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

Titanic set for 3D re-release next year on the 100th anniversary of the ship setting sail

Posted 15 years ago

TITANIC is one of those movies that seemed good when it came up but after the hype dies down and you revisit it a few years later…well, not so good. In fact, I’ve never watched TITANIC again since the first...

Yet another Green Lantern poster, this time for Abin Sur

Posted 15 years ago

Abin Sur is sur (pun intended) to not be in GREEN LANTERN for much time at all. As you’ve seen in the trailer, it’s his escape from Oa and crash-landing on Earth that allows Hal Jordan to inherit the ring...

Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg set to reteam for football comedy Turkey Bowl

Posted 15 years ago

I’m still surprised that Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg starred together in the first place and now comes word that the two actors are set to reteam on an upcoming Warner Bros. film. The OTHER GUYS stars have signed on...

Exclusive: Keanu Reeves passes on Akira, now what?

Posted 15 years ago

Earlier this month, Warner Bros., in yet another attempt to get an A-list star with international appeal to anchor the increasingly expensive AKIRA, began informal talks with Keanu Reeves about taking the lead role in the film. The discussions were...

WB looks to Merlin to keep the wizardry going after Harry Potter ends

Posted 15 years ago

While YOUR HIGHNESS attempted to poke fun at the “swords and sorcery” genre (to mixed success), Warner Bros. is looking to take it seriously with a big-budget MERLIN picture in the works. The studio has bought the rights to THE...

The Muppets strut their stuff in the first teaser poster

Posted 15 years ago

Usually when you see The Muppets on-screen they’re either sitting or you see them from the waist up. There were the rare occasions in the movies when you’d see a full-bodied Muppet like when Kermit rides his bicycle in THE...

Take a gander at the first Adventures of Tintin trailer!

Posted 15 years ago

I’ll admit to being a TINTIN neophyte. I know next to nothing about the mythology of the character but I remember one time incurring the wrath of Garth Franklin over at Dark Horizons when I said I wasn’t a fan....

Cool Videos: Live action Ambiguously Gay Duo

Posted 15 years ago

As has been par for the course this season, this weekend’s “Saturday Night Live” was a mixed bag. Host Ed Helms was barely there and most of the sketches limped along. But there was one stand-out. Robert Smigel’s “Ambiguously Gay...

Over 40 new images from X-Men: First Class now online!

Posted 15 years ago

As I said the other day, I’m still not sure what to expect from X-MEN: FIRST CLASS but we’ve got over 40 new photos from the film to help sort it out. We’ve got better looks at some of the...

Bruce Willis fires away in the first photo from Looper

Posted 15 years ago

So far we’ve seen nothing from Rian Johnson’s LOOPER, his highly anticipated follow-up to THE BROTHERS BLOOM. But the film just screened some footage at Cannes (likely to drum up interest from the studios as the film was produced independently)...

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