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

Fanboys love Batman

Posted 18 years ago

If you’re writing for a profession, I can almost guarantee you’ve gotten some hate mail. And if you’re writing on the internet for a profession, I’m sure you’ve gotten a LOT of hate mail. I’ve gotten plenty and so has...

Jay talks JLA and Seth

Posted 18 years ago

Just yesterday I had the opportunity to talk with TROPIC THUNDER star Jay Baruchel on the phone. Yes, it was a beautifully sunny in New Jersey but I stayed inside to talk to Jay, who I think is one of...

Triumph at Comic-Con!

Posted 18 years ago

If our scads of Comic-Con coverage wasn’t enough for you or didn’t feature enough dog puppets spitting out one-liners, then you’ve got to check out the report filed by Triumph the Insult Comic Dog. Seriously, you gotta check it out.

Next Bat villain odds

Posted 18 years ago

Back before THE DARK KNIGHT was released, our resident Top Ten expert Jim Law gave us his list of who Christopher Nolan and his team of geniuses should consider as the villain for whatever the next film in his Batman...

GI Joe does The Thing

Posted 18 years ago

OK, this just about wins the award for the coolest thing I’ve seen in a really long time. It’s a six-minute remake of John Carpenter’s THE THING using stop-motion animation and GI Joe action figures. It’s impeccably animated and beautifully...

Cage Scared Straight

Posted 18 years ago

Nicolas Cage and John Carpenter doing a prison riot thriller? Now about 20 years ago this would have been a dream come true. But now – as Cage and Carpenter plan to team on SCARED STRAIGHT – I wonder whether...

Prince of Persia delay

Posted 18 years ago

Not content to let one of their potential blockbusters get crushed by giant, transforming robots, Disney has decided to push PRINCE OF PERSIA back a full year to Memorial Day 2010. The movie was originally scheduled for release on June...

CON: Best and Worst

Posted 18 years ago

Well the Comic-Con is over and I’m just starting to recuperate about five days later. Boy those flights out of San Diego were a bitch, eh? The Con is always a lot of hard work and hard partying but now...

Venom: The Movie?!

Posted 18 years ago

Since the very first SPIDER-MAN film, comic fans have been clamoring for their big-screen fix of their favorite Spidey villain Venom. They got their wish in SPIDER-MAN 3 only that movie wasn’t all that good and Venom only appeared for...

Pineapple premiere!

Posted 18 years ago

Stay tuned here because at 6:30pm PST/9:30pm EST, we’ll have live coverage from the red carpet premiere of PINEAPPLE EXPRESS! You can watch below as the cast members come by to wave, say hello and talk about the movie. Best...

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