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Burke and Hare
His purported comeback, 2010’s “Burke & Hare,” also failed to secure a coast-to-coast release, grossing a theatrical grand total of $947. That’s a shame, because while no classic, the movie isn’t bad. Even minor Landis can be good Landis. Narrated by a hangman (UK stand-up comic Bill Bailey), the film takes the historical murders committed…
Burke and Hare
His purported comeback, 2010’s “Burke & Hare,” also failed to secure a coast-to-coast release, grossing a theatrical grand total of $947. That’s a shame, because while no classic, the movie isn’t bad. Even minor Landis can be good Landis. Narrated by a hangman (UK stand-up comic Bill Bailey), the film takes the historical murders committed…
Final Destination 5
Then “The Final Destination” made $181 million worldwide, so this summer, we earned another sequel — now hitting home video — and the numbering system has been reinstated. So has everything else. As has been the case over the course of the hit horror series, each chapter adheres to its tried-and-true template. In fact, it…
Final Destination 5
Then “The Final Destination” made $181 million worldwide, so this summer, we earned another sequel — now hitting home video — and the numbering system has been reinstated. So has everything else. As has been the case over the course of the hit horror series, each chapter adheres to its tried-and-true template. In fact, it…
Mod mixtures
The longtime barkeep extraordinaire recently helped the downtown property celebrate its centennial by showcasing cocktails popularized throughout the 20th century. According to Nelms, long-forgotten spirits are once again in vogue, not just at the hotel’s swanky piano bar where she works, but as a general beverage trend. She said the holidays offer the perfect chance…
Mod mixtures
The longtime barkeep extraordinaire recently helped the downtown property celebrate its centennial by showcasing cocktails popularized throughout the 20th century. According to Nelms, long-forgotten spirits are once again in vogue, not just at the hotel’s swanky piano bar where she works, but as a general beverage trend. She said the holidays offer the perfect chance…
Toying around
The holidays bring back a rush of memories. Some are good. “My favorite memory is recording the ‘Big Love Hospital’ Christmas EP with Ryan Lindsey and Josh Jones a few years ago,” said Beau Jennings, an Oklahoma native who has released music solo and with Americana band Cheyenne. “It was a very spontaneous and collaborative…
Toying around
The holidays bring back a rush of memories. Some are good. “My favorite memory is recording the ‘Big Love Hospital’ Christmas EP with Ryan Lindsey and Josh Jones a few years ago,” said Beau Jennings, an Oklahoma native who has released music solo and with Americana band Cheyenne. “It was a very spontaneous and collaborative…
Forecast: Thunder
Last season, Oklahoma City Thunder General Manager Sam Presti sent a clear message when he pulled the trigger on a trade that essentially exchanged Jeff Green, the under-performing forward he said he loved like a son, for the Boston Celtics’ defensive juggernaut Kendrick Perkins. That message? “We’re going for it.” The move suddenly shifted the…
Cool tools for yule
SALT BLOCKSalt blocks bring a unique flavor to food. This is for the cook who has everything: The blocks come from the Himalayas and contain 86 minerals. Prices range from $60 to $160. Leave it to Epicurean’s Pantry, 1333 N. Santa Fe in Edmond, to fix you up. CORK POPS Even the most stubborn wine…
Forecast: Thunder
Last season, Oklahoma City Thunder General Manager Sam Presti sent a clear message when he pulled the trigger on a trade that essentially exchanged Jeff Green, the under-performing forward he said he loved like a son, for the Boston Celtics’ defensive juggernaut Kendrick Perkins. That message? “We’re going for it.” The move suddenly shifted the…
Cool tools for yule
SALT BLOCKSalt blocks bring a unique flavor to food. This is for the cook who has everything: The blocks come from the Himalayas and contain 86 minerals. Prices range from $60 to $160. Leave it to Epicurean’s Pantry, 1333 N. Santa Fe in Edmond, to fix you up. CORK POPS Even the most stubborn wine…
The Oklahoma book holiday gift guide
OK, so he’s biased, but he’s also correct. Book sales increase significantly during the holidays. This season, instead of giving the reader on your list the Steve Jobs biography, Stephen King’s “11/22/63” or a box set of “The Hunger Games,” consider something that literally strikes closer to home. The past year has offered no shortage…
Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of The Toynbee Tiles
Imagine coming across a homemade tile on a city street or sidewalk bearing the enigmatic, four-line message of “TOYNBEE IDEA IN MOVIE 2001 RESURRECT DEAD ON PLANET JUPITER.” Now imagine coming across dozens of such tiles. Starting in 1994 on the East Coast, Justin Duerr did, and wondered what it meant. The more he encountered…
Funny farm
That’s when Oklahoma’s senior senator decided to clarify the issue of gays in the military by talking about bestiality. According to the Tulsa World, Inhofe assured the audience that lifting the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy did not, in fact, legalize bestiality in the military — just in case you were wondering. Riding the…
Funny farm
That’s when Oklahoma’s senior senator decided to clarify the issue of gays in the military by talking about bestiality. According to the Tulsa World, Inhofe assured the audience that lifting the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy did not, in fact, legalize bestiality in the military — just in case you were wondering. Riding the…
What OETA means
His letter was in response to the “Death to Elmo?” article (News, Clifton Adcock, Nov. 16, Gazette). Every day OETA receives dozens of telephone calls, letters and emails about our programming, signal distribution, funding and other topics of interest to viewers. Anyone who asks a question, we certainly try to answer and think we have…
What OETA means
His letter was in response to the “Death to Elmo?” article (News, Clifton Adcock, Nov. 16, Gazette). Every day OETA receives dozens of telephone calls, letters and emails about our programming, signal distribution, funding and other topics of interest to viewers. Anyone who asks a question, we certainly try to answer and think we have…
Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of The Toynbee Tiles
Imagine coming across a homemade tile on a city street or sidewalk bearing the enigmatic, four-line message of “TOYNBEE IDEA IN MOVIE 2001 RESURRECT DEAD ON PLANET JUPITER.” Now imagine coming across dozens of such tiles. Starting in 1994 on the East Coast, Justin Duerr did, and wondered what it meant. The more he encountered…
Peach — Peachy-P
On its 15-minute debut, Oklahoma City fusion trio Peach seems content playing on words and naming the last song “Short Record.” And setting its genre at “metal” when it pulls up in the listener’s iTunes library. For all this and the casual, greasy-lounge feel of some of these songs, I wonder how serious these guys…
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
However, those who have seen the original may wish to approach this version only to witness what Fincher brings to it, as the story remains unchanged in all but minor details. Many scenes seem shot on the very sets of Niels Arden Oplev’s 2009 film. What Fincher grants is a sharper, crisper look; a brisker…
Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol
In fact, so ridiculously entertaining is this fourth chapter of an uneven franchise, it may very well make my list of the year’s best films. This is pure Hollywood product at its unapologetic, blockbusting best. Tom Cruise returns as IMF agent Ethan Hunt, now sprung from a Russian prison to infiltrate the Kremlin and prevent…
Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol
In fact, so ridiculously entertaining is this fourth chapter of an uneven franchise, it may very well make my list of the year’s best films. This is pure Hollywood product at its unapologetic, blockbusting best. Tom Cruise returns as IMF agent Ethan Hunt, now sprung from a Russian prison to infiltrate the Kremlin and prevent…
Smag 7: Come on, baby, light my fire
Mama Roja9219 Lake Hefner Parkway 302-6262A benefit of the restaurant is that it boasts a lovely view of Lake Hefner. Bask in the resort-style ambience, and momentarily transport to a waterfront cabana. People find instant gratification in Mama Roja’s smokin’ shrimp fajitas. Try out the signature Monterey dinner or one of the eight combinación de…
Smag 7: Come on, baby, light my fire
Mama Roja9219 Lake Hefner Parkway 302-6262A benefit of the restaurant is that it boasts a lovely view of Lake Hefner. Bask in the resort-style ambience, and momentarily transport to a waterfront cabana. People find instant gratification in Mama Roja’s smokin’ shrimp fajitas. Try out the signature Monterey dinner or one of the eight combinación de…
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
However, those who have seen the original may wish to approach this version only to witness what Fincher brings to it, as the story remains unchanged in all but minor details. Many scenes seem shot on the very sets of Niels Arden Oplev’s 2009 film. What Fincher grants is a sharper, crisper look; a brisker…
Bite Size: 12-21-11
LOTSA LASAGNAItalian chef Danny Falcone has invited another Italian chef, Phil Custino, to join him in a partnership at Falcone’s Pizzeria & Deli at 6705 N. May, where Custino will produce his own specialty lasagna. Custino’s Italian Restaurant was at May Avenue and Wilshire Boulevard until the late ’90s. “In my three restaurants here, I…
Do you hear what we hear?
Dave Koz, “Ultimate Christmas”If your idea of an “Ultimate Christmas” entails smooth jazz, you just hit the jackpot, tiger. Koz brings his soccer mom-seducin’ sax to a disc of 18 numbers that not only wants to cozy up to Christmas lovers, but also those more attuned to black-eyed peas and broken promises, what with two…
Bite Size: 12-21-11
LOTSA LASAGNAItalian chef Danny Falcone has invited another Italian chef, Phil Custino, to join him in a partnership at Falcone’s Pizzeria & Deli at 6705 N. May, where Custino will produce his own specialty lasagna. Custino’s Italian Restaurant was at May Avenue and Wilshire Boulevard until the late ’90s. “In my three restaurants here, I…
Do you hear what we hear?
Dave Koz, “Ultimate Christmas”If your idea of an “Ultimate Christmas” entails smooth jazz, you just hit the jackpot, tiger. Koz brings his soccer mom-seducin’ sax to a disc of 18 numbers that not only wants to cozy up to Christmas lovers, but also those more attuned to black-eyed peas and broken promises, what with two…
His ‘Cup’ runneth over
As it happens, the Norman resident is so good at making music that his recent album “Clancy’s Tavern” debuted at the top of the country chart, and the hit single “Red Solo Cup,” is the No. 1 iTunes country download. Looking for more income diversity, Keith released his signature Wild Shot Mezcal, a “tequila-like libation.”…
Wolf gang!
Brent Leonard provides the art to Tribes 131’s 2012 Native American Art Calendar, which makes a great last-minute gift for area art-lovers. The calendar also features the art of Benjamin Harjo Jr., America Meredith, Dolores Purdy Corcoran, George Levi, Norma Howard, Dorothy Sullivan, Richard Ray Whitman, Harvey Pratt, David Kaskaske, Elena Carol Pate, Raymond Nordwall…
Enterprising methods
The pressing question is: How could one spend six hours in the back of a store mixing “ingredients” before employees thought to investigate her odd behavior? Oh, wait — we’re talking about a Walmart. Never mind. According to authorities, Halfmoon couldn’t afford to purchase the necessary chemicals, so she improvised. With a previous drug record…
Slice of life
Her quiche is amazingly hearty. What sets it apart is the sumptuous, yellow-tinged custard filled generously with yummy ingredients: caramelized onion, Gouda and spinach. Perhaps a few strips of ham. The top is a dappled combination of brown and gold. The crust is flaky, yet strong enough to hem it all in. Each week, two…
Meow-y Christmas
Friday marks the final day for the Oklahoma City Animal Shelter’s annual adoption special. Under the deal, adoption of any dog or kitten is $25, half of the usual adoption fee. Cats 6 months old or older are free. All animals at the shelter have been spayed or neutered, vaccinated and given flea or tick…
His ‘Cup’ runneth over
As it happens, the Norman resident is so good at making music that his recent album “Clancy’s Tavern” debuted at the top of the country chart, and the hit single “Red Solo Cup,” is the No. 1 iTunes country download. Looking for more income diversity, Keith released his signature Wild Shot Mezcal, a “tequila-like libation.”…
Dog-gone funny!
“Timberlynn DeGraffenreid, 34, of Sapulpa — DeGraffenreid has pled guilty in Oklahoma County District Court to one count of workers’ compensation fraud. She received a 7-year deferred sentence and was ordered to pay $6,225 in restitution through the AG’s Office. DeGraffenreid filed a claim in 2007 for injuries sustained while lifting a 50-pound bag of…
Wolf gang!
Brent Leonard provides the art to Tribes 131’s 2012 Native American Art Calendar, which makes a great last-minute gift for area art-lovers. The calendar also features the art of Benjamin Harjo Jr., America Meredith, Dolores Purdy Corcoran, George Levi, Norma Howard, Dorothy Sullivan, Richard Ray Whitman, Harvey Pratt, David Kaskaske, Elena Carol Pate, Raymond Nordwall…
Food for thought
This holiday season the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma, thanks to Chesapeake Energy, is offering a unique opportunity for you to do something about it. Chesapeake is matching every dollar donated to the Food Bank, up to $1 million. And every dollar translates into the nonprofit agency being able to supply five meals. That’s definitely…
Slice of life
Her quiche is amazingly hearty. What sets it apart is the sumptuous, yellow-tinged custard filled generously with yummy ingredients: caramelized onion, Gouda and spinach. Perhaps a few strips of ham. The top is a dappled combination of brown and gold. The crust is flaky, yet strong enough to hem it all in. Each week, two…
Food for thought
This holiday season the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma, thanks to Chesapeake Energy, is offering a unique opportunity for you to do something about it. Chesapeake is matching every dollar donated to the Food Bank, up to $1 million. And every dollar translates into the nonprofit agency being able to supply five meals. That’s definitely…
PR BS
—“Santa Claus is the FDA’s Public Enemy #1, says Former FDA Regulatory Counsel” —“Exclusive Beefbar restaurant opens in Mexico City” —“VICE Meets The World’s Oldest Roadie. Still Truckin & Getting Girls at 86” —“Lifetime’s America’s Supernanny features Lesbian Couple” —“‘TIS THE SEASON FOR A HOLIDAY HAM; ADD SOME SPICE TO MAKE IT A SEASON TO…
Enterprising methods
The pressing question is: How could one spend six hours in the back of a store mixing “ingredients” before employees thought to investigate her odd behavior? Oh, wait — we’re talking about a Walmart. Never mind. According to authorities, Halfmoon couldn’t afford to purchase the necessary chemicals, so she improvised. With a previous drug record…
Dog-gone funny!
“Timberlynn DeGraffenreid, 34, of Sapulpa — DeGraffenreid has pled guilty in Oklahoma County District Court to one count of workers’ compensation fraud. She received a 7-year deferred sentence and was ordered to pay $6,225 in restitution through the AG’s Office. DeGraffenreid filed a claim in 2007 for injuries sustained while lifting a 50-pound bag of…
Meow-y Christmas
Friday marks the final day for the Oklahoma City Animal Shelter’s annual adoption special. Under the deal, adoption of any dog or kitten is $25, half of the usual adoption fee. Cats 6 months old or older are free. All animals at the shelter have been spayed or neutered, vaccinated and given flea or tick…
PR BS
—“Santa Claus is the FDA’s Public Enemy #1, says Former FDA Regulatory Counsel” —“Exclusive Beefbar restaurant opens in Mexico City” —“VICE Meets The World’s Oldest Roadie. Still Truckin & Getting Girls at 86” —“Lifetime’s America’s Supernanny features Lesbian Couple” —“‘TIS THE SEASON FOR A HOLIDAY HAM; ADD SOME SPICE TO MAKE IT A SEASON TO…
Necessary revisions
The Oklahoma City Economic Development Trust unanimously passed a measure adjusting the budget from the original $175 million to around $157.5 million. The revised budget was to go before the City Council at its Dec. 20 meeting. Oklahoma Gazette first reported in November that the scale of Project 180 was to be reduced, possibly eliminating…
Necessary revisions
The Oklahoma City Economic Development Trust unanimously passed a measure adjusting the budget from the original $175 million to around $157.5 million. The revised budget was to go before the City Council at its Dec. 20 meeting. Oklahoma Gazette first reported in November that the scale of Project 180 was to be reduced, possibly eliminating…
Twinkle, twinkle, little holiday
My house looks like the North Pole, and I’ve been listening to Christmas music since August. Even my dog has an array of toasty, holiday-themed sweaters to join in the cold-weather cheer. That said, there’s a very specific time and place to wear the puffed, appliquéd and twinkling apparel that’s become a quirky party theme.…
Deep water
The Oklahoma Water Resources Board voted Dec. 13 to allow the board’s attorney to file state lawsuits to determine all water rights in the Kiamichi River, Clear Boggy Creek and Muddy Boggy Creek stream systems. The move comes after the Chickasaw and Choctaw nations filed a federal suit to keep the OWRB, city of Oklahoma…
Deep water
The Oklahoma Water Resources Board voted Dec. 13 to allow the board’s attorney to file state lawsuits to determine all water rights in the Kiamichi River, Clear Boggy Creek and Muddy Boggy Creek stream systems. The move comes after the Chickasaw and Choctaw nations filed a federal suit to keep the OWRB, city of Oklahoma…
Online sales, offline ails
Cyber Monday 2011 was the largest online shopping day in history with $1.25 billion spent. While that doesn’t sound so bad for our national economy, it has a huge, negative impact on businesses and municipalities in Oklahoma. Businesses in Oklahoma are required to collect sales tax from their customers and remit to the state, with…
Online sales, offline ails
Cyber Monday 2011 was the largest online shopping day in history with $1.25 billion spent. While that doesn’t sound so bad for our national economy, it has a huge, negative impact on businesses and municipalities in Oklahoma. Businesses in Oklahoma are required to collect sales tax from their customers and remit to the state, with…
Tierra Media Group announces Eastword transfer of ownership
Eastword was launched as a community newspaper for the market area comprised of Midwest City, Del City, Choctaw, Nicoma Park and Tinker Air Force Base. “With a weekly circulation in excess of 8,000, it has a firmly established base of readers,” observed TMG Publisher, Bill Bleakley. “The transfer of ownership will firmly complete the evolution…
Tierra Media Group announces Eastword transfer of ownership
Eastword was launched as a community newspaper for the market area comprised of Midwest City, Del City, Choctaw, Nicoma Park and Tinker Air Force Base. “With a weekly circulation in excess of 8,000, it has a firmly established base of readers,” observed TMG Publisher, Bill Bleakley. “The transfer of ownership will firmly complete the evolution…
Gazette names new editor-in-chief
An award-winning journalist, Bacharach was an associate editor and staff writer for the Gazette between 1994 and 1999. Among his beats were politics, education and the Oklahoma City bombing. He has remained a fixture in these pages in subsequent years, contributing occasional features and film reviews as he pursued careers in political communications and public…
Gazette names new editor-in-chief
An award-winning journalist, Bacharach was an associate editor and staff writer for the Gazette between 1994 and 1999. Among his beats were politics, education and the Oklahoma City bombing. He has remained a fixture in these pages in subsequent years, contributing occasional features and film reviews as he pursued careers in political communications and public…
Lemme guess: He really wanted ‘Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3’?
Looks like it’s gift-exchange day at Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt’s office!
Lemme guess: He really wanted ‘Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3’?
Looks like it’s gift-exchange day at Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt’s office!
The Last Hard Men / Sky Riders
Neither, however, was really all that good. “The Last Hard Men” — snicker, snicker — is an update of the traditional Western, in which Coburn sets himself free of a prison chain gang using a railroad spike so he can exact revenge on a retired lawman (Charlton Heston, gruff as ever and hiding behind one monster…
The Last Hard Men / Sky Riders
Neither, however, was really all that good. “The Last Hard Men” — snicker, snicker — is an update of the traditional Western, in which Coburn sets himself free of a prison chain gang using a railroad spike so he can exact revenge on a retired lawman (Charlton Heston, gruff as ever and hiding behind one monster…
Look: Season 1
The concept of both is that the general populace is unaware of how much of our daily lives is captured on cameras, primarily via surveillance. Using such footage, writer/director Rifkin (“Chillerama”) shuffles back and forth through various characters’ stories. Naturally, they tend to be on the naughty side, which is the whole peering-eye, privacy-invading point.…
Look: Season 1
The concept of both is that the general populace is unaware of how much of our daily lives is captured on cameras, primarily via surveillance. Using such footage, writer/director Rifkin (“Chillerama”) shuffles back and forth through various characters’ stories. Naturally, they tend to be on the naughty side, which is the whole peering-eye, privacy-invading point.…
Apollo 18
The movie isn’t that grueling of a experience — hell, it’s only an hour and 16 minutes of your time before the end credits (all 10 minutes of them) arrive. The problem is that I imagine it’s like having sex and never being able to reach orgasm: at first fun, then frustrating, and ending angrily…
Apollo 18
The movie isn’t that grueling of a experience — hell, it’s only an hour and 16 minutes of your time before the end credits (all 10 minutes of them) arrive. The problem is that I imagine it’s like having sex and never being able to reach orgasm: at first fun, then frustrating, and ending angrily…
Bobby Fischer Against the World
The man was Bobby Fischer, a notoriously private guy who nonetheless became a global superstar in 1972 for unseating Russia’s Boris Spassky for the world championship in chess, so perhaps it’s not so inappropriate that a documentary about his life begin unfolding to the famous funk groove of Isaac Hayes’ “Shaft.” For a brief time,…
Bobby Fischer Against the World
The man was Bobby Fischer, a notoriously private guy who nonetheless became a global superstar in 1972 for unseating Russia’s Boris Spassky for the world championship in chess, so perhaps it’s not so inappropriate that a documentary about his life begin unfolding to the famous funk groove of Isaac Hayes’ “Shaft.” For a brief time,…
Captain America / Captain America II: Death Too Soon
The bigger question — to me, at least — was, “Hey, what about those two equally terrible but highly amusing made-for-TV movies CBS aired in the late ’70s?” The good people at Shout! Factory must have heard my cries, piggybacking off the summer hit’s home-vid release with a two-fer DVD of 1979’s “Captain America” and…
Captain America / Captain America II: Death Too Soon
The bigger question — to me, at least — was, “Hey, what about those two equally terrible but highly amusing made-for-TV movies CBS aired in the late ’70s?” The good people at Shout! Factory must have heard my cries, piggybacking off the summer hit’s home-vid release with a two-fer DVD of 1979’s “Captain America” and…
The Black Keys — El Camino
It was a risky move considering the backlash that followed “Attack & Release,” the Keys’ 2008 album that many accused Burton of overproducing. I personally found his finer touches (like the banjo and piano-plinking on the drawly “Psychotic Girl”) more dramatic and fun, a refreshing departure from the rust belt-blues shtick they’d worked from the…
Tanner Hall
Stuck in an elite boarding school, they make outlandishly stupid decisions, manipulate one another, are cruel toward everybody, and generally are no fun to be around … and then the film asks us to feel sorry for them. At the center is Fernanda (Fernanda?), played by “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” herself, Rooney Mara,…
Tanner Hall
Stuck in an elite boarding school, they make outlandishly stupid decisions, manipulate one another, are cruel toward everybody, and generally are no fun to be around … and then the film asks us to feel sorry for them. At the center is Fernanda (Fernanda?), played by “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” herself, Rooney Mara,…
Big Fresh — Moneychasers
Employing the talents of 10 musicians, this Kentucky indie ensemble handles pop, rock, reggae, ska and everything in between. The problem is, it loses its identity in the process, forsaking accessibility for technicality. The single, “Rumours,” features the most restrained use of horns on the album, as well as a quirky piano accompaniment and the…
