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

After 12 Oscar nominations, The Weinstein Co. to reedit The King’s Speech

Posted 16 years ago

Your film, THE KING’S SPEECH, was just nominated for 12 Oscars, the most of any film this year. So what do you do? If you’re Harvey Weinstein, you do what you do best – you take the film in the...

Exclusive: Boobs and beat downs in this red band Mechanic clip!

Posted 16 years ago

During this past Sunday’s football games, I repeatedly saw the commercial for THE MECHANIC. Normally I get sick of repetitive commercials (especially for movies) but I couldn’t help but love every time Jason Statham pops out of the water and...

The 2011 Warner Bros. Preview!

Posted 16 years ago

Diversity seems to be the name of the game for Warner Bros. in 2011. They’ve got big superhero blockbusters (GREEN LANTERN), big teen franchises (HARRY POTTER), horror films (FINAL DESTINATION, THE APPARITION), comedies (HANGOVER 2, HALL PASS), kids flicks (DOLPHIN...

Battle: Los Angeles gets a new international poster (and title)

Posted 16 years ago

Apparently people around the globe aren’t that concerned if aliens are invading Los Angeles. While BATTLE: LOS ANGELES focuses on the SoCal specifics of a worldwide alien invasion, Sony Pictures felt the title wouldn’t exactly draw international audiences so they’ve...

The 83rd Academy Award nominations!

Posted 16 years ago

This morning at 8:30am EST/5:30am PST, the nominations for the 83rd Annual Academy Awards will be announced in Hollywood. Last year’s Best Supporting Actress, Mo’Nique will join Tom Sherak, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, to...

No surprise here as Last Airbender leads the Razzie nominations

Posted 16 years ago

THE LAST AIRBENDER was surely one of the worst movies I saw last year so it’s no surprise that M. Night Shyamalan’s latest disaster has topped the nominations for the 2010 Razzie Awards. AIRBENDER racked up 9 total nominations, tying...

So what lucky buyer snagged the rights to Kevin Smith’s Red State? Kevin Smith.

Posted 16 years ago

Kevin Smith’s RED STATE had its world premiere last night at Sundance (our review will be up this afternoon) and, as promised, Smith held an auction at the end of the screening for distribution rights to his film. But unlike...

The 2011 Universal Pictures preview!

Posted 16 years ago

It’s a big year for Universal in 2011. They’ve got films from heavy hitters like James Cameron (who produced SANCTUM), Steven Spielberg and Jon Favreau (COWBOYS & ALIENS), Judd Apatow (BRIDESMAIDS and WANDERLUST) and Tom Hanks (LARRY CROWNE). Though COWBOYS...

Kevin Smith to hold a live, public auction at Sundance for the rights to Red State

Posted 16 years ago

Normally at Sundance, when a studio or distributor is looking to pick up the rights to the film, it begins at an after-party and negotiating goes on all night at a condo. Kevin Smith’s producer Jon Gordon says that’s “boring”...

Matthew Vaughn talks X-Men controversy plus even more new pics

Posted 16 years ago

Just last night I was commenting on Twitter, wondering aloud how that horrible early shot from X-MEN: FIRST CLASS ever made it through approvals at Fox. Turns out director Matthew Vaughn was wondering the same thing. Vaughn called Slashfilm last...

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