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Contest No. 2: Win "Breaking Dawn" DVD before it goes on sale

2/8/2012 9:49 AM

This is your second chance to win a copy of 'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1' on DVD before you can buy it at midnight release parties this Friday.

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Take a look: "The Amazing Spider-Man" new trailer

2/7/2012 4:23 PM

The trailer for this summer's reboot of the 'Spider-Man' franchise arrived Tuesday, passing up the Super Bowl ad blitz and feeling a bit fresher for having done so.

At ...

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Win a DVD of Twilight's "Breaking Dawn, Part 1"

2/7/2012 9:08 AM

Who wants to win a copy of 'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1' -- the best movie in the series, in my opinion -- on DVD before you can buy it at midnight release ...

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Take a look: New "Hunger Games" sneak peek

2/2/2012 3:22 PM

'The Hunger Games' is shaping up to be the most buzzed-about movie of this spring.

I hear chatter (especially among those who have read Suzanne Collins' trilogy ...

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Win a screening of the "John Carter" movie for 100 friends

2/1/2012 11:20 AM

Good Morning America is making an out-of-this-world offer on behalf of Disney's upcoming movie based on 'John Carter of Mars,' the famed Edgar Rice Burroughs character ...

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“I was born a poor, black child” … not me, actually, but Steve Martin’s character in the “The Jerk.” That absurd opening line is just one of the absurd number of film facts, quotes and minutiae contained in movie critic Michael Smith’s brain, at his disposal to toss out on a moment’s notice. It’s a key requirement as Tulsa World film critic to know these things. Michael learned a few other life facts along the way (seven years as a Crystal’s Pizza & Spaghetti manager) before attempting journalism and joining the Tulsa World in 1996, where he’s covered everything from a school shooting in Fort Gibson to a tornado in Stroud to witnessing an execution. A little community theater coverage was sprinkled in there, too. Movies engender many of his happiest memories, from standing in line for “Star Wars” and “Grease” at the Southroads Cinema to the James Bond and Pink Panther movies that always premiered at the enormous Continental Theater.

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Past Articles By Michael Smith

2/16/2013		Broken Arrow movie theater moves to discount showings
2/15/2013		Review: 'Amour'
2/15/2013		Review: 'A Good Day to Die Hard'
2/15/2013		Review: 'Beautiful Creatures'
2/14/2013		Review: 'Quartet'
2/14/2013		Shirley MacLaine to speak at Osage Casino
2/14/2013		Weekly rewind: February 14
2/14/2013		REVIEW: 'Beautiful Creatures'
2/12/2013		Belgian best picture hopeful 'Amour' opens in Tulsa on Friday
2/10/2013		'Die Hard' marathon at AMC Southroads on Wednesday ends with new film
2/9/2013		Review: 'Identity Thief' a stupid movie from stupid idea
2/8/2013		Oscar audit: Critics choices for best picture hold up over time

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