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

Exclusive: Red-band clip from Cost of a Soul!

Posted 15 years ago

I’ll be perfectly honest with you – I didn’t know much about COST OF A SOUL a few weeks ago but once I found out about it, it’s a pretty cool story. Back in August of last year, director Sean...

You can own The Dude’s iconic sweater from The Big Lebowski

Posted 15 years ago

Back in 1998 when prepping THE BIG LEBOWSKI, the film’s costume designer Mary Zophres found a vintage cowichan sweater in Oregon that was perfect for the part of Jeff “The Dude” Lebowski. Three copies of the sweater were made for...

Common sense prevails as NBC passes on Wonder Woman series

Posted 15 years ago

David E. Kelley’s planned “Wonder Woman” TV series never got off on the right foot. Every other network other than NBC passed on the series. A leaked script was widely maligned. And photos of star Adrianne Palicki in her costume...

A Taxi Driver reboot??? Over a year later we have an update!

Posted 15 years ago

UPDATE 2 – Over one year later, despite the reports below that this news was “rubbish,” we have confirmation that Martin Scorsese and Lars von Trier are teaming up for a film. The Hollywood Reporter confirms that Scorsese and Von...

MOVIE POLL # 687

Posted 15 years ago

Strapped for cash, Jack Black gets a Bailout

Posted 15 years ago

While Jack Black is at Cannes promoting KUNG FU PANDA 2, he’s also there wheelin and dealin. Black has signed on to star in BAILOUT, an upcoming comedy directed by Michael Winterbottom, who last directed the decided unfunny THE KILLER...

After the Corps gets theirs, a villain gets a Green Lantern poster

Posted 15 years ago

Up until this point, the only stars of GREEN LANTERN who’ve gotten their own character banner have been members of the Green Lantern Corps. like Hal Jordan, Tomar-Re, Kilowog and Sinestro. But today, the film’s big baddie, Hector Hammond, gets...

Professor X and Mystique freak people out with their powers in this new X-Men clip

Posted 15 years ago

I feel like I should be more excited for X-MEN: FIRST CLASS. I’m a big X-Men fan but there’s something about this new film that just isn’t bringing out a lot of passion in me. The marketing material to date...

Why you won’t see Christian Bale’s cameo in Bridesmaids

Posted 15 years ago

When you think of Christian Bale, you don’t think of guys with a particularly great sense of humor. Perhaps he does in his spare time but, uh, I’ve never seen that side of him. The dude could certainly loosen up...

Letter of the Day: Quentin Tarantino answers a 13-year-olds fan mail

Posted 15 years ago

I don’t picture Quentin Tarantino as the kind of guy who sits around and answers a lot of fanmail, especially those from 13-year-old girls, but back in 1996, that’s precisely what QT was doing. The great website Letters of Note...

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