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

EXCL: Men Who Stare at Goats clip!

Posted 17 years ago

Jon Ronson’s book that inspires the upcoming George Clooney comedy THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS is a hilarious piece of writing. Many times though, movie adaptations tend to lose what made the book so successful. Luckily that’s not the...

MOVIE POLL # 515

Posted 17 years ago

New Wolfman trailer!

Posted 17 years ago

The first WOLFMAN trailer hit the web the same day Fox released the AVATAR trailer. It was a risky move by Universal but hey, this is risky business. As it turns out, the gambit paid off. While snarky fanboys were...

Kane & Lynch update

Posted 17 years ago

I feel like I’v been talking about a movie based the popular “Kane and Lynch” video game for years now. In fact a quick Google search proves that way back in February of 2007 I was talking about KANE AND...

Guide to movie twists

Posted 17 years ago

Are you a struggling film writer? As you probably are already aware, the hardest part is finding a good beginning and finding a good ending. I can’t help you much with the beginning (though I could recommend watching THROW MOMMA...

Eggers on WTWTA

Posted 17 years ago

If you’ve seen WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE, you know the film is nothing if not a launching point for a lot of conversation and dissection (and if you haven’t see WTWTA, what are you waiting for?). It’s the kind...

No Summer for Uni

Posted 17 years ago

Cate Blanchett has been nominated for an Oscar four times in the past four years but her chances for 2010 have taken a hit. Universal has put the kibosh on her upcoming INDIAN SUMMER, which was scheduled to begin filming...

EXCL: Women in Trouble!

Posted 17 years ago

Ever since I heard the words “Carla Gugino as porn star,” I’ve been interested in WOMEN IN TROUBLE. But while Gugino’s turn as a trouble porn star is a part of the film, it’s only one part in an ensemble...

The Living get going

Posted 17 years ago

After going from THE EXORCISM OF EMILY ROSE to the big-budget action flick THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, director Scott Derrickson is returning to his roots. Derrickson will direct the supernatural thriller THE LIVING. The project is based on...

Jonze meets Kanye

Posted 17 years ago

Few directors could (or would) follow up a hauntingly beautiful meditation on childhood with a bizarre drunken fantasy starring a hip-hop star. But that’s exactly what Spike Jonze has done. Just one day after WHERE THE WILD THINGS are topped...

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