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

Perry plays Efron

Posted 19 years ago

Matthew Perry has signed on to play the older version of Zac Efron in the upcoming age-switch movie 17. The film will star Perry as a smart ass father who wakes up and finds that he’s back to his 17-year-old...

Jake Willie Namath

Posted 19 years ago

Jake Gyllenhaal has signed on to star as former Jets quarterback Joe Namath in an upcoming Universal biopic. Producers had long been after Namath for a biopic but he only recently agreed after a strong pitch by writer David Hollander...

Rogen meets Huey?

Posted 19 years ago

What could Seth Rogen and Huey Lewis be doing at lunch together? Perhaps discussing where the heart of rock and roll is a-beating or perhaps discussing the theme song to Rogen’s next flick. According to Entertainment Weekly, Rogen is working...

Terminator poster contest!

Posted 19 years ago

I’m always a fan of poster contests and from the looks of things, you guys are too (JoBlo readers have won two prior poster contests). So even though this is for a TV show, it’s being able to create a...

Meet the Joker!

Posted 19 years ago

As you may have heard, Empire Magazine is unveiling a new photo of Heath Ledger as The Joker from THE DARK KNIGHT. The teaser page from Empire is still missing about five pieces but we’ve got a look at the...

NT2:BOS on YouTube

Posted 19 years ago

NATIONAL TREASURE 2: BOOK OF SECRETS has joined up with YouTube to present an interest little contest. They’ve created a NT2:BOS channel on YouTube where you can watch all the video associated with the film. Not necessarily so interesting, right?...

Ruffalo joins DiCaprio

Posted 19 years ago

As I was reading the novel SHUTTER ISLAND last month, I immediately thought of Mark Ruffalo as the actor who would join Leonardo DiCaprio in the upcoming Martin Scorsese adaptation. The description by Dennis Lehane just made me think of...

New Sweeney posters

Posted 19 years ago

SWEENEY TODD is set for release in just a few weeks and I still can’t decide what to think of it. I wonder if the musical scenes will really take people by surprise when they see it in theaters. I...

INT: Timothy Olyphant

Posted 19 years ago

Timothy Olyphant was in town a couple days ago. He decided to call JoBlo Headquarters. We talked about HITMAN, breaking into cars and the Winnipeg Jets for a good 15 minutes. And my tape recorder caught none of it. Depending...

Review: Hitman

Posted 19 years ago

PLOT: Agent 47 has been educated to become a professional assassin for hire, whose most powerful weapons are his nerve and a resolute pride in his work. The hunter becomes the hunted when 47 gets caught up in a political...

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