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

Check out the latest parody trailer for The Muppets

Posted 15 years ago

I was a huge fan of the original “Green With Envy” parody trailer for THE MUPPETS. It took most everyone by surprise who saw it in theaters and was a very Muppet-esque way to reintroduce the characters. The second parody...

Steven Spielberg looking to reboot Jurassic Park

Posted 15 years ago

A fourth JURASSIC PARK film has been in the works since early 2002, just after the third film hit theaters. Over the years, a number of talented people, including William Monahan, John Sayles and Joe Johnston, have been working on...

MOVIE POLL # 697

Posted 15 years ago

David O. Russell attached to yet another project, this time Angelina Jolie’s Maleficent

Posted 15 years ago

As things were heating up on ALICE IN WONDERLAND, the critically reviled Tim Burton film that nevertheless went on to gross over $334 million in the US alone, Disney got the bright idea to reboot another of their classic characters....

New tweaks to the Best Picture nominee system make number of nominees a mystery

Posted 15 years ago

In the latest attempt by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to tweak and fine-tune the Best Picture race at the Oscars, the Academy yesterday voted to add a new element of surprise to the proceedings. Just a...

New Bellflower trailer features lots of flames

Posted 15 years ago

BELLFLOWER is a movie that screened at both Sundance and SXSW earlier this year. I saw it at the later. And I hated it. OK, hate is probably not fair. I actively loathed this movie. I can’t remember the last...

Darren Aronofsky in talks with Christian Bale for Noah

Posted 15 years ago

Darren Aronofsky hasn’t had the easiest time selling studios on his ambitious epic based on the biblical story of Noah and his ark. Even though he’s got production company New Regency on board for half the budget (currently estimated at...

Joel Silver planning big-screen adaptation of Ben 10

Posted 15 years ago

Joel Silver and his Warner Bros. based production company Dark Castle have signed on to develop a live-action movie based on the popular Cartoon Network series “Ben 10.” Silver is perhaps best known for his adult-oriented fare like LETHAL WEAPON,...

New sneak peek at Cowboys & Aliens shows off some new footage

Posted 15 years ago

Spike TV’s “Guys Choice Awards,” which awards the best in…stuff that…guys like?, aired over the weekend and included a new, extended TV spot for COWBOYS & ALIENS. While TV spot makes you think “commercial,” this is more like a new...

Which JJ Abrams regular performed motion capture work as the Super 8 monster?

Posted 15 years ago

Some mild spoilers below… Earlier this spring, I had a chance to see about 20 minutes of SUPER 8 and talk a little bit with JJ Abrams afterward. At his request, the conversation was informal and not recorded for the...

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