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Rod Lott
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Batman & Robin: Batman vs Robin
Grant Morrison’s “Batman & Robin” debuted last year after the death of Bruce Wayne, recasting former Robin Dick Grayson as the new Batman, and Wayne’s snotty son, Damian, as the new Robin. (Got that?) In “Batman & Robin: Batman vs Robin ” The Deluxe Edition,” the second collection of the series, they’re already trying to […]
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Jonah Hex
<iframe marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" style="width: 120px; height: 240px;" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=oklahgazet-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B003YOZNBK&fc1=000000&IS2=1 Jonah Hex is such an obscure character to comics outsiders — and one of my absolute favorites —? that part of me still can’t believe they’ve made a movie based on him. Too bad they didn’t try harder. Turns out the bad buzz about its rumored plagued […]
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The Haunting of Sorority Row / The Gathering
<iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=oklahgazet-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B003JQZXXQ&fc1=000000&IS2=1 Lifetime’s original movies are some of the worst cable has to offer. When I saw it had delved into supernatural horror for a recent batch of DVDs —? including “Devil’s Diary,” “Hush Little Baby” and “Still Small Voices” —? I wondered, “Interesting … how bad could they be?” The answer, in the case […]
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The Doberman Gang / The Daring Dobermans
I can’t believe a film franchise existed that I had never heard of, but that’s “The Doberman Gang” in a pinch. The 1972 independent crime film was successful enough to spawn three sequels. The original and its immediate 1973 follow-up, “The Daring Dobermans,” arrive on DVD in a star-free double feature from the burn-to-order Warner […]
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Colin
<iframe marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" style="width: 120px; height: 240px;" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=oklahgazet-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B003W81H7W&fc1=000000&IS2=1 Every penny poured into the zombie film “Colin” appears onscreen. Too bad it only cost $75. Actually, that’s all it needed. Imagination is free, and writer/director/producer/editor/DP/sound designer Marc Price exhibits plenty in his DIY feature debut, which is about a zombie apocalypse. That’s nothing new, except that […]
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Doghouse
<iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=oklahgazet-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B003Y7F1JQ&fc1=000000&IS2=1 “Shaun of the Dead,” what have ye wrought? A slew of inferior imitations, that’s what — one of the latest of which is the 2009 zom-com “Doghouse.” A bunch of blokes in the UK escape their nagging wives/girlfriends/one-night stands for a guys’ getaway weekend in a faraway village so they can help one […]
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Agatha Christie: Poirot: Murder on the Orient Express
<iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=oklahgazet-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B003L80FLC&fc1=000000&IS2=1 Agatha Christie’s novel “Murder On The Orient Express” has been filmed a couple times before —? most famously in Sidney Lumet’s 1974 Oscar winner — but none as emotionally affecting as this recent episode from PBS’ “Poirot” series starring David Suchet as detective Hercule Poirot. The story remains the same: Called back home […]
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House of Mystery Halloween Annual #2
With “House of Mystery Halloween Annual #2” now out, we hope the title makes good on that whole “annual” claim, because here’s one Halloween tradition-in-the-making I can get behind. As a more lighthearted spin-off of Matthew Sturges’ excellent, ongoing Vertigo monthly ” now still going strong at #30, and a revival of DC Comics’ much-loved, […]
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The Warrior and the Sorceress / Barbarian Queen
Barbarian movies were big in the 1980s, following Arnold Schwarzenegger’s two triumphs as Conan. Producer Roger Corman was responsible for many of the rip-offs, including the pair on this double-feature DVD, 1984’s “The Warrior And The Sorceress” and 1985’s “Barbarian Queen.” Corman regular David Carradine stars in “The Warrior and the Sorceress” as the former, […]