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

Frye? Frye? Cameron’s house from Ferris Bueller up for sale

Posted 16 years ago

“The place is like a museum. It’s very beautiful and very cold, and you’re not allowed to touch anything.” So says Ferris in FERRIS BUELLER’S DAY OFF of his best friend’s home. We never see Cameron Frye’s parents but we...

Usually the best predictor of Oscar success, the Producers Guild names nominees

Posted 16 years ago

The Producers Guild Awards are usually very good at forecasting who will be nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars (as for who will win, that hasn’t always been as accurate). The PGA released their list of nominees for Best...

Did Matt Damon have an “abs double” in True Grit?

Posted 16 years ago

If you’ve seen TRUE GRIT, you probably had a few things on your mind after the movie. One was probably concerning that member of Ned Pepper’s gang who had an…unusual way of communicating. Another, if you stayed through the credits,...

Cool Videos: Guillermo del Toro’s 1991 Alka Seltzer commercial

Posted 16 years ago

Really this video needs no more context or description than what’s already include in the article’s headline but I’ll help fill in the blanks a little bit. This is, indeed, a Mexican commercial that Guillermo del Toro directed in 1991...

Clash of the Titans, Inception actor Pete Postlethwaite dies at 64

Posted 16 years ago

Venerable character actor Pete Postlethwaite, who starred in CLASH OF THE TITANS, INCEPTION and THE TOWN this year, has died at the age of 64. Poslethwaite, one of the great “That Guy” actors of our generation, had been receiving treatment...

Quentin Tarantino’s Top 20 Films of 2010

Posted 16 years ago

Should ever Quentin Tarantino ever find himself bored in between writing and directing his movies, he could probably have a career as one of the best film critics out there. Sadly we only hear dribs and drabs of what Tarantino...

Weekend Box-Office: December 31 – January 2

Posted 16 years ago

WEEKEND BOX-OFFICE A double dose of Fockers… The New Years weekend is always a slow one at the box-office and the first weekend of 2011 was no different. The only new release this weekend – The Weinstein Co’s BLUE VALENTINE...

MOVIE POLL # 648

Posted 16 years ago

Cool Videos: Samuel L. Jackson likes to say motherf-cker

Posted 16 years ago

Sam Jackson likes to say motherf*cker a lot. If he were on “Inside the Actor’s Studio” and was asked by James Lipton (as he asks everyone), “What is your favorite curse word?” Sam Jackson would surely shout “‘motherf*cker,’ motherf*cker!” But...

Mondo Tees reveals its last posters in the Star Wars series

Posted 16 years ago

Ready to battle your fellow nerds for some limited edition STAR WARS posters? Right before Christmas, Mondo Tees posted three STAR WARS posters (one each for the original trilogy films) by artist Olly Moss and they sold out in less...

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