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

Review: Penumbra (Fantastic Fest)

Posted 15 years ago

PLOT: A beautiful, young lawyer is looking to sublet an apartment and finds some suspiciously motivated buyers. As she waits for their attorney to arrive to sign the contract, it becomes clear there is something far more sinister going on....

According to Jon Hamm, a Bridesmaids sequel probably isn’t happening

Posted 15 years ago

BRIDESMAIDS, a female-drive R-rated comedy, is currently one of the Top 10 highest grossing comedies of the year. That’s more money than GREEN LANTERN, SUPER 8 and X-MEN: FIRST CLASS. Not too shabby, especially when you consider the film only...

Fantastic Fest: A full list of the winners!

Posted 15 years ago

Last night was the Fantastic Fest Awards Ceremony and as a member of the jury, I was on-hand to partake in the festivities. Heck, I even won an award! But more on that later… I was on hand to present...

Spielberg’s War Horse gets posterized

Posted 15 years ago

Isn’t it weird that this holiday season we’re getting two films from Steven Spielberg? Albeit one is THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN, a mo-cap project Spielberg has been working on for some time, but in December we also get WAR HORSE,...

So who will be writing Ridley Scott’s new Blade Runner film?

Posted 15 years ago

I don’t think anyone yet knows exactly what Ridley Scott is planning to do when he returns to the BLADE RUNNER franchise after almost thirty years. Heck, I’m not even sure if Sir Ridley knows what he wants to do,...

Review: Take Shelter (Fantastic Fest)

Posted 15 years ago

PLOT: An Ohio man struggles with money, work and his young daughter’s deafness. As his stress mounts, he beings to have increasingly vivid nightmares that seem to be warning him of an impending disaster. Is he simply losing his mind...

Review: Livid (Fantastic fest 2011)

Posted 15 years ago

PLOT: A young girl takes up a job as an in-home caregiver to elderly residents. She meets one particularly unusual client – an old woman in a coma living in an abandoned mansion. When the girl learns the woman’s dying...

Review: You’re Next! (Fantastic fest 2011)

Posted 15 years ago

PLOT: A family reunites for their parents 35th anniversary at a secluded home in the woods. As their own tensions and sibling rivalries begin to mount, they must unite against a new enemy – a group of masked assailants who...

Review: Livid (Fantastic Fest)

Posted 15 years ago

Cool Videos: Saturday Night Live brings us lost Top Gun auditions

Posted 15 years ago

“Saturday Night Live” has always done well with those “lost audition tapes” sketches. They’re basically quick and easy excuses for the cast members to trot out some of their lesser-known impressions that aren’t meaty enough for their own skits. But...

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