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

Matty McC is Grackle

Posted 18 years ago

That headline might be one of the most cryptic I’ve ever typed but I don’t know a better way to convey that Matthew McConaughey is set to star in a comedy called THE GRACKLE for New Line. I’m not exactly...

Carell is Despicable

Posted 18 years ago

Back in 2007 Universal, eager to jumpstart their own animation unit, lured head of Fox Animation Chris Meledandri to their studio. That deal is already paying off as Meledandri has set his first animated film at Universal and convinced pal...

2012 teaser online

Posted 18 years ago

Say what you will about Roland Emmerich (and we here certainly have said our fair share) – the dude can cut a f*cking trailer. While the vast majority of his actual films have been wildly disappointing, he has the uncanny...

Worthington has Debt

Posted 18 years ago

Sam Worthington, the hottest actor that nobody knows, has signed on to yet another project. The actor will co-star with Helen Mirren in the upcoming thriller DEBT. The film, a remake of the Israeli film HA-HOV, follows two Mossad agents...

Paris finds Happiness?

Posted 18 years ago

UPDATE – A longtime JoBlo reader writes in with some detail on Paris’ role in the film. Don’t get your hopes up for an Oscar nomination. Hilton is essentially playing herself in an extended cameo. A mother is telling a...

Jerry Garcia movie

Posted 18 years ago

I don’t profess to know much, if anything, about The Grateful Dead, but it’s heard to imagine their story not making an interesting movie. Now it looks like the life of Jerry Garcia will get the biopic treatment from the...

AITH talks w/ legends

Posted 18 years ago

Arrow in the Head has a fascinating recurring feature titled “Time Out with Horror Legends” where our own JimmyO sits and talks to, well, a horror legend. In the past they’ve talked to Gunnar Hansen, Lisa Wilcox, Amanda Wyss, Heather...

6 Watchmen posters

Posted 18 years ago

Six new character posters for WATCHMEN have been released throughout the web today highlighting The Comedian, Silk Spectre, Ozymandias, Nite Owl, Rorschach and Dr. Manhattan. What these have to do with the previous teaser posters featuring Comedian and Rorschach remains...

This Week’s Releases

Posted 18 years ago

You can always check into our UPCOMING MOVIES section for all of the latest info on all the upcoming movie releases, but here’s what’s opening this week –> FILMS IN WIDE RELEASE QUANTUM OF SOLACE QUANTUM OF SOLACE continues the...

Beyonce a superhero?

Posted 18 years ago

Can you see Beyonce Knowles as Wonder Woman? Yeah, neither can I. And I say that not because Beyonce is black because frankly that part of it doesn’t bother me at all. It’s just that I’m enjoying this new era...

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