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

Inception trailer news

Posted 17 years ago

While people continue to whip themselves up into a frenzy over BATMAN 3 and what may or may not be happening with that film, they forget that director Christopher Nolan is filming a project right now. INCEPTION might not have...

GI Joe 2 soon?

Posted 17 years ago

Before GI JOE was even released, many of us around the web were already talking about a sequel. While GI JOE 2 may have seemed an obvious decision, these days sequels are hardly a sure thing (see SUPERMAN RETURNS). But...

New Mystery short

Posted 17 years ago

The Derrick Comedy team killed it at their Comic-Con panel for MYSTERY TEAM. At least that’s what I’m told. I was stuck with numerous check out issues at the hotel and wound up missing it. But in talking to friends...

Carrey out of Stooges?

Posted 17 years ago

When the Farrelly Bros. were finally able to make a casting announcement on their long-gestating THREE STOOGES film, it was a pretty impressive (and shocking) announcement. Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro and Jim Carrey were set to play Larry, Moe...

EXCL: Open Road pics

Posted 17 years ago

I’m not sure how it’s possible but a sports flick starring Jeff Bridges, Justin Timberlake and my not-so-secret love Kate Mara has snuck up on me. The movie, THE OPEN ROAD, opens in theaters later this month and I just...

Your Thoughts: GI Joe

Posted 17 years ago

If you took a poll of about 100 fanboys this past spring which movie they thought would be better GI JOE or TRANSFORMERS 2, I think you’d get at least 99% responding TRANSFORMERS 2. ROTF was rolling high on the...

Quiz: Toys in Movies

Posted 17 years ago

PLAY OUR TOYS IN MOVIES QUIZ NOW!! < sample question below> < sample question below> G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra draws its inspiration from the Hasbro “Real American Hero” toy line. In what decade were the boy-toys introduced? 1980s...

Pirates 4 director?

Posted 17 years ago

Since it was announced that Gore Verbinski wouldn’t be returning to direct the fourth PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN movie (to presumably direct BIOSHOCK, which has since been put on hold), many have wondered who could possibly take his place in...

INT: Judd Apatow

Posted 17 years ago

Last week, after a late night at Comic-Con, I received a call at 6am on my cell phone. “What the…?” Was all I could muster but I rolled out of bed and picked up with a garbled “hello.” It was...

New Coen trailer

Posted 17 years ago

The trailer for the Coen Bros. latest film A SERIOUS MAN is online and it’s already one of my favorite trailers of the year. Who knows what the film will bring (the trailer sells it as a typical dark Coen...

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