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

Kal Penn pulls a Joaquin?

Posted 17 years ago

Wow, quitting the acting biz seems to be the in thing to do these days. First it’s Joaquin Phoenix. Then Viggo Mortensen and Nicole Kidman talking about retiring. Mostly though, that’s all bullshit posturing and PR-mongering. HAROLD AND KUMAR star...

Early Bruno review!

Posted 17 years ago

I got word right before the BRUNO footage was slated to debut at SXSW that Universal was holding the first test screening for the film in Marina del Ray. I tried as best I could to mobilize the JoBlo crew...

Nic Cage is nuts

Posted 17 years ago

If you ever watched a movie like THE WICKER MAN and wondered if Nicolas Cage was in on the joke, I present to you this video below. It’s a compilation of ads Cage shot in Japan for pachinko maker Sankyo....

Trek premieres!

Posted 17 years ago

Last night while everyone in Sydney, Australia was getting ready for a swanky red carpet premiere of STAR TREK thinking they’d be the first in the world to see the film, JJ Abrams’ crew was up to something sneaky. Halfway...

Rourke wrestles

Posted 17 years ago

Last night on Wrestlemania XXV, Mickey Rourke held up his end of the bargain, got into a ring with Chris Jericho and did some ole fashioned wrasslin. OK it was more of a right cross and Jericho flopped like a...

Hangover sequel?

Posted 17 years ago

Usually studios like to play the waiting game when it comes to sequels. As in, wait and see how it opens and then we’ll decide on a sequel. But in the case of the upcoming comedy THE HANGOVER, Warner Bros....

More Fast & Furious?

Posted 17 years ago

Looking to capitalize on the enormous success of this weekend’s FAST AND FURIOUS, NBC Universal has rushed another sequel into development. This time they’ve gotten Seth Rogen and Andy Samberg to star as new characters in the franchise. Characters that...

Saw video game pics

Posted 17 years ago

This October, to coincide with the release of the sixth film in the SAW franchise, Konami will release “Saw: The Video Game” on Xbox 360 and PS3 (can you imagine what you could do with the Wiimote on this game?…)....

Raimi no fan of SM3?

Posted 17 years ago

For all of you (like me) who really couldn’t stand SPIDER-MAN 3, you’ve got some pretty good company: Sam Raimi himself. The director spoke to Empire Magazine (via CHUD) and he said that he’s still a little upset at how...

Transformers 3 NOT 3-D

Posted 17 years ago

At the final night award ceremony at ShoWest, Michael Bay kept the press waiting and waiting, long after the stars of SORORITY ROW, Dennis Quaid and Chris Pine had come and gone. But once he finally arrived, Bay didn’t waste...

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