Mike Gassaway, one of the most colorful and controversial defense attorneys ever to dominate an Oklahoma County courtroom (he last made a CFN appearance three and a half years ago, when he was disbarred by the Oklahoma Bar Association for, among other things, accepting sexual favors as payment for representation), plays the part of the […]
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Reel good
Rod Lott’s picks With even fewer great movies in 2011 than 2010, I was unsure whether I’d be able to find enough to fill the standard 10 slots. (Oddly, Tom Cruise to the rescue!) I’m also unsure what it says about me that I know general audiences would not be able to handle four of […]
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Oklahoma film critics group names ‘The Artist’ best film of 2011
It also earned two additional wins for Michel Hazanavicius in the categories of Best Director and Best Screenplay, Original. Set in the early days of Hollywood’s motion picture industry, “The Artist” celebrates the wonders of film as it explores the hazards of celebrity in the structure of a charming love story. Like another of the […]
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Supply demand
The idea for the project came from the CEO of Comtech Direct Mail Solutions. Michael Morrison saw a boy at his son’s school bringing his supplies in a pillowcase. Since then, Comtech has paired up with Panera Bread and other local organizations to consolidate their school supply drives. Morrison also was encouraged to create the […]
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Bunraku
With an unfortunate Burt Reynolds mustache, Josh Hartnett (“30 Days of Night”) plays a drifter — that’s literally his character’s name — who rolls into town, which looks like the Old West has been given a face-lift courtesy of “Moulin Rouge”’s Baz Luhrmann. His fists are supposedly as mean as his game of cards. Sporting more […]
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Drive
From the pink, cursive typeface and pulsing, instrumental music of the opening credits, audience members will feel as if something is out of place, as if the movie is just a bit “off.” That’s because director Nicolas Winding Refn (“Bronson”) has immersed this tale in the style of Michael Mann’s “Thief,” rather than today’s “Transporter” […]