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

Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin planning to reteam on another unfunny movie

Posted 15 years ago

Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin are in talks to reunite for an upcoming comedy to be directed by Adam Shankman, their producer and director for their job co-hosting the Oscars in 2010. Not much is known about the film yet...

Hulu battling Netflix for rights to the Arrested Development miniseries

Posted 15 years ago

Earlier this week it was reported that the “Arrested Development” team was officially reteaming for a limited-run TV series that would lead into the long-awaited feature film. At the time, it was reported that Showtime and Netflix were in the...

Cool Videos: Ren & Stimpy creator John K. directs Simpsons couch gag

Posted 15 years ago

Things were not always rosy between early-90s animation staples “Ren & Stimpy” and “The Simpsons.” The creator of the former, John Kricfalusi, had taken some pot shots against “The Simpsons” in the press saying that the series succeeded despite some...

Get a look at how Dragon Tattoo posters are made, set to the score by Trent Reznor

Posted 15 years ago

Did you ever wonder how your movie posters were made? With lots of bad Photoshop, right? ZING! But bad jokes aside, most people probably don’t think too much about how a poster goes from an artist’s hard drive to your...

Blake Lively is the latest actress to pass on Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Posted 15 years ago

I’m not normally one for posting news when an actor passes on a project (that happens far too often for that to be news) but in the case of PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES, it brings up a larger issue...

Universal Soldier to become a TV show, likely a bad one

Posted 15 years ago

Remember UNIVERSAL SOLDIER? That kinda good 1992 movie with Jean Claude Van-Damme and Dolph Lundgren that inexplicably launched a franchise of pretty terrible sequels? Heck, JCVD and Dolph just wrapped a 3D reboot subtitled A NEW DIMENSION that will be...

Cool Videos: Watch a 4-year-old react to the end of Empire Strikes Back

Posted 15 years ago

I don’t remember the first time I saw EMPIRE STRIKES BACK but I was probably the age of the kid in this video below. And I don’t remember exactly how I reacted when I found out the evil Darth Vader...

New Star Trek comics will act of a prequel of sorts to the next movie

Posted 15 years ago

STAR TREK 2 doesn’t begin filming until February but if you’re a die-hard Trekkie, there’s a way for you to get your fix a little early. IDW Publishing is relaunching their “Star Trek” comic book line with a new series...

Review: We Need to Talk About Kevin (Fantastic Fest)

Posted 15 years ago

PLOT: Eva is a woman seemingly full of life. She meets Franklin, a man she falls for immediately. After an unexpected pregnancy, she struggles with her worth and abilities as a mother – especially when it turns out their son,...

Review: The Day (Fantastic Fest)

Posted 15 years ago

PLOT: Set in a post-apocalyptic world, five survivors roam the wasteland looking for food, water and shelter. They find the latter in a seemingly abandoned house. But when they accidentally set off an alarm, they realize the true owners are...

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