In March, police in Ann Arbor, Mich., were called to the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity at the University of Michigan after a female trespasser entered during the dinner hour and ignored repeated attempts to get her to leave (even though she merely sat down, removed her clothes and masturbated). Fraternity members said later they would […]
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People Who Are in Serious Trouble
In early March, highway patrol officers near Ontario, Calif., came upon an unlocked rental truck whose engine was still warm and which contained marijuana worth an estimated $20 million, with the driver undoubtedly on the run, and not just from police. And in April, the driver of a cocaine delivery truck took a curve too […]
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The Highwaymen #1
Marc Bernardin, Adam Freeman and Lee Garbett WildStorm WildStorm looks to have a winner on its hands with “The Highwaymen,” a new miniseries whose first issue is an action-packed mix of spy thrills and political espionage. Although the plot is not yet fully fleshed-out, here’s what we do know: In the 2020s, a leggy […]
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Can’t Possibly Be True
The Good Hope Hospital in Sutton, England, apparently had an official policy in recent years of reusing sheets from one patient to the next to reduce its laundry bill (estimated at the equivalent of $1 million a year), according to an April report in London’s Daily Mail. The policy coincided with a period in which […]
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Reno 911!: Miami
2007 The feature film version of “Reno 911!” is just like an episode of the Comedy Central series, except three times as long, full of F-bombs and with scads of nudity. Oh, and set in Florida, where the dimwitted members of the sheriff’s department attend a law enforcement convention. A registration snafu leaves […]
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Black Snake Moan
2007 The pitch for “Black Snake Moan” must have sounded like the stuff of a Seventies exploitation flick: Deep in the Mississippi Delta, an aging black bluesman (Samuel L. Jackson) comes across a curious discovery on the side of a road “? namely, a badly beaten, half-nekkid nymphomaniac (Christina Ricci). So what does the […]
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Despite over-the-top performances, ‘Sordid Lives’ is gay old time
Native Texan Del Shores has created something of a cult phenomenon with his play “Sordid Lives.” His microcosm of the world is viewed through the mayhem of Winters, Texas, where everybody knows everybody else’s business and jumps “? invited or not “? right into the middle of it. If it all weren’t so funny, it […]
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Interesting Norman doors subject of photo exhibit
The Performing Arts Studio will display amateur and professional photos of outstanding front doors throughout the city of Norman as part of its “Doors of Norman” photo competition. Twelve of the best photos will be announced at an opening reception from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, and will remain on display through July 29 at […]
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Dead Silence
2007 From “Dead of Night” to “Poltergeist,” the use of creepy dolls makes for an easy cinematic scare. So in following up “Saw,” director James Wan makes them the focus of the tense “Dead Silence.” Ryan Kwanten (all blank stares and mouth agape) believes the sudden murder “? and tongue removal “? of […]
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A Mighty Heart
ARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt”> Although “A Mighty Heart” isn’t, ultimately, as good, the film makes a nice companion to the sharp, light-filled, also documentary-feeling, also-ending-known “United 93.” R “?Kathryn Jenson White View trailer