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

Kevin Costner joins Django Unchained! I repeat: Kevin Costner joins Django Unchained!

Posted 15 years ago

I’ve long been a fan of Kevin Costner and felt he was unfairly shunned by Hollywood after WATERWORLD and THE POSTMAN. Why did John Travolta get his big, fancy (and unnecessary) comeback while Costner was busy not getting any roles?...

Upcoming Spidey villain Rhys Ifans joins Bond 23

Posted 15 years ago

Last week came news that Naomie Harris had officially signed on to star in BOND 23 as the classic character Miss Moneypenny and the casting continues this week as Rhys Ifans, soon to be The Lizard in THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN,...

What will you see after the Captain America credits?

Posted 15 years ago

If you don’t like spoilers, even for your post-credit sequences, I’d look away now… As I’m sure you know, Marvel likes to add little “stingers” to the end of their movies that tease the next movie coming out. IRON MAN...

What Did You Think? We want your Harry Potter review!

Posted 15 years ago

It’s still early (the movie only opens today) but HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS, PART 2 already has a staggering 97% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. That’s infringing on Pixar territory. Our own Chris Bumbray enjoyed it thoroughly and...

Captain America is screening at Comic-Con and we can get you in!

Posted 15 years ago

Remember all that talk about how Marvel wasn’t going to have a presence at Comic-Con this year? Not entirely true. You may have heard that they’re planning some very big and exciting things at their booth on the convention center...

Quentin Tarantino returns to acting for a role in Franco Nero’s next western

Posted 15 years ago

Back when we had no idea what Quentin Tarantino’s next project would be, we heard from legendary spaghetti western star Franco Nero that he would be working with Tarantino on his next project. Now that DJANGO UNCHAINED has been announced...

Saddle up for these two new clips from Cowboys & Aliens

Posted 15 years ago

I wish I could tell you what I thought about COWBOYS & ALIENS…but I can’t. (Damn you, embargoes!!) But I can tell you that there are two new clips from the film online that you can check out for yourself....

Tobey Maguire out, John Cusack in for Lee Daniels’ next

Posted 15 years ago

PRECIOUS director Lee Daniels has had a tough time finding the right follow-up to his Oscar-nominated hit but looks to finally have settled on THE PAPERBOY. The project looked to be in jeopardy when star Tobey Maguire left the project...

MacGruber star Will Forte is a late addition to the Rock of Ages cast

Posted 15 years ago

I could go on and on about the insane comic genius of Will Forte but hopefully most of you know this by now. MACGRUBER, wrongfully ignored upon its theatrical release, is a cult classic while it was plain to see...

Bridesmaids director Paul Feig in talks to direct Bridget Jones reboot

Posted 15 years ago

It was only a matter a time after the blockbuster success of BRIDESMAIDS that Paul Feig was wooed to direct a franchise pic. I was hoping it would be GHOSTBUSTERS 3 (I mean, why not reunite him with Glen Stupnitsky...

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