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

Nic Cage and Ryan Reynolds team for animated cavemen

Posted 16 years ago

I feel like the John Cleese created animated film THE CROODS has been in development almost as long as I’ve been writing for JoBlo.com. It may not be quite that long but it was announced in 2005, which means it...

MOVIE POLL # 554

Posted 16 years ago

Want more titans clashing? How bout War of the Gods?

Posted 16 years ago

Pointless 3D conversion aside, I’m actually looking forward to CLASH OF THE TITANS. But for those of you out there who can’t get enough of that sort of thing can look forward to another similar type film titled WAR OF...

Jason Segel set to romance Cameron Diaz

Posted 16 years ago

Jason Segel has signed on to co-star with Cameron Diaz in the upcoming black comedy BAD TEACHER. Diaz has been set to star alongside Lucy Punch, who will play her rival teacher, a perky goody-two-shoes named Amy Squirrel but the...

Jonah Hill to star in Superbad meets Adventures in Babysitting

Posted 16 years ago

Sometimes the pairing of a director and star is enough to make you want to see a certain movie without any more information. Such is the case (at least for me) with the pairing of Jonah Hill and David Gordon...

Danny Glover is Captain Ahab? And Moby Dick is a dragon?

Posted 16 years ago

Oh Danny Glover… I don’t want to hate on you for taking a paycheck but did you really sign on to a C-level direct-to-DVD film that reimagines Herman Melville’s “Moby Dick” as a futuristic dragon movie? Of course you did....

New Nightmare on Elm Street poster!

Posted 16 years ago

The brand new trailer for the Michael Bay produced NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET remake will hit theaters this weekend with THE CRAZIES. But if you’re jonesing to get a hit of ELM STREET before then, you can tune into MySpace...

Former Pixar vet directs new project at Laika

Posted 16 years ago

In 1993, Jan Pinkava came to the US to work at a little known animation company named Pixar. Four years later, his short “Geri’s Game” won the Oscar for Best Animated Short and he was part of the venerated Pixar...

Leo DiCaprio takes no Prisoners

Posted 16 years ago

Back when Warner Bros. released their 2010 preview, already listed with an October release date was the thriller PRISONERS. This was despite no cast and no official greenlight. All it had was a hot script, courtesy of Aaron Guzikowski, and...

Seann William Scott returning for Kevin Smith’s next

Posted 16 years ago

I was at the COP OUT press day yesterday and scheduled to talk to Seann William Scott and director Kevin Smith. On my list of questions was whether these guys would reteam, possibly for Smith’s upcoming hockey movie HIT SOMEBODY....

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