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Best actress campaign weekend: Who won?

1/21/2013 11:52 AM


There's no question that the Academy Award race for best actress is between two competitors: Jennifer Lawrence, of 'Silver Linings Playbook,' and Jessica Chastain, the ... 

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Michael Smith
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Oscar analysis: The acting categories

1/10/2013 4:32 PM


I'll make predictions the week of the Oscars, but it's easy to go ahead and cut down the number of contenders for those who wanting to catch up on their Oscar-viewing.

BEST ... 

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Michael Smith
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Worst movies of 2012: My top-10

12/28/2012 5:46 PM


These are the worst of the worst, the cinematic offenders of 2012 that you are advised to avoid at all costs:

1. The Watch
I don't know who said 'Let's get Ben ... 

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Michael Smith
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Best movies of 2012: My top 10

12/28/2012 1:06 PM


The movie year of 2012 produced some very good films. Did it produce a classic? “Argo,” the dramatization of a rescue plan during the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis, comes ... 

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Michael Smith
Movie Critic

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'Silver Linings Playbook' playing exclusive engagement

12/26/2012 1:06 PM


The Oscar-contending 'Silver Linings Playbook' is now playing at these three theaters: Cinemark Tulsa, Promenade Mall's Hollywood and in the new auditorium at Circle ... 

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Michael Smith
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Test your Christmas pop culture IQ

12/20/2012 1:04 PM


Christmas is all around us, and so are the songs, the TV specials and the movies of the season. Come, all ye faithful, and see if you know what we know about some Christmas ... 

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Michael Smith
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Best picture repeat: National Board of Review also selects "Zero Dark Thirty"

12/5/2012 1:53 PM


'Zero Dark Thirty,' the upcoming military drama depicting the hunt for Osama bin Laden, was named best picture of the year on Wednesday by the National Board of Review.

The ... 

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Michael Smith
Movie Critic

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New York Film Critics choose "Zero Dark Thirty," Day-Lewis, Weisz

12/3/2012 4:53 PM


'Zero Dark Thirty' is the best picture of the year according to the New York Film Critics Circle, the earliest of the awards-season groups to announce its winners.

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Michael Smith
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Magazine photo shoot Saturday at Admiral Twin for supporters

11/8/2012 4:05 PM


Whether you were among those collecting donations while the Admiral Twin Drive-in still burned or you simply love the place, you are welcome there Saturday afternoon ... 

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Michael Smith
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How to see "Skyfall" and the "Twilight" finale before your friends

11/7/2012 1:16 PM


For those looking to beat the crowd, two of the year's most anticipated movies are released in the next week, and you can see both before most of your friends.

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Michael Smith
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Win this book: Life magazine's "50 Years of James Bond"

11/6/2012 4:05 PM


Who wants to win '50 Years of James Bond,' a glossy coffee-table book full of fabulous stories about 007 movies and pictures galore? This one is a gem for Bond fans.

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Michael Smith
Movie Critic

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What filmmaker will/should make a new "Star Wars" movie?

11/1/2012 4:48 PM


Now we know that at least three new “Star Wars” movies are coming in the future, which is why Disney has agreed to pay more than $4 billion to buy Lucasfilm. The first ... 

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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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