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

Hanna director Joe Wright calls Sucker Punch “bullshit”

Posted 15 years ago

We’ll have a formal review later this week but for my money, HANNA is one of the best films of the year so far. Yes, it’s only early-April but I’d be very surprised if I couldn’t find some love for...

Lily Collins set to star as Snow White alongside Julia Roberts as the Evil Queen

Posted 15 years ago

In the battle of the Snow White movies, Relativity’s SNOW WHITE seems to be getting the upper-hand as they’ve found an actress to play their title character while last week the competing project, Universal’s SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN, lost...

Not at WonderCon? We’ve got the Green Lantern footage for you right here!

Posted 15 years ago

If you’re like me and not at WonderCon this weekend, fear not. We’re bringing you the best of the fest in your living room. Earlier today it was five WonderCon exclusive posters for THE IMMORTALS and now, we’ve got a...

Ryan Reynolds gets animated for the DreamWorks toon Turbo

Posted 15 years ago

Ryan Reynolds has signed on to voice his second DreamWorks Animation movie, this time playing a snail in the upcoming TURBO. TURBO follows the very formulaic DreamWorks-style plot of a down-and-out character who suddenly finds himself with abilities unusual to...

Cool Videos: James Franco takes to Letterman to address his Oscar hosting

Posted 15 years ago

For the first time since hosting the Oscars to less than stellar reviews, James Franco addressed the situation on “The Late Show with David Letterman.” Franco was ostensibly there to promote YOUR HIGHNESS but Letterman, another once-scrutinized Oscar host, got...

The latest reboot is Indiana Jones! Spielberg is out, Abrams is in.

Posted 15 years ago

GULP. You feared this day was coming and now it’s actually here. The INDIANA JONES reboot. I repeat: GULP. According to Deadline, instead of proceeding with a fifth INDIANA JONES film that had been in development, Paramount Pictures will instead...

Source Code is the best reviewed studio movie of the year so far and why that’s great news

Posted 15 years ago

SOURCE CODE, the second film from auteur-in-the-making Duncan Jones, hits theaters tomorrow and currently stands atop Rotten Tomatoes as the best reviewed movie of 2011 with an impressive 93% approval rating. While this may change slightly in the next day...

A Clockwork Orange coming to special edition Blu-ray this May!

Posted 15 years ago

A CLOCKWORK ORANGE is currently available on Blu-ray and it’s possible that many of you own it. But even if you do, I think you’ll still want to pick up the brand new A CLOCKWORK ORANGE: 40TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION, which...

Two clips from Attack the Block but should you watch them?

Posted 15 years ago

Two clips from SXSW smash ATTACK THE BLOCK are now online but the real question is whether you should actually watch them. I’ll readily admit that part of the fun and success of the midnight screenings in Austin was that...

Get your first look at Amber Heard in Playboy

Posted 15 years ago

I thought you might click on that headline… While Amber Heard isn’t posing in the pages of Playboy just yet, she is starring in “The Playboy Club,” an upcoming NBC series about the early days of the Playboy Club in...

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