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There's a new dollar-movie theater in town

2/15/2013 1:37 PM

Moviestar Cinema in south Broken Arrow became the Tulsa-area's third discount movie house on Friday, showing second-run movies at an easy-to-remember price: Any movie, ... 

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Michael Smith
Movie Critic

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Review: "A Good Day to Die Hard"

2/14/2013 3:35 PM


'A Good Day to Die Hard' will be a good time at the movies if you enter the theater with this in mind: This picture is the poster child for big, dumb action movies, but ... 

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Michael Smith
Movie Critic

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The best picture nominee you haven't seen arrives in Tulsa

2/10/2013 10:11 AM


'Amour,' the Austrian film nominated for five Academy Awards — and the only best-picture nominee yet to play in Tulsa — opens Friday at Circle Cinema for a multi-week ... 

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Michael Smith
Movie Critic

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Attend "Die Hard" marathon, see new movie Wednesday

2/9/2013 10:08 AM


Fans of the 'Die Hard' series of movies can squeal 'yippee-ki-yay' at AMC Southroads 20 on Wednesday, when a marathon of the movies in the franchise concludes with the ... 

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Michael Smith
Movie Critic

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Harris Poll: America's favorite actor is....

2/7/2013 2:27 PM


Denzel Washington has been voted America's favorite actor four times in the last seven years, and Harris Poll voters returned the star to the top spot again this year.

Washington ... 

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Michael Smith
Movie Critic

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Tulsa's IMAX movies set for spring

2/7/2013 10:54 AM


You've seen Maverick, Goose and Iceman fly before, but never like this: 'Top Gun' has been converted to 3-D and opens in IMAX on Friday for a six-day run in the giant-screen ... 

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Michael Smith
Movie Critic

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Director Michael Apted to Skype for Q&A at Circle Cinema

2/6/2013 4:20 PM


Film director Michael Apted will take part in a Skype session Friday night at Circle Cinema, answering audience questions about his acclaimed 'Up' series of films.

'56 ... 

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Michael Smith
Movie Critic

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"Star Trek Into Darkness" to hit IMAX two days early

2/4/2013 5:55 PM


If you want to be the first of your friends to know the secrets behind 'Star Trek Into Darkness,' you're going to have to see it in IMAX.

The sequel to the 2009 ... 

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Michael Smith
Movie Critic

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2 new movies for Tim Blake Nelson: Streep, Franco among co-stars

1/31/2013 12:13 PM


Tulsa native Tim Blake Nelson remains one of Hollywood’s busiest actors, and he has booked two more films that begin shooting soon and will find him co-starring with ... 

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Michael Smith
Movie Critic

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Oscar for Best Picture: 'Lincoln' or 'Argo?'

1/28/2013 12:03 PM


Three weeks ago, when the Academy Awards nominations were announced, I made my case: 'Lincoln' would win the Oscar as best picture.

It was a well-reasoned decision ... 

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Michael Smith
Movie Critic

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Director of "Star Wars VII": J.J. Abrams

1/24/2013 5:02 PM


Are you a 'Star Trek' person or 'Star Wars' person? Apparently J.J. Abrams is both.

Reports are rampant that the creator of 'Lost' and the man who successfully brought ... 

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Michael Smith
Movie Critic

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Bill Hader as the Hoff in a "Baywatch" movie?

1/23/2013 10:15 AM


Tulsa native Bill Hader is known for being the funniest person now on 'Saturday Night Live,' and for being a go-to co-star in movie comedies.

He is not known for ... 

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Michael Smith
Movie Critic

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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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