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Oscar goes green: Oklahoma City native Suzi Amis Cameron and her husband try to 'save the world'
March 01, 2010
BY GENE TRIPLETT
Suzy Amis Cameron’s husband may be crowned “king of the world” for a second time on Oscar night, and for that glittering occasion, the Oklahoma City native will make a very special fashion statement when she walks the red carpet on “Avatar” director James Cameron’s arm.
Of course,... Read More
March 01, 2010
BY GENE TRIPLETT
Suzy Amis Cameron’s husband may be crowned “king of the world” for a second time on Oscar night, and for that glittering occasion, the Oklahoma City native will make a very special fashion statement when she walks the red carpet on “Avatar” director James Cameron’s arm.
Of course,... Read More
Oscar Guesses: Let the Darts Fly
March 01, 2010
BY DENNIS KING
Having earned a living for a couple of decades by babbling on about movies, it is perhaps impolitic to admit that I’m not very good at guessing Oscar winners. The average popcorn Joe predicting in the average Oscar office pool probably has as good a track record at picking winners as me.
It’s... Read More
March 01, 2010
BY DENNIS KING
Having earned a living for a couple of decades by babbling on about movies, it is perhaps impolitic to admit that I’m not very good at guessing Oscar winners. The average popcorn Joe predicting in the average Oscar office pool probably has as good a track record at picking winners as me.
It’s... Read More
DVD Review: 'Black Dynamite' sends up '70s 'blaxploitation' flicks
March 01, 2010
Step aside Shaft and slide over Super Fly. Make room for “Black Dynamite,” starring Michael Jai White in the title role.
That’s right. That’s the main character’s given name — Black Dynamite. It’s the name he answered to when he was a scrawny little kid taking beatings from playground bullies. Maybe... Read More
March 01, 2010
Step aside Shaft and slide over Super Fly. Make room for “Black Dynamite,” starring Michael Jai White in the title role.
That’s right. That’s the main character’s given name — Black Dynamite. It’s the name he answered to when he was a scrawny little kid taking beatings from playground bullies. Maybe... Read More
Under the Radar DVD of the Week: "Bikini Jones and the Temple of Eros"
March 01, 2010
This week, the oddest DVD to appear on release lists is:
“Bikini Jones and the Temple of Eros”
From exploitation auteur Fred Olen Ray comes this R-level blush on the “Indiana Jones” adventure series. It’s a sexy teaser that tells the tale of buxom, whip-wielding archeologist Dr. Bikini Jones (Christine... Read More
March 01, 2010
This week, the oddest DVD to appear on release lists is:
“Bikini Jones and the Temple of Eros”
From exploitation auteur Fred Olen Ray comes this R-level blush on the “Indiana Jones” adventure series. It’s a sexy teaser that tells the tale of buxom, whip-wielding archeologist Dr. Bikini Jones (Christine... Read More
What Movie to Rent? Ask Leonard
March 01, 2010
BY DENNIS KING
Movie critics, who see scores if not hundreds of movies each year, are often asked by acquaintances headed for the video store or their Netflix queue, “What movie should I rent this weekend?”
Since that’s always a matter of mood and personal taste, it can be a thorny question. People are... Read More
March 01, 2010
BY DENNIS KING
Movie critics, who see scores if not hundreds of movies each year, are often asked by acquaintances headed for the video store or their Netflix queue, “What movie should I rent this weekend?”
Since that’s always a matter of mood and personal taste, it can be a thorny question. People are... Read More
From Okie Noodling to Saltwater Angling
February 22, 2010
The Sooner filmmaker who put hand noodling for monstrous catfish on the cinema map now points his camera at a much more rarefied and elegant form of fishing in a splendid new short film titled “Currents of Belize.” Bradley Beesley, the Austin-based, independent director with deep Oklahoma roots, is a guy with a... Read More
February 22, 2010
The Sooner filmmaker who put hand noodling for monstrous catfish on the cinema map now points his camera at a much more rarefied and elegant form of fishing in a splendid new short film titled “Currents of Belize.” Bradley Beesley, the Austin-based, independent director with deep Oklahoma roots, is a guy with a... Read More
Hollywood: Don't Stop the Presses!
February 22, 2010
For movie lovers who in this online, digital age are still enamored of old-fashioned, ink-and-paper journalism, there’s a rich repository of classic Hollywood movies that chronicle the dicey doings of the trade’s dogged newshounds, gossip columnists, sensation-seeking editors and sappy sob-sisters.
Newspaper... Read More
February 22, 2010
For movie lovers who in this online, digital age are still enamored of old-fashioned, ink-and-paper journalism, there’s a rich repository of classic Hollywood movies that chronicle the dicey doings of the trade’s dogged newshounds, gossip columnists, sensation-seeking editors and sappy sob-sisters.
Newspaper... Read More
Under the Radar DVD of the Week: "Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead
February 22, 2010
This week, the oddest DVD to appear on release lists is:
“Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead.”
New to Blu-ray is this 2006 horror comedy from that zestfully tasteless purveyor of the weird, wacky and crude, Troma Entertainment. This spicy bit of lunacy describes what happens when a fast-food chicken... Read More
February 22, 2010
This week, the oddest DVD to appear on release lists is:
“Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead.”
New to Blu-ray is this 2006 horror comedy from that zestfully tasteless purveyor of the weird, wacky and crude, Troma Entertainment. This spicy bit of lunacy describes what happens when a fast-food chicken... Read More
Director Kevin Smith faces off with airline
February 15, 2010
This weekend, it hit the wires that Kevin Smith, the director of “Clerks,” “Chasing Amy,” “Zack and Miri Make a Porno” and the upcoming “Cop Out,” was asked to leave a Southwest Airlines flight from Oakland to Burbank when the flight crew determined he was too heavy to fit in one of their seats.... Read More
February 15, 2010
This weekend, it hit the wires that Kevin Smith, the director of “Clerks,” “Chasing Amy,” “Zack and Miri Make a Porno” and the upcoming “Cop Out,” was asked to leave a Southwest Airlines flight from Oakland to Burbank when the flight crew determined he was too heavy to fit in one of their seats.... Read More
Oscar's Farm System for Future Stars
February 15, 2010
Just as baseball’s future stars learn their chops playing in the minor leagues, Oscar, too, has its own unofficial farm system for training major-league filmmakers of the future.
It’s the nation’s fertile league of university film programs, and to these the call has gone out for entries into the 37th... Read More
February 15, 2010
Just as baseball’s future stars learn their chops playing in the minor leagues, Oscar, too, has its own unofficial farm system for training major-league filmmakers of the future.
It’s the nation’s fertile league of university film programs, and to these the call has gone out for entries into the 37th... Read More
Under the Radar DVD of the Week: "I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle"
February 15, 2010
This week, the oddest DVD to appear on release lists is:
“I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle”
This 1990 low-budget British horror spoof sounds like an unlikely mash-up of conventions from pulpy horror movies and “Popular Mechanics” magazine.
It’s set in Birmingham, England, and features a bloke named... Read More
February 15, 2010
This week, the oddest DVD to appear on release lists is:
“I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle”
This 1990 low-budget British horror spoof sounds like an unlikely mash-up of conventions from pulpy horror movies and “Popular Mechanics” magazine.
It’s set in Birmingham, England, and features a bloke named... Read More
TCM Festival to Celebrate Old Hollywood
February 15, 2010
BY DENNIS KING
Spring is jam-packed with film festivals in varying shades of hipness, exclusivity and adventurousness, most of them aimed at showcasing the latest, cutting-edge works of cinema.
But for the old popcorn-munchers among us, for whom cinema dreams most often occur in black-and-white (and, well OK,... Read More
February 15, 2010
BY DENNIS KING
Spring is jam-packed with film festivals in varying shades of hipness, exclusivity and adventurousness, most of them aimed at showcasing the latest, cutting-edge works of cinema.
But for the old popcorn-munchers among us, for whom cinema dreams most often occur in black-and-white (and, well OK,... Read More
Oscars spark movie punditry aplenty
February 09, 2010
Now that the 82nd Academy Awards nominations have been announced, the silly season of movie punditry is in full swing.
Everywhere – from blogs such as this, to slick magazine layouts, to TV talk shows, water-cooler conversations, coffeehouse bull sessions and barroom arguments – movie “experts,” film... Read More
Oscars - R.I.P.
February 09, 2010
BY DENNIS KING
It may seem morbid to say, but one of the most compelling, if not entertaining, features of each year’s Oscar telecast is the video montage paying tribute to Academy members who’ve died in the past year.
Generally, the montages – consisting of stirring music, still photos and film clips,... Read More
Under the Radar DVD of the Week: "The Bad Girls of Film Noir"
February 09, 2010
This week, the oddest DVD to appear on release lists is:
“The Bad Girls of Film Noir, Volumes 1 & 2”
Back in the 1940s and ’50s, when double features were the norm, some of the juiciest movie roles for women came in playing femmes fatale in shadowy film noir crime sizzlers. These black-and-white... Read More
'Dear John' is a love letter with appeal
February 05, 2010
Channing Tatum and Amanda Seyfried
Director Lasse Hallstrom specializes in steering sad and serious stories clear of potential sloppy sentimentality, and he manages to navigate the tricky emotional terrain quite skillfully in “Dear John,” considering that it’s based on a novel by the boss bestselling author... Read More
February 05, 2010
Channing Tatum and Amanda Seyfried
Director Lasse Hallstrom specializes in steering sad and serious stories clear of potential sloppy sentimentality, and he manages to navigate the tricky emotional terrain quite skillfully in “Dear John,” considering that it’s based on a novel by the boss bestselling author... Read More
'The Killer Inside Me' secures distribution deal
February 02, 2010
BY GENE TRIPLETT
The head of the state Film and Music Office said the last-minute sale of a controversial made-in-Oklahoma motion picture during the final weekend of the Sundance Film Festival bodes well for the future of the Sooner state’s movie industry, and another major feature is scheduled to start... Read More
"Edge of Darkness" - Political Paranoia Redux
February 01, 2010
The release of the caustic thriller “Edge of Darkness” reminds us not only of what a potent screen actor Mel Gibson still can be but also of what a powerful jolt to the political zeitgeist the story delivered when it originally aired on British television in 1985.
The neatly Americanized film version, with... Read More
February 01, 2010
The release of the caustic thriller “Edge of Darkness” reminds us not only of what a potent screen actor Mel Gibson still can be but also of what a powerful jolt to the political zeitgeist the story delivered when it originally aired on British television in 1985.
The neatly Americanized film version, with... Read More
Under the Radar DVD of the Week: "She-Wolf of London"
February 01, 2010
This week, the oddest DVD to appear on release lists is:
“She-Wolf of London: The Complete Series”
Given youth culture’s current obsession with all things vampire, this short-lived TV series from 1991 seems to have appeared well ahead of its time.
It features the tale of beautiful American grad student... Read More
February 01, 2010
This week, the oddest DVD to appear on release lists is:
“She-Wolf of London: The Complete Series”
Given youth culture’s current obsession with all things vampire, this short-lived TV series from 1991 seems to have appeared well ahead of its time.
It features the tale of beautiful American grad student... Read More
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About the writers
Dennis King
Movie Critic
King spent 31 years as an ink-stained wretch working for newspapers in Seminole, Ada, Oklahoma City and Tulsa. He holds a B.A. degree in English from the University of Central Oklahoma and for 16 years served as an adjunct instructor in journalism and English at Tulsa Community College. For 20 years, he was full-time film critic at the Tulsa World.
In 2006, he left Tulsa and along with his wife, Suzan (a retired English professor), moved to a cabin in Dingmans Ferry, PA. There, along the banks for the Delaware River, he chased after two rambunctious Labrador retrievers, fly fished the waters of the Poconos and did his best to become a full-time trout bum. Still scratching a writer’s itch, he freelanced articles for Explorer magazine and Gray’s Sporting Journal and wrote a stage play about classic movies and old movie theaters, titled “Spirits of the Coronado” (after his long-gone boyhood theater at 39th Street and MacArthur Boulevard).
In December, he and Suzan moved into an apartment in upper Manhattan, where they plan to eat bagels for breakfast and street-cart hot dogs for lunch, haunt the Angelika Theater and the Film Forum, go to plays and museums, ride the subways, complain about the subways and generally live like true New Yorkers.
In 2006, he left Tulsa and along with his wife, Suzan (a retired English professor), moved to a cabin in Dingmans Ferry, PA. There, along the banks for the Delaware River, he chased after two rambunctious Labrador retrievers, fly fished the waters of the Poconos and did his best to become a full-time trout bum. Still scratching a writer’s itch, he freelanced articles for Explorer magazine and Gray’s Sporting Journal and wrote a stage play about classic movies and old movie theaters, titled “Spirits of the Coronado” (after his long-gone boyhood theater at 39th Street and MacArthur Boulevard).
In December, he and Suzan moved into an apartment in upper Manhattan, where they plan to eat bagels for breakfast and street-cart hot dogs for lunch, haunt the Angelika Theater and the Film Forum, go to plays and museums, ride the subways, complain about the subways and generally live like true New Yorkers.
Gene Triplett
Entertainment Editor
Gene Triplett is another Oklahoma newspaper dinosaur who's been cranking out copy for 34 years, first at the upstart, long defunct Oklahoma Journal, covering just about every news beat imaginable, then at The Oklahoman, where's he's bounced back and forth from features to the news side as assistant city editor, city editor and entertainment editor, managing to hold down the latter position for more than 10 years. He holds a B.A. degree in journalism -- also from the University of Central Oklahoma -- and, also like his colleague King, chases after two loony Labrador retrievers. He does not live by a trout-filled river, but he and his wife Carol do own a swimming pool, much to the delight of their dogs.
The Tripletts enjoy gourmet outdoor cooking year-round (rain, sleet or snow), entertaining friends, road trips to scenic wooded parks that rent rustic lakeside cabins, listening to music, watching classic movies and, in the summertime, swimming with their dogs.
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