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

GI Joe script sucks?

Posted 19 years ago

Say it ain’t so, Joe! Hollywood’s most hated script reviewer, Latino Review’s El Mayimbe, has posted a review of the latest draft of the GI JOE script by Skip Woods and he sadly has nothing pleasant to say about it....

Two join brother Wilson

Posted 19 years ago

Ms. SILENT HILL herself Radha Mitchell and recent Oscar-nominee Adriana Barraza have signed on to co-star with Luke Wilson in the upcoming comedy HENRY POOLE IS HERE. The film will star Wilson as a man who is mistakenly diagnosed as...

Kane/Lynch director is…

Posted 19 years ago

“Kane and Lynch: Dead Men,” the Xbox 360/Playstation 3 video game, isn’t even set for release until this Christmas season but the movie adaptation already has a director. Jieho Lee, who recently wrapped the indie drama THE AIR I BREATHE,...

Roberts turns Evil

Posted 19 years ago

Julia Roberts is rather choosy about her projects lately. Perhaps it’s her twins. Perhaps it was OCEAN’S 12. But we don’t get many Julia Roberts movies anymore. The actress has decided to grace us with her on-screen presence once more...

Suspiria remake?

Posted 19 years ago

Just as the legendary and influential 1977 horror flick SUSPIRIA is about to celebrate its 30th anniversary at the Cannes Film Festival comes word that an English-language remake is in the works. David Gordon Green (ALL THE REAL GIRLS) is...

Butler sails to Island

Posted 19 years ago

Another day, another new project for post-300 superstar Gerard Butler. Just yesterday Butler signed on to star in the sci-fi thriller GAME from the directors of CRANK and today we get word that he’s going in 180 degrees for his...

Sam the supervillain!

Posted 19 years ago

Sam Jackson was so good at playing a megalomaniacal supervillain in UNBREAKABLE and since those sequels are never gonna get off the ground he’s taking his supervillainness elsewhere. Jackson has signed on to star in THE SPIRIT, the upcoming adaptation...

More Taps?

Posted 19 years ago

Do we really need a remake of TAPS? Of course not but we’re getting one anyway. Fox is prepping a remake of the 1981 drama that is probably best known for launching the careers of Tom Cruise and Sean Penn....

Sienna replace Biel

Posted 19 years ago

I’ve still yet to see a movie that starred Sienna Miller despite her considerable level of fame. That will probably change this summer with STARDUST but gee, this girl gets a lot of roles and I’m not even sure why....

Bateman gets revenge

Posted 19 years ago

Jason Bateman and director Joe Carnahan will reteam (after their ever so brief SMOKIN’ ACES team-up) for the upcoming revenge buddy action-comedy THE REMARKABLE FELLOWS. The film is based on a concept Bateman hatched and brought to Carnahan to write...

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