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

Rumor Buster: Demi Lovato not in Avengers

Posted 16 years ago

It’s the kind of story that would only make its way around the internet on a news week as slow as the one in between Christmas and New Years. Demi Lovato is in talks to star in THE AVENGERS?! Yeah,...

A look back at the 2010 movie trends on JoBlo.com!

Posted 16 years ago

As the year 2010 winds down, we’ll be taking a look back at the past 365 days with a number of features here on JoBlo.com. This one, though, was decided by you. I got our crack research team (i.e., me)...

Steven Spielberg’s alien invasion TV show Falling Skies gets a new trailer

Posted 16 years ago

The Steven Spielberg produced alien invasion series “Falling Skies” doesn’t premiere until June but TNT is already getting a jump on the advertising with a brand new trailer for the series. Noah Wyle and Moon Bloodgood star in the series...

The Avengers fighting the Skrull? Not so fast…

Posted 16 years ago

Back in 2009, CHUD’s then writer Devin Faraci reported from Comic-Con that he believed the villain in THE AVENGERS would not be Hulk, as had been widely rumored, but instead The Skrulls. Marvel owns the cinematic rights to the Skrull...

Update: Injured Spider-Man actor walking for the first time since fall off stage

Posted 16 years ago

UPDATE – In a related story, another injured actor from the production, Natalie Mendoza, who suffered a concussion when a piece of equipment hit her in the head off-stage, is leaving the show. Mendoza, who played the villainous Arachne, has...

Weekend Box-Office: December 24-26, 2010

Posted 16 years ago

WEEKEND BOX-OFFICE Terrible reviews can’t stop The Fockers Despite a Rotten Tomatoes rating that was somehow less than both YOGI BEAR and GULLIVER’S TRAVELS, the third Focker movie, LITTLE FOCKERS, opened in the #1 slot over the Christmas weekend with...

MOVIE POLL # 647

Posted 16 years ago

Darren Aronofsky interviews Natalie Portman on Black Swan

Posted 16 years ago

Junket interviews are not always the most informative, especially when they’re on video because of the short amount of time you have with the talent. But when Darren Aronofsky sits down to interview Natalie Portman, the star of his film...

A new trailer for Drive Angry 3D brings some grindhouse flavor

Posted 16 years ago

I had originally heard from a few people I trust that DRIVE ANGRY 3D, which screened at Butt-Numb-A-Thon in Austin earlier this month, was pretty bad. But then I talked to some more people about the film yesterday who were...

Christian Bale to star in Zhang Yimou’s epic Nanjing Massacre

Posted 16 years ago

Though THE DARK KNIGHT RISES looms large on the horizon, Christian Bale has signed on to another big-budget epic set to begin filming next year. Chinese director Zhang Yimou (HERO, HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS) announced yesterday that Bale has signed...

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