<iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=oklahgazet-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B003THSXKU&fc1=000000&IS2=1 Even people who’ve never seen Alfred Hitchcock’s “Psycho” know quite a bit about Alfred Hitchcock’s “Psycho.” It’s a bona fide classic, both in horror and film in general. On the downside, its pop-culture power is so potent that we forgot how revolutionary it truly was. Spending an hour and a half watching “The […]
Rod Lott
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Night of the Demons
<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=B003VE9WP6&fc1=000000&IS2=1 If you’re going to remake a horror film, why not one in which so few have emotional investment? Case in point: “Night of the Demons,” an update of the 1988 video hit of the same name. Here, Halloween becomes all too real for the young women and […]
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The Exorcist: Extended Director’s Cut & Original Theatrical Edition
<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=B001992NW4&fc1=000000&IS2=1 After years of seeing it on VHS, I’ve had the pleasure of seeing the 1974 classic “The Exorcist” on the big screen twice: once in 2000, and again in the last month. Both times marked a pleasurable, memorable theatrical experience, not only because I discover something new […]
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Catfish
The anonymity of the Internet all but guarantees that, at one point or another, we’ll all be duped. It could be innocuous, like thinking that forwarding an e-mail to 10 friends will net you rewards. It could be fatal, in the case of last year’s so-called “Craigslist Killer.” And somewhere in between sits everything else: […]
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According to the Gowalla app, Oklahoma City includes spots both strange and scatological
On any given day, local hangouts like Iguana Mexican Grill, the Ford Center and McNellie’s Public House battle it out for the top spot on Gowalla, the location-based mobile check-in app. But what about Hell? Similar to Foursquare, Gowalla lets users check in via smartphone to where they are around town, and share that information […]
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The Rig
Remember the frustration you and the rest of America felt this summer when BP was unable to plug its Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf of Mexico? Viewers will feel equally as restless at the sci-fi thriller “The Rig.” Too soon? More like too late, as “The Rig” is yet another copy of the 1979 […]
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Ellery Queen Mysteries
<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=B003RHZ6CK&fc1=000000&IS2=1 I think I’m addicted to “Ellery Queen Mysteries.” Too bad I’ve now exhausted all there is to see. The series ran briefly “? inexplicably “? for one season on NBC in 1975. Being 3 years old then, I wasn’t a viewer, but it certainly was something into […]
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Thunder announces TV schedule for upcoming season
Can’t make it to the Ford Center? NBA fans can follow the Oklahoma City Thunder’s third season on television, as the team has announced the schedule for its 2010-11 games, which begin at home Oct. 27 against the Chicago Bulls. FOX Sports Oklahoma will broadcast 77 games total ” including one preseason match-up with the […]
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Sherlock Holmes: 1964-1965
<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=B003NF97NA&fc1=000000&IS2=1 Who cares if BBC’s two-disc “Sherlock Holmes” set comes late to the release party spurred by last Christmas’ Robert Downey Jr. blockbuster reboot? At least it’s here, and I thought it was lost forever. To be specific, this “Sherlock” is the short-lived 1964-65 BBC series starring Douglas […]
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Devil
For me, one of 2010’s most memorable cinematic experiences occurred at a packed advance screening for “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.” Not for the movie itself, but for the “Devil” trailer that unspooled beforehand. You could tell the largely 20-something audience was really into it, grooving on the concept. Then the credit “from the mind […]