In two of the many fine 2009 films that didn’t earn Academy Award attention this year, a pair of women give two performances that make Sandra Bullock’s serviceable, Southern-fried turn as Leigh Anne Tuohy in “The Blind Side” look damn puny. The pretty pat film surrounding that Oscar-winning performance has, so far, earned $252,692,000 in […]
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An Education’ teaches different social studies in supple send-up to youth culture and rebellion
A little learning is a dangerous thing, and a lot can be pretty damn devastating. That’s certainly the case in Danish director Lone Scherfig’s “An Education,” which is built around a superb, supple screenplay by novelist Nick Hornby (“High Fidelity,” “About a Boy”) and carried by a stellar cast’s consistently fine acting. The film screens […]
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Spa packages give recipient gift of feeling younger, looking better
I set out in early November to discover how and why beauty shops and beauty operators had become salons and stylists and then, in many cases, evolved again to include spas staffed by estheticians, nail technicians and massage therapists. These retreats offer women ” and some men ” a few hours of escape from life’s […]
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Documentary portrays Hollywood’s depiction of Oklahoma
“Moving Images in Oklahoma,” a 30-minute film that runs continuously during the Oklahoma History Center’s open hours, presents clips from 70 films that, like it or not, have helped Oklahomans and others define the state. “I came up with 450 films that were either about Oklahoma, set in Oklahoma, had a character from the state […]
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Quilts cover Oklahoma history
Quilters of all ages will participate in the Central Oklahoma Quilters Guild’s “Centennial Celebration of Quilts 2007” Thursday through Saturday at the Cox Convention Center, 1 Myriad Gardens. In the centennial year, quilt blocks with names like “Road to Oklahoma,” “Oklahoma Twister,” “Oklahoma Dogwood” and “Oil Fields of Oklahoma” are only the most obvious […]