In June, sightings of actor Matt Damon (EuroTrip, Mystic Pizza) temporarily exceeded sightings of Bigfoot in Oklahoma, and for good reason: Damon is apparently filming a movie here. According to Variety, Stillwater, written and directed by Oscar winner Tom McCarthy, will star Damon as an “American oil-rig rough neck from Oklahoma … who travels to […]
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Kathy Griffin talks Thackerville, Donald Trump and wearing Anderson Cooper’s underwear with Oklahoma Gazette ahead of Friday show
Griffin performs 9 p.m. Friday at WinStar World Casino & Resort.
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After a brief introduction to this more colorful event in Bourne’s life, we return to the cold blues of hacking.
After a brief introduction to this more colorful event in Bourne’s life, we return to the cold blues of hacking.
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Oklahoma Gazette’s 2015 film year in review
2015’s year in movies was all over the place and covered Mars as well as a satanic mass in Oklahoma, and 2016 looks promising and even includes a film shot in the Sooner State.
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Frack, yeah!
Otherwise known as fracking, the method of natural-gas extraction is hailed by the energy industry (and those the industry has helped elevate to regulatory government positions) while simultaneously drawing fire from critics in the media, Hollywood and environmental groups. Thus far this year, the Environmental Protection Agency pushed back hard on criticism of its report […]
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We Bought a Zoo
Based on a true story, the movie stars Matt Damon (Contagion) as Benjamin Mee, a widower of six months and father of two who, sick of pity, unreasonably quits his newspaper reporter job on the spur of the moment, only to more unreasonably purchase a home in the country with a built-in, rundown zoo — […]
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Hereafter
Unfortunately, the drama has nowhere to go after that, increasingly become a real patience-tester at 129 minutes. Cécile De France (“Mesrine: Killer Instinct”) is a vacationer who barely survives that horrific disaster, during which she glimpses the afterlife. Twins Frankie and George McLaren play brothers, one of whom is killed in an accident, and communicates […]
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The Adjustment Bureau
Instead, its genesis lies in a short story by sci-fi author Philip K. Dick. For some reason, Hollywood keeps raiding his bibliography, although his material has clicked on the screen arguably three times: “Blade Runner,” “Minority Report” and “Total Recall.” The rest of the time, it doesn’t: “Paycheck,” “Screamers,” “Impostor” … The difference between the […]
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Inside Job
One could read its 576 pages in an attempt to understand it all, but director Charles Ferguson (“No End in Sight”) does the same thing — and certainly a better job of it — in 108 minutes, in the documentary “Inside Job.” Nominated Tuesday for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, the film has […]