In other words, he’s still the black private dick, just no longer the sex machine to all the chicks. Still, in making the jump from the big screen to the boob tube for a short-lived series in 1973, Roundtree stayed put, and that has to count for something. It does, even if the show is […]
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The Phantom of Hollywood
Witness Brian De Palma’s cult classic “Phantom of the Paradise,” the ’80s straight-to-VHS slasher “Phantom of the Mall” and the somewhat obscure “The Phantom of Hollywood,” a 1974 CBS movie of the week now brought back to public consciousness via Warner Archive. Without me telling you, you can guess its basic story points: The fictional […]
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BKO: Bangkok Knockout
Despite the team’s intimidating name, the members of Fight Club are the good guys of this Thai actioner. The bad guy is the cigar-chomping gringo Mr. Snead (Speedy Arnold), who runs a high-stakes gambling operation where the minimum wager is $5,000. On what do his richie-rich clients bet? Quasi-gladitorial games between pairs of fighters in […]
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Controversial Keystone XL pipeline focus of public meeting
The State Department is seeking citizen input on the pipeline, which would be owned by a Canadian company and would pass through Oklahoma. left, Protesters gather Aug. 23 at a Keystone XL demonstration at the White House. The planned pipeline has been criticized by some. The Sierra Club said it plans to attend the meeting […]
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The Butcher, the Chef and the Swordsman
I’m not insulting you, dear readers — those are merely the three animals that figure prominently in the opening of Hong Kong’s action-comedy “The Butcher, the Chef and the Swordsman,” as broad as its continent’s schoolgirls are sexualized. Doug Liman (director of “Go,” “Swingers” and “The Bourne Identity”) serves as executive producer, which I take […]
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Black Zoo
But Michael’s “children” are in danger — or is that endangered? — when greedy, swingin’ businessman Jerry Stengel (Jerome Cowan, “The Maltese Falcon”) keen on visiting a particular “striptease parlor” wants to take the land on which the zoo sits so he can rezone it as a residential district. Michael refuses to sign the contract, so […]
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Buck
Could do without horses? You’re going to love “Buck.” Winner of the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival, the documentary tells the story of Buck Brannaman, Wyoming-based horse whisperer. He travels three-fourths of the year, conducting clinics all over the nation on breaking horses — and sometimes their owners — of bad behavior. What’s […]
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Hey, you like giraffes, kid?
Now at the Oklahoma City Zoo, visitors have the opportunity to get their hands covered in giraffe slobber. “This is the first time the zoo has had an actual giraffe feeding opportunity, and it’s very popular with our guests to be able to get up close and personal with animals,” said Tara Henson, director of […]
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The skin skinny
That stress has manifested itself in what I’m assuming is a budding cutaneous horn on my forehead. Yeah, horn. Like a unicorn, but less sparkly rainbows and more hideous she-beast. Google it, but fair warning: It is a very real, disgusting thing. Or it could just be dry skin. Either or. Whatever it is, my […]
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Smag 7: Heard of these guys?
JJ’s Alley212 E. Sheridan 605-4543 Most people heading into Bricktown can’t resist the opportunity to immerse themselves in a slice of pizza. Here’s the deal: Every Tuesday from 5 to 7:30 p.m., JJ’s gives away free pizza, and they are packing them in. People get whatever the chef is cooking that night, with toppers such […]