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

Bateman joins Garner

Posted 20 years ago

Jason Bateman has signed on to reteam with Jennifer Garner in the upcoming comedy JUNO. Bateman, who stars with Garner in the Peter Berg thriller THE KINGDOM, joins Garner, Ellen Page and Allison Janney in the film about a young...

Scorsese for kids?

Posted 20 years ago

After returning to classic gangster mode with THE DEPARTED, Martin Scorsese is looking to veer off in a completely different direction – a kids movie. Scorsese is in talks to direct THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET, a children’s novel by...

Prom Night script review

Posted 20 years ago

I had stated the other day I was a big fan of the earlier PROM NIGHT movies (just Parts 1 and 2) so I was eager to read the script for the new Sony/Screen Gems remake. That eagerness wore off...

RE:Extinction trailer

Posted 20 years ago

Say what you will about the RESIDENT EVIL movies but the trailers supporting them have actually been pretty cool. The latest trailer for the latest RESIDENT EVIL – subtitled EXTINCTION – has been unleashed on us courtesy of Yahoo! Movies....

Transformers cars

Posted 20 years ago

GM yesterday revealed looks at four new cars featured in TRANSFORMERS at the “ten” pre-Oscar party. Says Mike Jackson, GM North America vice president, marketing and advertising of the partnership between Paramount’s TRANSFORMERS and GM’s vehicles: “It represents the perfect...

Reeves a Watchman?

Posted 20 years ago

Before you Alan Moore fanboys get your tighty whiteys in a twist, Keanu Reeves won’t be starring as Dr. Manhattan in THE WATCHMEN. Reeves has though signed on to star in the upcoming crime drama THE NIGHT WATCHMEN. The film,...

Snow on Prom Night

Posted 20 years ago

Back in the mid-80s when I would troll through the video store looking for horror flicks, one of the first ones I picked out was PROM NIGHT (perhaps I was a bit prescient seeing how my actual prom would be...

Grace is Taken

Posted 20 years ago

Maggie Grace, she of former “Lost” fame, has signed on to star alongside Liam Neeson in the thriller TAKEN. Grace will play the daughter of Neeson’s character who is kidnapped and forced into the slave trade. Neeson, a pissed off...

Howard clears Cache

Posted 20 years ago

Ron Howard is focusing his sights on remaking the 2005 French thriller CACHE for Universal and Imagine. The original film, which starred Juliette Binoche, focused on a family who begin to receive mysterious videotapes on their front steps. As the...

Saw 4 coming…ZZzzz

Posted 20 years ago

I’m not surprised at all that Lionsgate is moving ahead with SAW 4 – heck, Part 3 made over $80 million just in the US – but I am a little surprised Darren Bousman is returning to direct the fourth...

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