‘Social Network’ screenwriter finds mystery of Mark Zuckerberg a dramatic challenge
October 01, 2010
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Movie review: Facebook founder emerges as enigmatic figure in ‘Social Network’
October 01, 2010
In the first blush of enthusiasm after viewing director David Fincher’s stunning, of-the-moment film “The Social Network,” it’s tempting to characterize it as the cyber age’s answer to such epoch-defining classics as “Citizen Kane” and “Network.”
That might initially seem like so much sound-bite... Read More
October 01, 2010
In the first blush of enthusiasm after viewing director David Fincher’s stunning, of-the-moment film “The Social Network,” it’s tempting to characterize it as the cyber age’s answer to such epoch-defining classics as “Citizen Kane” and “Network.”
That might initially seem like so much sound-bite... Read More
DVD review: 'The Killer Inside Me'
September 30, 2010
“The Killer Inside Me”
When Anadarko, OK-born pulp fiction writer Jim Thompson’s fourth novel hit the revolving paperback book racks of 1952′s drugstores, supermarkets and bus stations, it sold for 25 cents a copy. You couldn’t find “The Killer Inside Me” in respectable establishments where... Read More
September 30, 2010
“The Killer Inside Me”
When Anadarko, OK-born pulp fiction writer Jim Thompson’s fourth novel hit the revolving paperback book racks of 1952′s drugstores, supermarkets and bus stations, it sold for 25 cents a copy. You couldn’t find “The Killer Inside Me” in respectable establishments where... Read More
Movie review: ‘Winnebago Man’ hitches ride to dubious fame on viral video
September 29, 2010
As old media and new media mingle and morph, as the Internet invades every corner of our lives and as reality TV piques our basest collective curiosity, films like “Winnebago Man” inevitably find their way out of the underground shadows and into the mainstream.
What started as a quirky cult novelty in 1988... Read More
September 29, 2010
As old media and new media mingle and morph, as the Internet invades every corner of our lives and as reality TV piques our basest collective curiosity, films like “Winnebago Man” inevitably find their way out of the underground shadows and into the mainstream.
What started as a quirky cult novelty in 1988... Read More
Under the Radar DVD of the Week: 'Pig Hunt'
September 29, 2010
This week, the oddest DVD to appear on release lists is:
“Pig Hunt”
Like “Deliverance” but without the banjos and the literary pedigree, “Pig Hunt” (due out on DVD Tuesday) charts a testosterone-fueled trek into hillbilly country that’s complicated by pot-growing sirens, a mysterious hippie and a... Read More
September 29, 2010
This week, the oddest DVD to appear on release lists is:
“Pig Hunt”
Like “Deliverance” but without the banjos and the literary pedigree, “Pig Hunt” (due out on DVD Tuesday) charts a testosterone-fueled trek into hillbilly country that’s complicated by pot-growing sirens, a mysterious hippie and a... Read More
At 83, Clint Walker still ready for TV, film roles
September 24, 2010
BY GENE TRIPLETT
Clint Walker was Cheyenne Bodie, slow to anger, fast on the draw, 6½ feet and 240 pounds of muscle; the central character in one of the most popular TV Westerns of the late 1950s, at a time when dozens of horse operas were shooting for high ratings.
But Walker walked away — twice — while... Read More
September 24, 2010
BY GENE TRIPLETT
Clint Walker was Cheyenne Bodie, slow to anger, fast on the draw, 6½ feet and 240 pounds of muscle; the central character in one of the most popular TV Westerns of the late 1950s, at a time when dozens of horse operas were shooting for high ratings.
But Walker walked away — twice — while... Read More
DVD review: 'Night of the Living Dead: Reanimated'
September 24, 2010
George Romero’s original cult classic about reanimated corpses has been, well, reanimated.
The grainy, black-and-white, shoestring-budget shocker about a handful of people trapped in a remote farmhouse surrounded by flesh-eating zombies has gotten a makeover from nearly 150 international artists and animators... Read More
September 24, 2010
George Romero’s original cult classic about reanimated corpses has been, well, reanimated.
The grainy, black-and-white, shoestring-budget shocker about a handful of people trapped in a remote farmhouse surrounded by flesh-eating zombies has gotten a makeover from nearly 150 international artists and animators... Read More
Movie review: 'Money Never Sleeps' in sequel to 'Wall Street'
September 24, 2010
At the clever opening of “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps,” a stubble-faced Gordon Gekko is being released from eight years in the clink for the sharp double-dealing and insider trading he engineered in Oliver Stone’s original, epochal 1987 film.
As Gekko picks up his belongings — a blingy watch and ring,... Read More
September 24, 2010
At the clever opening of “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps,” a stubble-faced Gordon Gekko is being released from eight years in the clink for the sharp double-dealing and insider trading he engineered in Oliver Stone’s original, epochal 1987 film.
As Gekko picks up his belongings — a blingy watch and ring,... Read More
‘Furious Love’ chronicles tumultuous romance of Liz Taylor, Richard Burton
September 23, 2010
Long before Hollywood branded its torrid movie-star romances with glib tags like Bennifer (Ben Affleck/Jennifer Lopez) and Brangelina (Brad Pitt/Angelina Jolie), the tabloid headlines and Photoplay magazine spreads of the 20th century studio era were ablaze with the epic romantic antics of Liz and Dick (Lick?)... Read More
September 23, 2010
Long before Hollywood branded its torrid movie-star romances with glib tags like Bennifer (Ben Affleck/Jennifer Lopez) and Brangelina (Brad Pitt/Angelina Jolie), the tabloid headlines and Photoplay magazine spreads of the 20th century studio era were ablaze with the epic romantic antics of Liz and Dick (Lick?)... Read More
Movie review: Tulsa filmmaker blends pot, poetry, philosophy in ‘Leaves of Grass’
September 20, 2010
Actor-writer-director Tim Blake Nelson returns to his Okie roots in his wild and woolly new movie, “Leaves of Grass.” And those roots encompass an amazing array of influences: the formal discipline of Classics study at Brown University; Tulsa’s colorfully diverse Jewish community; the hyper-literate melding... Read More
September 20, 2010
Actor-writer-director Tim Blake Nelson returns to his Okie roots in his wild and woolly new movie, “Leaves of Grass.” And those roots encompass an amazing array of influences: the formal discipline of Classics study at Brown University; Tulsa’s colorfully diverse Jewish community; the hyper-literate melding... Read More
Movie review: Details are bungled, but 'The Town' still thrills
September 20, 2010
Ben Affleck’s “The Town” is a wild, thrilling cops-and-robbers ride through some of the meanest streets of Boston that is derailed too often by over-the-top action sequences and story
turns that strain believability.
Boston is plagued by more than 300 bank robberies a year, and most of the... Read More
September 20, 2010
Ben Affleck’s “The Town” is a wild, thrilling cops-and-robbers ride through some of the meanest streets of Boston that is derailed too often by over-the-top action sequences and story
turns that strain believability.
Boston is plagued by more than 300 bank robberies a year, and most of the... Read More
Under the Radar DVD of the Week: 'Glamourpuss: The Lady Gaga Story'
September 20, 2010
This week, the oddest DVD to appear on release lists is:
“Glamourpuss: The Lady Gaga Story”
The cult of Lady Gaga is so rabid and rarefied that only those obsessive fans willing to invest in special hardware will be able to view the British documentary “Glamourpuss: The Lady Gaga Story,” set for DVD... Read More
September 20, 2010
This week, the oddest DVD to appear on release lists is:
“Glamourpuss: The Lady Gaga Story”
The cult of Lady Gaga is so rabid and rarefied that only those obsessive fans willing to invest in special hardware will be able to view the British documentary “Glamourpuss: The Lady Gaga Story,” set for DVD... Read More
Star/director Ben Affleck studies criminal side of ‘The Town' he knows well
September 16, 2010
BY GENE TRIPLETT
TORONTO — Ben Affleck wanted to pull a job in his hometown of Boston. To get away with it, he imported a string of pros who he knew could fake convincing Beantown accents and
provide solid backup when the shooting started.
His accomplices were Jon Hamm (“Mad Men”), hailing from St.... Read More
September 16, 2010
BY GENE TRIPLETT
TORONTO — Ben Affleck wanted to pull a job in his hometown of Boston. To get away with it, he imported a string of pros who he knew could fake convincing Beantown accents and
provide solid backup when the shooting started.
His accomplices were Jon Hamm (“Mad Men”), hailing from St.... Read More
Movie review: In ‘Women Without Men’ stunning visuals trump storytelling
September 13, 2010
For renowned Iranian-born feminist Shirin Neshat, being a gifted photographer and visual artist does not necessarily equate to being a talented storyteller.
That becomes apparent in watching her freshman feature film, “Women Without Men,” an artful, ambitious work that’s visually stunning and politically... Read More
September 13, 2010
For renowned Iranian-born feminist Shirin Neshat, being a gifted photographer and visual artist does not necessarily equate to being a talented storyteller.
That becomes apparent in watching her freshman feature film, “Women Without Men,” an artful, ambitious work that’s visually stunning and politically... Read More
Under the Radar DVD of the Week: 'Barbie: A Fashion Fairytale'
September 13, 2010
With the glitzy doings of Fall Fashion Week just winding down in New York City, it seems appropriate that Tuesday should feature the DVD release of the newest movie by that most plastic-fantastic of girlie fashion icons – Barbie.
“Barbie: A Fashion Fairytale” is a computer-animated fantasy in which Barbie... Read More
September 13, 2010
With the glitzy doings of Fall Fashion Week just winding down in New York City, it seems appropriate that Tuesday should feature the DVD release of the newest movie by that most plastic-fantastic of girlie fashion icons – Barbie.
“Barbie: A Fashion Fairytale” is a computer-animated fantasy in which Barbie... Read More
Movie review: ‘Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child’ a fine bookend to earlier film
September 13, 2010
In the 1996 biopic “Basquiat” by artist-turned-filmmaker Julian Schnabel we were given a sympathetic but limited perspective on the ’80s Soho supernova Jean-Michel Basquiat that was rich in pop-psyche revelations and insider art-scene poop but short on images of the artist’s work itself.
That was perhaps... Read More
September 13, 2010
In the 1996 biopic “Basquiat” by artist-turned-filmmaker Julian Schnabel we were given a sympathetic but limited perspective on the ’80s Soho supernova Jean-Michel Basquiat that was rich in pop-psyche revelations and insider art-scene poop but short on images of the artist’s work itself.
That was perhaps... Read More
Hitchcock’s ‘The 39 Steps’ steps lively from screen to international stages
September 08, 2010
NEW YORK – Among Alfred Hitchcock’s pre-Hollywood films, “The 39 Steps” from 1935 is widely considered to be among his best and the one in which the director perfected his famed “Macguffin” (the largely undefined plot device around which the story seems to revolve).
While Hitchcock’s works from his... Read More
September 08, 2010
NEW YORK – Among Alfred Hitchcock’s pre-Hollywood films, “The 39 Steps” from 1935 is widely considered to be among his best and the one in which the director perfected his famed “Macguffin” (the largely undefined plot device around which the story seems to revolve).
While Hitchcock’s works from his... Read More
Movie review: ‘The Extra Man’ skates by on Kevin Kline’s charming gigolo turn
September 08, 2010
In gentler, more genteel times, Kevin Kline’s shabby but dapper character in the pixilated, New York-centric social comedy “The Extra Man” would have been referred to as a gigolo.
A spiffy dresser with a dry wit, elegant tastes on a threadbare budget and a wry, world-weary aspect on the opposite sex (and... Read More
September 08, 2010
In gentler, more genteel times, Kevin Kline’s shabby but dapper character in the pixilated, New York-centric social comedy “The Extra Man” would have been referred to as a gigolo.
A spiffy dresser with a dry wit, elegant tastes on a threadbare budget and a wry, world-weary aspect on the opposite sex (and... Read More
Under the Radar DVD of the Week: 'Charles Bukowski: The Last Straw'
September 07, 2010
This week, the oddest DVD to appear on release lists is:
“Charles Bukowski: The Last Straw”
Poet, short story writer, novelist, raconteur, barfly, beatnik, postal worker and legendary literary renegade Charles Bukowski hated giving poetry readings. So when he did he usually antagonized his audiences, and... Read More
September 07, 2010
This week, the oddest DVD to appear on release lists is:
“Charles Bukowski: The Last Straw”
Poet, short story writer, novelist, raconteur, barfly, beatnik, postal worker and legendary literary renegade Charles Bukowski hated giving poetry readings. So when he did he usually antagonized his audiences, and... Read More
Movie review: ‘Machete’ packs B-movie shenanigans with A-level cast
September 03, 2010
As chopped-off noggins roll around like careening bowling balls and as blood spews in ghoulish crimson fountains, “Machete” pushes the boundaries of on-screen action violence to the limits of ridiculousness and beyond.
To say writer-director Robert Rodriguez’s comic-book vigilante saga is madly, gleefully... Read More
September 03, 2010
As chopped-off noggins roll around like careening bowling balls and as blood spews in ghoulish crimson fountains, “Machete” pushes the boundaries of on-screen action violence to the limits of ridiculousness and beyond.
To say writer-director Robert Rodriguez’s comic-book vigilante saga is madly, gleefully... Read More
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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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