http://www.tulsaworld.comThe latest news and information from the Tulsa World.5Copyright 2013, World Publishing Co. All rights reserved.There's a reason that the Eagles were the opening-night act for both Tulsa's BOK Center and the Ford Center in Oklahoma City: Those venues' managers know what their audience wants. Oklahomans ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/History_of_the_Eagles_DVD_Classic_rock_heaven/20391?subj=5Fri, 17 May 2013 07:41:00 CDT'As I Lay Dying,' a film based on the William Faulkner novel and featuring James Franco and Tulsa native Tim Blake Nelson, has its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. The movie plays ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Tim_Blake_Nelsons_new_movie_with_James_Franco_at_Cannes/20389?subj=5Thu, 16 May 2013 16:51:09 CDTYou asked for it, Tulsa, and the Admiral Twin Drive-in is delivering: On May 23, you can kick off the Memorial Day holiday weekend with a special Thursday night double-feature of 'The Outsiders' followed ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/The_OutsidersRumble_Fish_drive_in_double_feature_next/20334?subj=5Tue, 14 May 2013 10:21:39 CDTThe first trailer for 'August: Osage County' offers us our first look inside the big house in rural Osage County where all the filming took place, in addition to all of the stars fussing and fighting....http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/August_Osage_County_trailer_in_first_look_video/20286?subj=5Fri, 10 May 2013 10:13:00 CDTThe Weinstein Company has multiple Oscar contenders coming out in 2013 (including the Oklahoma-shot 'August: Osage County'), and one of the most clear aspirants for awards season is 'The Butler.' ...http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Video_The_Butler_trailer_James_Marsden_as_JFK/20249?subj=5Wed, 08 May 2013 11:24:27 CDTThe actual box-office figures for the weekend are in, as opposed to the early estimates, and 'Iron Man 3' grossed $174.1 million for the so-called three-day period of late Thursday through Sunday. ...http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/The_Iron_Man_3_box_office_in_context/20217?subj=5Mon, 06 May 2013 17:49:40 CDTThe roof is literally blowing off the top of the Weston house in the first poster for 'August: Osage County,' the star-studded motion picture filmed in Oklahoma and opening later this year. 'Misery ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/August_Osage_County_first_movie_poster/20188?subj=5Fri, 03 May 2013 17:33:25 CDTThe Found Footage Festival, featuring hilarious videos found in garage sales, warehouses and thrift stores and edited together for your amusement, returns Tuesday night to Circle Cinema. This ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Tuesday_fun_Found_Footage_Festival/20170?subj=5Fri, 03 May 2013 10:59:04 CDTThe Admiral Twin Drive-in, Tulsa's iconic piece of Americana, undergoes the high-tech conversion from 35mm film stock to digital projection this weekend with the debut of 'Iron Man 3.' The first ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Admiral_Twin_Drive_in_adds_digital_with_Iron_Man_3/20140?subj=5Wed, 01 May 2013 14:55:28 CDTWithin minutes of a manager at AMC Southroads 20 alerting me that negotiations between Disney and his theater chain over ticket-price percentages had been settled, he had 'Iron Man 3' tickets on sale....http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Iron_Man_3_ticket_impasse_ends_AMC_Southroads_tix_on/20035?subj=5Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:30:27 CDTTulsa's multi-talented Mary Kay Place will be the subject of an Oklahoma-style 'Inside the Actors Studio' event at the Oklahoma History Center on May 5. This event held in conjunction with the ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Okie_style_Inside_the_Actors_Studio_with_Mary_Kay_Place/20025?subj=5Thu, 25 Apr 2013 09:59:50 CDTA week of screenings of a documentary honoring veterans of the Vietnam War, as well as a collection of short films based on the writings of S.E. Hinton, are among special events planned this week at Circle ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Circle_Cinema_honoring_Vietnam_veterans_showing_SE/19954?subj=5Fri, 19 Apr 2013 18:25:00 CDTA surprise for those attending a premiere screening of 'To the Wonder' last Friday night in Bartlesville -- where most of the film was shot -- was that a Malick took the stage to address the audience....http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/A_Malick_attends_Bartlesville_To_the_Wonder_screening/19870?subj=5Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:59:29 CDTThe first trailer for 'The Hunger Games: Catching Fire' debuted Sunday night during the MTV Movie Awards, and it left me wondering how many more trailer versions we can expect to see. With a ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Trailer_debut_The_Hunger_Games_Catching_Fire/19865?subj=5Mon, 15 Apr 2013 10:32:09 CDTI know how lucky I am. I'm a movie critic, and I probably have Roger Ebert to thank for that. There aren’t that many of us. You likely don't know one personally, like you know an attorney or ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/See_you_at_the_movies_Roger_Ebert/19746?subj=5Fri, 05 Apr 2013 11:10:00 CDT'Rudderless,' a motion-picture drama with music starring William H. Macy and an ensemble cast including Billy Crudup, Selena Gomez and Laurence Fishburne, will begin filming later this month in Oklahoma ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Macy_Crudup_Gomez_Fishburne_to_film_movie_in_Oklahoma/19694?subj=5Mon, 01 Apr 2013 17:12:36 CDTThe climate change documentary 'Greedy Lying Bastards,' which focuses on the power of the fossil-fuel industry in the face of changing global climate conditions, will be shown in a special screening Friday ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Inhofe_fires_back_at_Greedy_climate_change_filmmaker/19637?subj=5Thu, 28 Mar 2013 10:20:00 CDTDo you like funny images of food? You do if you were a fan of the animated hit movie 'Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs' from 2009. Tulsa's own Bill Hader gave voice to Flint Lockwood, the protagonist ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Happy_St_Patricks_Day_from_Cloudy_With_a_Chance_of/19461?subj=5Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:34:01 CDTWho's ready for some drive-in movie weather, just in time for spring break? The Admiral Twin Drive-in opened March 1 for the season, and the highs on that Friday and Saturday were about 40. ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Admiral_Twin_Weekend_movies_forecastopen_Sunday_too/19458?subj=5Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:57:53 CDTHow is this for a comparison: 'Oz the Great and Powerful' made $79.1 million at the North American box-office in its opening weekend. 'The Wizard of Oz' made $16.7 million in its lifetime. 'Oz ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Oz_the_Great_and_Powerful_a_hit_The_Wizard_of_Oz_was/19422?subj=5Mon, 11 Mar 2013 19:38:00 CDTFans have been going gaga over the new poster portraits from November's second film in the 'Hunger Games' series, 'Catching Fire,' including a first look at Katniss Everdeen in her wedding dress. ...http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/More_Hunger_Games_poster_portraits_from_Catching_Fire/19389?subj=5Fri, 08 Mar 2013 11:11:00 CDTThose awaiting a first look at the sequel to 'The Hunger Games' can now glimpse returning characters as well as new ones in posters from the film that resemble fashionable portrait photo shoots. ...http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/New_Hunger_Games_poster_portraits_from_Catching_Fire/19383?subj=5Thu, 07 Mar 2013 14:50:00 CDTThe Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma is sponsoring the Circle Cinema presentation of 'A Place at the Table,' from the filmmakers behind the acclaimed 2008 documentary 'Food, Inc.' The ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Panel_discussion_follows_fight_hunger_documentary_at/19372?subj=5Wed, 06 Mar 2013 17:14:00 CDTIt was a couple of weeks ago that I told my editor that we might likely know a release date for 'August: Osage County' within the week following the Oscars. Six days after the ceremony, when ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Now_we_know_when_August_Osage_County_will_arrive_in/19301?subj=5Sat, 02 Mar 2013 13:57:18 CDTWill Seth MacFarlane be returning to host the Academy Awards? 'No way. Lotta fun to have done it though' he said via his @SethMacFarlane account on Twitter on Tuesday. Later he added ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Host_the_Academy_Awards_again_MacFarlane_No_way/19238?subj=5Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:47:17 CDT7:30 p.m.: Good luck, Seth MacFarlane....you're going to need it, with Ron Jeremy shout-outs in the opening minute. So, MacFarlane is going to tell Billy Crystal's industry jokes, but in a not-quite-as-funny ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/A_twitter_recap_of_Michael_Smiths_Oscar_night/19205?subj=5Mon, 25 Feb 2013 09:53:00 CDTThe Academy Awards are tonight, and I'll be watching along with the rest of you, as well as live-tweeting (tulsaworld.com/michaelsmithtw). To get you ready for the star-gazing, here's my Oscar ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Oscar_party_trivia_quiz/19199?subj=5Sun, 24 Feb 2013 12:46:02 CDTOklahoma native James Marsden will be donning the polyester blazer and making sure no hair is out of place as a rival anchorman and nemesis to Ron Burgundy in the 'Anchorman' sequel arriving in December....http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Oklahomas_James_Marsden_to_play_Anchorman_2_nemesis/19176?subj=5Thu, 21 Feb 2013 18:26:00 CDTYes, I just had to go there. As a 12-year-old sneaking out of my room to watch the first season of 'Saturday Night Live' in 1975, I delighted in the many fake commercials they presented, still ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Bassmaster_Bass_o_Matic_Wow_thats_terrific_bass/19160?subj=5Thu, 21 Feb 2013 10:11:00 CDTAngelina Jolie has a right leg. And that leg has a Twitter account. The Academy Awards ceremony offers everything from the sublime to the ridiculous. There are winners and losers (in awards ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Live_tweeting_during_the_Oscars_on_Sunday_night/19141?subj=5Wed, 20 Feb 2013 13:35:00 CDTDavid O. Russell, the Oscar-nominated director of 'Silver Linings Playbook,' will reunite with leading lady Jennifer Lawrence for a film in which the actress will portray a former Oklahoma first lady....http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Playbook_director_to_helm_Oklahoma_movie_starring_Jennifer/19128?subj=5Tue, 19 Feb 2013 17:47:08 CDTMoviestar 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, any day or time, is $2. ...http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Theres_a_new_dollar_movie_theater_in_town/19076?subj=5Fri, 15 Feb 2013 13:37:35 CDT'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 at least it has Bruce Willis as ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Review_A_Good_Day_to_Die_Hard/19065?subj=5Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:35:00 CDT'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 run. The French-language ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/The_best_picture_nominee_you_havent_seen_arrives_in/18937?subj=5Sun, 10 Feb 2013 10:11:00 CDTFans 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 new 'A Good Day to Die Hard' as the ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Attend_Die_Hard_marathon_see_new_movie_Wednesday/18924?subj=5Sat, 09 Feb 2013 10:08:00 CDTDenzel 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 had two hits ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Harris_Poll_Americas_favorite_actor_is/18926?subj=5Thu, 07 Feb 2013 14:27:00 CDTYou'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 format. Multiple ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Tulsas_IMAX_movies_set_for_spring/18922?subj=5Thu, 07 Feb 2013 10:54:00 CDTFilm 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 Up,' the latest in a series ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Director_Michael_Apted_to_Skype_for_QA_at_Circle_Cinema/18909?subj=5Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:20:00 CDTIf 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 preboot will debut with 8 p.m. ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Star_Trek_Into_Darkness_to_hit_IMAX_two_days_early/18869?subj=5Mon, 04 Feb 2013 17:55:00 CDTTulsa 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 Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones, Hilary ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/2_new_movies_for_Tim_Blake_Nelson_Streep_Franco_among/18798?subj=5Thu, 31 Jan 2013 12:13:00 CDTThree 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 based on many factors. Key ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Oscar_for_Best_Picture_Lincoln_or_Argo/18737?subj=5Mon, 28 Jan 2013 12:03:00 CDTAre 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 the 'Star Trek' movie ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Director_of_Star_Wars_VII_JJ_Abrams/18699?subj=5Thu, 24 Jan 2013 17:02:37 CDTTulsa 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 being a tanned sun god who might ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Bill_Hader_as_the_Hoff_in_a_Baywatch_movie/18664?subj=5Wed, 23 Jan 2013 10:15:10 CDTThere'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 star of 'Zero Dark Thirty.' ...http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Best_actress_campaign_weekend_Who_won/18635?subj=5Mon, 21 Jan 2013 11:52:23 CDTI'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 ACTRESS The ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Oscar_analysis_The_acting_categories/18503?subj=5Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:32:29 CDTThese 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 Stiller and Vince Vaughn ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Worst_movies_of_2012_My_top_10/18327?subj=5Fri, 28 Dec 2012 17:46:49 CDTThe 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 closest. Event pictures ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Best_movies_of_2012_My_top_10/18315?subj=5Fri, 28 Dec 2012 13:06:00 CDTThe 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 Cinema. When my 3-star review ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Silver_Linings_Playbook_playing_exclusive_engagement/18290?subj=5Wed, 26 Dec 2012 13:06:00 CDTChristmas 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 pop culture favorites. ...http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Test_your_Christmas_pop_culture_IQ/18249?subj=5Thu, 20 Dec 2012 13:04:00 CDT'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 picture (opening ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Best_picture_repeat_National_Board_of_Review_also_selects/18047?subj=5Wed, 05 Dec 2012 13:53:10 CDT