Mike Sampson

4,524 Articles Published

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

Brand remakes Arthur

Posted 18 years ago

I was never a big fan of ARTHUR. Dudley Moore, Liza Minnelli and that God awful theme song just didn’t speak to a little kid who was more interested in STAR WARS or “Transformers.” It’s a generational thing, I suppose,...

They Live lives!

Posted 18 years ago

If you pressed me to make a list of my favorite movies from the 1980s, I’d have to think that John Carpenter’s THEY LIVE would be very close to the top. It’s just genius on a lot of levels from...

Money Shots #65

Posted 18 years ago

The Money Shots is a regular column here at JoBlo.com highlighting some of the very best scenes in movie history (at least according to us). All are presented to you in near DVD quality and in extended format. Money Shots...

Che trailer

Posted 18 years ago

It’s unusual that a trailer for a movie debuts just about a week before it hits theaters but that’s what has happened with Steven Soderbergh’s CHE. The film is set to open in limited theaters next weekend and just today...

TDK lights up iTunes

Posted 18 years ago

When it’s released next Tuesday, you can be sure that THE DARK KNIGHT will break pretty much all available home video records. DVD, Blu-ray, sales, rentals…the whole magilla. But THE DARK KNIGHT has already set a pretty impressive record. Apple...

Indie Spirit noms

Posted 18 years ago

The nominations for the 2009 Independent Spirit Awards were announced yesterday and one of the big winners was Oscar favorite RACHEL GETTING MARRIED. The Anne Hathaway film scored six nominations tying it with BALLAST and FROZEN RIVER for the most...

Money Shots #64

Posted 18 years ago

More Wolvie pics!

Posted 18 years ago

The first official trailer (outside of the Comic-Con teaser) for X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE will premiere next week in theaters with THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL. There are reports though that an official version of that trailer won’t appear online...