Under the Radar DVD of the Week: 'Worlds Bizarre'
May 31, 2011
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Depp’s Captain Jack Sparrow Not the Only Weird Movie Pirate
May 30, 2011
BY DENNIS KING
Johnny Depp’s swaggering, royally daft Captain Jack Sparrow of the “Pirates of the Caribbean” voyages is certainly a quirky and theatrical scoundrel. But no one can accuse his many big-screen pirate predecessors of being shrinking violets either, and a rogue’s gallery of famous movie... Read More
May 30, 2011
BY DENNIS KING
Johnny Depp’s swaggering, royally daft Captain Jack Sparrow of the “Pirates of the Caribbean” voyages is certainly a quirky and theatrical scoundrel. But no one can accuse his many big-screen pirate predecessors of being shrinking violets either, and a rogue’s gallery of famous movie... Read More
'Hangover II' - Moviemaking, mayhem go hand in hand
May 26, 2011
BY GENE TRIPLETT
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — The guys from “The Hangover Part II” didn’t really suffer the consequences of alcohol abuse while filming in Bangkok, but too much of the Thai capital can cause its own morning-after miseries.
“I think, unfortunately for Ed, it was the food,” Bradley Cooper... Read More
May 26, 2011
BY GENE TRIPLETT
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — The guys from “The Hangover Part II” didn’t really suffer the consequences of alcohol abuse while filming in Bangkok, but too much of the Thai capital can cause its own morning-after miseries.
“I think, unfortunately for Ed, it was the food,” Bradley Cooper... Read More
Movie review: ‘Meek’s Cutoff’ a spare, starchy Western of the mind
May 25, 2011
Trudging along in creaky covered wagons, mile after spine-jarring mile, day after wind-burned day, through arid alien landscapes, toward an uncertain, hardscrabble future – no wonder our pioneer ancestors were such stoical existentialists.
The three-family wagon train that scrambles along the Oregon Trail of... Read More
May 25, 2011
Trudging along in creaky covered wagons, mile after spine-jarring mile, day after wind-burned day, through arid alien landscapes, toward an uncertain, hardscrabble future – no wonder our pioneer ancestors were such stoical existentialists.
The three-family wagon train that scrambles along the Oregon Trail of... Read More
Movie review: More laughs might cure 'The Hangover Part II'
May 25, 2011
It’s a given that boys will be boys with bruising consequences again in Todd Phillips’ latest comedy outrage, “The Hangover Part II.”
The title after all is a pretty straightforward declaration that this is the fully warranted sequel to the writer-director’s 2009 surprise runaway smash hit about three... Read More
May 25, 2011
It’s a given that boys will be boys with bruising consequences again in Todd Phillips’ latest comedy outrage, “The Hangover Part II.”
The title after all is a pretty straightforward declaration that this is the fully warranted sequel to the writer-director’s 2009 surprise runaway smash hit about three... Read More
Under the Radar DVD of the Week: 'Picasso & Braque Go to the Movies'
May 23, 2011
This week, the oddest DVD to appear on release lists is:
“Picasso and Braque Go to the Movies”
In the talky convergence of film and fine art cultures that informs “Picasso and Braque Go to the Movies,” it seems the only question left unanswered is whether these two lofty figures of the Cubist movement... Read More
May 23, 2011
This week, the oddest DVD to appear on release lists is:
“Picasso and Braque Go to the Movies”
In the talky convergence of film and fine art cultures that informs “Picasso and Braque Go to the Movies,” it seems the only question left unanswered is whether these two lofty figures of the Cubist movement... Read More
DVD review: ‘Behind the Burly Q’
May 22, 2011
The bump and grind of American burlesque has been largely sanitized and celebrated in pop culture in such mainstream entertainments as “Gypsy” and “The Night They Raided Minsky’s.” But despite its wink-wink acceptance as a slightly naughty form of “gentlemen’s indulgence,” burlesque certainly had... Read More
May 22, 2011
The bump and grind of American burlesque has been largely sanitized and celebrated in pop culture in such mainstream entertainments as “Gypsy” and “The Night They Raided Minsky’s.” But despite its wink-wink acceptance as a slightly naughty form of “gentlemen’s indulgence,” burlesque certainly had... Read More
‘Snakes on a Plane’ parlor game
May 21, 2011
In the spirit of “Snakes on a Plane” and “Hobo With a Shotgun,” we hereby propose a corresponding parlor game for imaginative film buffs based on this newly emerging subgenre of popcorn movies in which the title says it all.
With both of these films, the brilliance is all in the moniker. Story is an... Read More
May 21, 2011
In the spirit of “Snakes on a Plane” and “Hobo With a Shotgun,” we hereby propose a corresponding parlor game for imaginative film buffs based on this newly emerging subgenre of popcorn movies in which the title says it all.
With both of these films, the brilliance is all in the moniker. Story is an... Read More
Under the Radar DVD of the Week: 'The 39 Steps' (1959)
May 16, 2011
This week, the most interesting DVD to appear on release lists is:
“The 39 Steps” (1959)
Most film fans know “The 39 Steps” from Alfred Hitchcock’s 1935 foray into nail-biting espionage and daringly clever film craft. But the jaunty spy saga drawn from John Buchan’s novel has been adapted for film... Read More
May 16, 2011
This week, the most interesting DVD to appear on release lists is:
“The 39 Steps” (1959)
Most film fans know “The 39 Steps” from Alfred Hitchcock’s 1935 foray into nail-biting espionage and daringly clever film craft. But the jaunty spy saga drawn from John Buchan’s novel has been adapted for film... Read More
Under the Radar DVD of the Week: 'Christmas in July'
May 09, 2011
This week, the oddest DVD to appear on release lists is:
“Christmas in July”
Any opportunity to revisit the rapid-clip, screwball wit of Preston Sturges is cause for celebration, so be of good cheer for the reissuing of one of the writer-director’s minor classics, “Christmas in July,” due out in a... Read More
May 09, 2011
This week, the oddest DVD to appear on release lists is:
“Christmas in July”
Any opportunity to revisit the rapid-clip, screwball wit of Preston Sturges is cause for celebration, so be of good cheer for the reissuing of one of the writer-director’s minor classics, “Christmas in July,” due out in a... Read More
DVD review: 'The Terror'
May 07, 2011
“The Terror” (1963) is another Roger Corman quickie that exists only because the busy B-movie king had just finished a picture ahead of schedule and under budget (in this case “The Raven”), the sets were still in place and one of its stars was still under contract.
With three days... Read More
May 07, 2011
“The Terror” (1963) is another Roger Corman quickie that exists only because the busy B-movie king had just finished a picture ahead of schedule and under budget (in this case “The Raven”), the sets were still in place and one of its stars was still under contract.
With three days... Read More
Book review: ‘Glenn Ford: A Life,’ warts and all
May 06, 2011
He was easygoing and charming on camera, but private and reserved off. He was born in Canada but became such an iconic figure on screen that fellow actor Sidney Poitier said of him, “He is a genuine American movie star.”
Glenn Ford might not have gained the lofty status and respect of such Hollywood titans as... Read More
May 06, 2011
He was easygoing and charming on camera, but private and reserved off. He was born in Canada but became such an iconic figure on screen that fellow actor Sidney Poitier said of him, “He is a genuine American movie star.”
Glenn Ford might not have gained the lofty status and respect of such Hollywood titans as... Read More
DVD review: ‘O’
May 05, 2011
Shakespeare juiced with hip-hop. The Bard trash-talking basketball. Rap replacing iambic pentameter.
Those were some of the audacious, compelling and dramatically daring elements that fueled “O,” director Tim Blake Nelson’s smart, contemporary re-imagining of Shakespeare’s “Othello” when it was... Read More
May 05, 2011
Shakespeare juiced with hip-hop. The Bard trash-talking basketball. Rap replacing iambic pentameter.
Those were some of the audacious, compelling and dramatically daring elements that fueled “O,” director Tim Blake Nelson’s smart, contemporary re-imagining of Shakespeare’s “Othello” when it was... Read More
Under the Radar DVD of the Week: 'Bonnie and Clyde vs. Dracula'
May 02, 2011
This week, the oddest DVD to appear on release lists is:
“Bonnie and Clyde vs. Dracula”
How’s this for a peculiar cinematic mash-up – “Bonnie and Clyde vs. Dracula,” a tongue-in-cheek melding of mobsters and monsters due out on DVD Tuesday?
An ultra-low budget lark shot in St. Joseph, Mo., this... Read More
May 02, 2011
This week, the oddest DVD to appear on release lists is:
“Bonnie and Clyde vs. Dracula”
How’s this for a peculiar cinematic mash-up – “Bonnie and Clyde vs. Dracula,” a tongue-in-cheek melding of mobsters and monsters due out on DVD Tuesday?
An ultra-low budget lark shot in St. Joseph, Mo., this... Read More
DVD review: 'Dementia 13'
April 30, 2011
Nine years before “The Godfather” turned Francis Ford Coppola into a made man in the movie business, the Don of the B movies, Roger Corman, gave him a shot at directing his first mainstream feature.
And why not? Frugal filmmaker Corman had just wrapped a cheapie called “The Young Racers” under budget on... Read More
April 30, 2011
Nine years before “The Godfather” turned Francis Ford Coppola into a made man in the movie business, the Don of the B movies, Roger Corman, gave him a shot at directing his first mainstream feature.
And why not? Frugal filmmaker Corman had just wrapped a cheapie called “The Young Racers” under budget on... Read More
Movie review: ‘Certified Copy’ a delicate pondering of love, art, truth
April 28, 2011
There’s a delicious ambiguity at the core of Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami’s films, and especially so in the delicate, day-in-the-life meditation, “Certified Copy.”
In this subtly written and sublimely acted story – focusing on a British author visiting northern Italy and spending a rambling, talky... Read More
April 28, 2011
There’s a delicious ambiguity at the core of Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami’s films, and especially so in the delicate, day-in-the-life meditation, “Certified Copy.”
In this subtly written and sublimely acted story – focusing on a British author visiting northern Italy and spending a rambling, talky... Read More
Book review: New edition of Spielberg bio enlarges movie mogul’s myth
April 26, 2011
Since the candid and revealing “Steven Spielberg: A Biography” was published in 1997 – causing a major re-evaluation of the filmmaker as more than a facile, boy-wonder entertainer – much of import has happened in the life and career of America’s most consistently successful and influential movie mogul.... Read More
April 26, 2011
Since the candid and revealing “Steven Spielberg: A Biography” was published in 1997 – causing a major re-evaluation of the filmmaker as more than a facile, boy-wonder entertainer – much of import has happened in the life and career of America’s most consistently successful and influential movie mogul.... Read More
Under the Radar DVD of the Week: 'Mongolian Death Worm'
April 26, 2011
This week, the oddest DVD to appear on release lists is:
“Mongolian Death Worm”
Massive oil spills, international public-relations disasters and humongous environmental catastrophes aren’t the only hazards facing the business of petroleum exploration these days. There are also the slimy horrors visited... Read More
April 26, 2011
This week, the oddest DVD to appear on release lists is:
“Mongolian Death Worm”
Massive oil spills, international public-relations disasters and humongous environmental catastrophes aren’t the only hazards facing the business of petroleum exploration these days. There are also the slimy horrors visited... Read More
Movie review: ‘Bill Cunningham New York’ celebrates fashion, high and low
April 22, 2011
Spend any time on the streets of Manhattan, especially around 57th and Fifth Ave., and you’re likely to catch a glimpse of a slight, white-haired man in blue French workman’s jacket tooling around astride a vintage Schwinn bicycle with cameras hanging from his neck.
That would be Bill Cunningham, a bona fide,... Read More
April 22, 2011
Spend any time on the streets of Manhattan, especially around 57th and Fifth Ave., and you’re likely to catch a glimpse of a slight, white-haired man in blue French workman’s jacket tooling around astride a vintage Schwinn bicycle with cameras hanging from his neck.
That would be Bill Cunningham, a bona fide,... Read More
Movie review: ‘Water for Elephants’ delivers big style, diluted drama
April 22, 2011
There’s something eternally alluring in the idea of running away and joining the circus, and that’s the inherent appeal of Sara Gruen’s best-selling 2006 book “Water for Elephants,” which is fundamentally a formulaic romance novel tricked out in exotic big-top atmosphere and gritty Depression-era setting.... Read More
April 22, 2011
There’s something eternally alluring in the idea of running away and joining the circus, and that’s the inherent appeal of Sara Gruen’s best-selling 2006 book “Water for Elephants,” which is fundamentally a formulaic romance novel tricked out in exotic big-top atmosphere and gritty Depression-era setting.... 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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