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Movie showings comings and goings

3/31/2009 3:52 PM

What's new on Friday: 'Fast & Furious': New model, original parts as Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez and Jordana Brewster all return from the first film in ... 

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Bill Hader talks Tulsa, "Adventureland"

3/30/2009 6:05 PM

I've now interviewed Bill Hader twice, and it is a particular pleasure, because he loves to talk about his hometown. He called me last week in advance of 'Adventureland,' ... 

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Admiral Twin Redux

3/29/2009 9:30 AM

Let's try this again: The Admiral Twin Drive-In will open for its 59th consecutive season this weekend. A half-foot of snow cancelled last week's planned debut for the ... 

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The Return of the Admiral Twin

3/26/2009 2:18 PM

I was 8 years old the first time I saw “Deliverance.” Allow me to explain. It was at the Admiral Twin Drive-in, summer of 1972. My folks were taking in the now-famously ... 

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Movie comings and goings

3/25/2009 3:31 PM

What new movies open on Friday? What films are going out of theaters before Friday? What's leaving but starting at the dollar theater? Some answers follow, beginning ... 

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Go west, Coen Brothers

3/23/2009 3:10 PM

The Coen Brothers are making a western, and not just any western, but one set partly in Indian territory and one of the cinema’s more revered oaters. “True Grit,” the ... 

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Who wants to be a $250 millionaire?

3/12/2009 3:25 PM

'Slumdog Millionaire' continues to fascinate, and to make money. Hollywood loves to imitate films that are ultra-successful. For example, a film with a pedigree like ... 

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Coraline is multidimensional

3/11/2009 12:37 PM

It's worth noting that 'Jonas Brothers: The 3-D Concert Experience' has tanked, with a $12.5 million opening weekend and a second weekend that dropped a staggering 77 ... 

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Care to see Kate kicked in the head?

3/6/2009 3:54 PM

It's an indelible film image, that of seeing Angelica Huston's tough-gal character in 'The Grifters' trembling as she talks of being beaten with a bag of oranges. A ... 

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Care to see Kate kicked in the head?

3/6/2009 3:46 PM

It's an indelible film image, that of seeing Angelica Huston's tough-gal character in 'The Grifters' trembling as she talks of being beaten with a bag of oranges. A ... 

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Twilight at midnight

3/4/2009 5:35 PM

The pop-culture phenomenon that is 'Twilight' is coming to a home theater near you. The little studio that produced the megahit about teen angst and vampires is working ... 

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10 best Best Picture winners

3/2/2009 4:27 PM

In March 2002, the Tulsa World entertainment staff played a cinematic parlor game and selected the 10 best Academy Award winners for best picture. Our choices were as ... 

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I See Movies for Free

“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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"Avengers" assemble in new trailer http://bit.ly/ykKVoY
12 months ago
First look: "The Avengers" poster http://bit.ly/A1PXxV
12 months ago
@jwfyler That's what we call a prediction, my man....just sayin'…
12 months ago
So what will win best picture next year? Give it some thought for a while, because that's a wrap for tonight!
12 months ago
@anna1781 Hilarious, I thought that same thing the first time I saw him at Golden Globes!
12 months ago
Big winner tonight: producer Harvey Weinstein. "The Artist" wins 5 Oscars, "The Iron Lady" goes 2-for-2, even wins best documentary.
12 months ago







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