Who is it? Hint: it’s probably not who you would think. DreamWorks is...

Brand new Iron Man 2 trailer!

Posted 16 years ago

Last night, directly after the Oscars, came about two and a half minutes that were more entertaining than all four hours of the Oscars themselves. It was the new IRON MAN 2 trailer and it was awesome. It was scheduled...

The Complete List of Oscar Winners!

Posted 16 years ago

THE HURT LOCKER was the big winner last night at the Oscars with six total wins including Best Picture and Best Director for Kathryn Bigelow. AVATAR, which went into Sunday as the biggest competitor to HURT LOCKER, won three Oscars....

The JoBlo.com live Oscar blog!

Posted 16 years ago

As promised, we’ll be liveblogging the Oscars this year on JoBlo.com! This could prove to be especially helpful for New York readers who have lost ABC on their TVs due to a dispute with Cablevision. The live blog will begin...

MOVIE POLL # 558

Posted 16 years ago

Pet Sematary remake gets a new writer

Posted 16 years ago

The 1989 film PET SEMATARY isn’t exactly a great movie. That said, it’s notable for two scenes that still scare the crap out of me over 20 years later. First, is when that creepy little Gage sneaks in the house...

Oh geez…Police Academy remake moves forward

Posted 16 years ago

This is somewhat embarrassing to admit but as a kid, I wholly loved the POLICE ACADEMY films. At least up until ASSIGNMENT: MIAMI BEACH which is about when I checked out. But I was about in fourth grade when CITIZENS...

Ryan Gosling to join Steve Carell in comedy?

Posted 16 years ago

In private Ryan Gosling may well be the next Richard Pryor but on-screen he hasn’t done much to show that he’s got comedic chops. But knowing what little I do about Gosling, that’s exactly why he decided on his next...

Rachel Nichols gives Conan some much-needed sex appeal

Posted 16 years ago

This is perhaps the best news I’ve read this week – Rachel Nichols (GI JOE, STAR TREK) has signed on to star in Marcus Nispel’s CONAN. She’ll star as Tamara, a master of martial arts who has been trained to...

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