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Last-chance at the drive-in

8/31/2009 6:07 PM

Admiral Twin Drive-in closes down for the season this holiday weekend, and they'll be screening movies through Monday night. You know the drill: Pay one price, see a ... 

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Disney buys Marvel Comics

8/31/2009 1:05 PM

Spider-Man in Mickey Mouse ears? Not likely to happen after Monday morning's announcement that Disney is spending $4 billion to buy out Marvel Comics and its treasure ... 

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I can't hear//without thinking of...

8/27/2009 6:24 PM

“Stuck in the Middle With You” is severed-ear music. Thanks to Quentin Tarantino’s “Reservoir Dogs,” those who know the reference can no longer hear the Stealers Wheel ... 

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"Shutter Island" closed for the season

8/25/2009 11:39 AM

'Shutter Island,' which was one of this fall's most-anticipated films, is moving to a Feb. 19, 2010, release date. When the new film from Martin Scorsese and starring ... 

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The classics are coming! The classics are coming!

8/20/2009 5:41 PM

AMC Southroads 20 returns with its series of classic films next month, many of which might qualify with some as 'modern classics.' The successful series that ran in fall ... 

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You can ask Coppola a question

8/19/2009 6:23 PM

Francis Ford Coppola is coming to Circle Cinema — on the big screen. The director of 'The Godfather' films and 'Apocalypse Now' will appear live next week at Tulsa's ... 

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If only I could walk out

8/14/2009 4:15 PM

You, the public, are allowed to walk out on films. I get paid to not leave before the credits roll. Only a few movies have tested my patience as well as my squirming ... 

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Barking Water in Venice

8/11/2009 5:45 PM

Tulsa filmmaker Sterlin Harjo’s “Barking Water” has been selected for screening at Venice Days, a sidebar event that highlights new directors opposite the larger Venice ... 

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Zoey Redbird is one hot vampire

8/7/2009 5:25 PM

Entertainment Weekly created another of their ubiquitous lists last week — top 20 vampires in media history — and gave notice that the Tulsa duo that created the “House ... 

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Zoey Redbird is one hot vampire

8/7/2009 5:25 PM

Entertainment Weekly created another of their ubiquitous lists last week — top 20 vampires in media history — and gave notice that the Tulsa duo that created the “House ... 

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Summer Under the Stars

8/4/2009 2:43 PM

Turner Classic Movies (digital channel 210 on Cox Cable in Tulsa) started its annual “Summer Under the Stars” promotion this past week, devoting a full slate each day ... 

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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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