Mike Sampson

Mike Sampson is the Editor-in-Chief of ScreenCrush. He studied to become a lawyer and worked as an architectural planner after graduating college but neither of these professions afforded him the opportunity to watch movies and TV for a living. He previously served as the Editor-in-Chief of JoBlo.com for 10 years. He lives in New Jersey and probably spends too much time playing video games and overthinking things.

The Lonely Island Debut Two New Songs From ‘Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping’

One of the most exciting things about a new movie from The Lonely Island (Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone and Akiva Schafer) is that we also get a new Lonely Island album. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping opens in theaters on June 3, but you don’t have to wait until next month to get a listen to some of the new songs from the mockumentary...

‘Captain America: Civil War’ Writers Say They Were Never Going to Kill Off [SPOILER]

The following article contains spoilers for Captain America: Civil War. For years, long before Marvel ever announced Captain America: Civil War, comic book fans have been speculating about whether the movie version of Captain America would ever be killed off in the films and replaced by Bucky...

Get a Load of These New ‘Power Rangers’ Costumes

The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers was a campy kids TV show from the 90s with not much in the way of budget, so the costumes were cheap lycra bodysuits. The new Power Rangers movie is a big-budget reboot from Lionsgate with a big-budget, so naturally the costumes have gotten a major upgrade, and man you have got to see these things...

‘Fast and Furious’ Director Justin Lin Heads to ‘Space Jam 2’

The original Space Jam was a movie that didn’t even make $100 million and was far from a slam dunk success (listen, if you think you were making it through this post without an abundance of basketball related puns, you were sorely mistaken), but the film became something of a cult classic...

‘Snowden’ Trailer: Joseph Gordon-Levitt Tries Out Another New, Distrcting Accent

Edward Snowden’s story was one that was itching to be told in a glossy Hollywood thriller and director Oliver Stone, with his innate sense of paranoia, seemed like the perfect person for the job. Equally as enticing was star Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Frenchy accent in The Walk notwithstanding, is one of his generation’s best actors...

Spider-Man Fights Winter Soldier in New ‘Captain America: Civil War’ Footage

Captain America: Civil War opens in theaters in just over a week and, to date, we’ve seen precious little footage of Spider-Man in action. Besides the “underoos” scene from the final trailer, Marvel has kept Spidey out of the spotlight, even erasing him from scenes that are in the commercials...

Animated ‘Batman: The Killing Joke’ Movie Has Officially Been Rated R

After teasing that they were planning the movie with an R rating in mind, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has confirmed that the upcoming animated film Batman: The Killing Joke has officially been rated R by the MPAA. Sam Register, president of Warner Bros...

Original ‘Star Wars’ Trilogy Returning to Theaters This Summer

One of the most common reactions after seeing Star Wars: The Force Awakens in theaters was to go back and rewatch the original trilogy again. Part of that is nostalgia, and part of that is that The Force Awakens was, for better or worse, a rehash of a lot of similar plot points from A New Hope...

Who Are Rey’s Parents? Daisy Ridley Knows and Says It’s Not Even That Important

One of the biggest questions (of many) to come out of Star Wars: The Force Awakens was, Who are Rey’s parents? Much is made in the film of Rey being an orphan and left behind on Jakku with Unkar Plutt, slowly counting down the days until her family returns for her (spoiler alert: they never do)...

‘Batman vs. Superman’ R-Rated Edition May Get Released in Theaters

After a disappointing weekend that saw it lose to a horrible Melissa McCarthy comedy in only its third week of release, Batman vs. Superman looks poised for a total domestic run between $325 and $340 million. That’s below Deadpool, Furious 7 and even American Sniper and certainly not what Warner Bros...