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

ShoWest: Love Guru!

Posted 18 years ago

As he was getting ready to introduce KUNG-FU PANDA at ShoWest, Jeffrey Katzenberg was talking about how he was here seven years ago for SHREK and how that character has been such a good luck charm for him and the...

ShoWest: Kung-Fu Panda!

Posted 18 years ago

The following discusses work-in-progress print from ShoWest. Going in to the KUNG-FU PANDA screening nothing about what I had seen about the film so far gave me reason to be excited about it. Yet I found I was pleasantly surprised...

ShoWest: Tropic Thunder!

Posted 18 years ago

The most fun thing about doing this job is being able to come to you guys and share with you something I’m really excited about and I’m sure you’ll dig (like the 300 or IRON MAN footage at Comic-Con). I’m...

ShoWest: Pics!!

Posted 18 years ago

It’s ShoWest time and I’m hitting up the scene here in Las Vegas. There’s not a HUGE convention floor like at Comic-Con and what floor there is is mostly taken up by popcorn and candy vendors. But there is a...

Review: Hamlet 2

Posted 18 years ago

PLOT: A washed-up actor turned high school drama teacher, launches his most ambitious project yet – a sequel to “Hamlet” – all while dealing with budget cuts, unruly students, a crazy wife and Elisabeth Shue. Yes, Elisabeth Shue. This is...

ShoWest: Monsters footage!

Posted 18 years ago

Just got started at ShoWest and today’s kickoff event was a presentation by DreamWorks Animation. They were there to promote “Ultimate 3-D” and their upcoming release MONSTERS VS. ALIENS. DWA head honcho Jeffrey Katzenberg was there to present the material....

Reese gets Monsters

Posted 18 years ago

In just a few short hours I’ll be heading over to check out a DreamWorks 3-D presentation on MONSTERS VS. ALIENS at ShoWest. To coincide with the footage debut, USA Today has revealed the voice cast for the film along...

Ratner turns Valiant

Posted 18 years ago

Holy crap! I didn’t see this one coming… Brett Ratner has signed on to develop and direct a movie based on the Valiant Comics title HARBINGER for Paramount. HARBINGER was part of the relaunch of Valiant in the early-90s when...

EXCL: Redbelt poster!

Posted 18 years ago

When it was announced that David Mamet would be directing a movie (REDBELT) about the world of mixed martial arts, I was thoroughly confused. It didn’t exactly seem like a world that was ripe for a Mamet adaptation. But apparently...

EXCL: Red Band Grand!

Posted 18 years ago

I love a good poker movie. Maybe that’s perhaps because I enjoy a good poker game. I still get a kick out of ROUNDERS and I’m really looking forward to THE GRAND. Directed by Zak Penn, writer of many comic...

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