It all began in Oklahoma City’s northwest suburbs in the 1980s. Mike Mitchell had a Mongoose bike, an 8mm camera and several buddies. Perhaps more importantly, he had imagination. “We went all over to creeks and on the back roads,” Mitchell recalled during a recent Oklahoma Gazette interview. “At that time, you didn’t have to […]
Shrek
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DreamWork’s Trolls toys with a brightly colored musical wonderland
Despite their vibrant colors, many of the main characters display everyday, cookie-cutter personalities.
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Local youth provide on-stage version of Shrek
The Sooner Theatre Summer Program has given hundreds of kids of the opportunity to enjoy musical theater, but its existence was not always certain.
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Megamind
The studio’s latest been-there-done-that computer-generated cash cow is “Megamind.” Like the “Shrek” franchise, it features a bad guy who isn’t a villain so much as a misunderstood lug. Like the “Madagascar” movies, it often confuses wit with frenetic montages in which creatures dance, dance, dance. Like “Monsters vs. Aliens,” it offers characters only as memorable […]