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

Victoria’s Secret model Marisa Miller joins Ryan Reynolds in RIPD

Posted 15 years ago

Strasberg? Stella Adler? Stanislavski? Hacks! If you really want to break through as an actor, you might want to try Victoria. Marisa Miller is just the latest Victoria’s Secret model to cross over into acting, signing on to co-star with...

Ben Affleck to direct a first-person shooter movie?

Posted 15 years ago

Hollywood has long tried to adapt first-person shooter games into movies with limited success. Sure the RESIDENT EVIL franchise is still going strong, but what about DOOM (or HALO, which never made it to the screen)? But now Hollywood is...

Universal consults its Ouija board and says GOODBYE to the live-action movie

Posted 15 years ago

Universal had been working with producer Michael Bay on a feature film version of the classic board game OUIJA since 2008 but earlier this week finally gave up and put the film into turnaround. Rumors of OUIJA’s demise have been...

Missed it the first time around? Transformers 3 returning to IMAX theaters

Posted 15 years ago

TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON badly wants to be the biggest movie of 2011 but stands frustratingly behind HARRY POTTER by about $20 million. But Paramount has a last minute push to try and get TF3 to the top spot:...

Justin Lin sets a new deal at Universal, schedules a bunch of new films

Posted 15 years ago

Justin Lin could’ve used his newfound FAST FIVE clout to head off and direct a sequel or reboot at another studio, but Lin was so happy with his experiences at Universal he passed on a number of high-profile gigs (DIE...

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Wimp Building: The Making of “Skinny Steve” in Captain America

Posted 15 years ago

When we look back at the special effects of Summer 2011, perhaps all the attention will be focused on RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES; a surprise success that somehow made critics realize a mo-cap performance could be nominated...

Cool Videos: Disney creates Lion King bloopers for the 3D re-release

Posted 15 years ago

Not a big LION KING fan. There, I said it. RAGE if you must but I didn’t like it when I saw it in theaters and revisited it as an adult and didn’t like it then either. Just a little...

Don’t feel bad, Sean Penn didn’t really get The Tree of Life either

Posted 15 years ago

Sean Penn didn’t do any press for Terrence Malick’s TREE OF LIFE (though he did make a brief red carpet appearance at the Cannes premiere) and now we may know why. In an interview with French newspaper Le Figaro, he...

Rambo: Last Stand script completed but will Stallone return?

Posted 15 years ago

Last May, Sylvester Stallone told Empire Magazine, “I think Rambo’s pretty well done,” adding that he was “99% sure” there wouldn’t be another film. But now, CONAN THE BARBARIAN writer Sean Hood told the very same Empire Magazine, he just...

AITH Review: Conan the Barbarian

Posted 15 years ago

[Ed. note: During yesterday’s press screening for CONAN THE BARBARIAN in Monteral, the power went out 20 minutes into the presentation. Theater management was unable to get power back up and running and the screening was canceled. Our regular critic...

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