Based on an internationally best-selling novel by Harlan Coben and directed by Frenchman Guillaume Canet, the story follows Alexandre Beck (popular French actor François Cluzet), a doctor who goes about his practice while carrying a torch for his wife, Margot (Marie Josée-Croze), who was murdered eight years prior. The specific circumstances of her death are […]
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Waiting for ‘Superman’
The documentary “Waiting for ‘Superman’” examines the issue of America’s damaged public school system, mainly focusing on who’s getting shorted, who’s shorting them and why. Director Davis Guggenheim (“An Inconvenient Truth”) begins and ends his examination with a bit of self-criticism. He explains in the opening that in 1999, he shot a documentary called “The […]
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Jackass 3D
In the 2000 “South Park” episode “Fat Camp,” the eternally hooded Kenny accepts a sum of money from his friends for eating a manatee spleen. The incident leads to a nationally televised career during which Kenny ends up performing fellatio on Howard Stern and works up to spending time in his bus driver’s womb. On […]
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The Day the Earth Stood Still
2008 The remake of “The Day the Earth Stood Still” retains many of the basic plot elements of the 1951 classic and the overall message of its source material. But these days, our source of apocalyptic dread has shifted from Soviet A-bombs to a corrupted, dying environment. This version begins with microbiologist Helen Benson (Jennifer […]
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Rollergirls hit roadblock with loss of venue
Despite a successful first year in the Oklahoma City area, the Tornado Alley Rollergirls’ roller derby league is working through some growing pains. Amanda Lipscomb, aka Jane’s Affliction, TARG league manager and co-owner, said the league has lost its regular venue, Edmond’s Rockin’ Roller Rink. With the league championship scheduled for the end of […]