Halloween Party At Hard Rock Tulsa

Hundreds, if not thousands, of people 21 and over turned out to the annual Halloween Party and Costume Contest at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Tulsa on Saturday, Oct. 26. The facility is owned and operated through the Cherokee Nation. The party kicked off at 7 p.m. and last until 2 a.m. ThereContinue reading “Halloween Party At Hard Rock Tulsa”

Teri Garr, Gone But Not Forgotten

Growing up in the 1980s and 1990s, it seemed Teri Garr was in just about every other movie that was popular. She started out acting in 1963 mostly as a background dancer in musicals when she was a teenager. But mainstream success didn’t happen until a decade later when she was cast by Francis FordContinue reading “Teri Garr, Gone But Not Forgotten”

‘MaXXXine’ Not So EXXXcellent

A movie like MaXXXine is a bad joke that has a great set-up. Yet the punchline fails tremendously. I had problems with the first entry in this trilogy which is X released just two years ago when Jenna Ortega was only known as that young girl from the Scream movie. But there was something aboutContinue reading “‘MaXXXine’ Not So EXXXcellent”

‘The Watchers’ Shouldn’t Be Seen

M. Night Shyamalan went from being one of the hottest filmmakers people were watching in 2000. Yet by 2010, he was mostly a joke thanks in part to a gag on Robot Chicken where he is is parodying with the catchphrase, “What a twist!” Yet some filmmakers have hits and misses. It happens to everyoneContinue reading “‘The Watchers’ Shouldn’t Be Seen”

‘It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown’ Continues To Delight Instead Of Fright

For years, decades really, while he was alive, Charles Schulz’s Peanuts gang had about 40 TV specials, 18 episodes over two seasons of The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show and four full feature movies. But it might not all have happened if It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown didn’t work so well and become anContinue reading “‘It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown’ Continues To Delight Instead Of Fright”

Muskogee Scares Up Pride, Love And Equality For All

People of all ages donned their costumes for a Halloween spookatcular as Muskogee Equality had their annual pride event on Saturday, Oct. 26. The only masks people had to wear were for fun as many people from the Muskogee area were at the Martin Luther King Center. There was a costume contest for the kidsContinue reading “Muskogee Scares Up Pride, Love And Equality For All”

‘Fight Night’ Goes The Distance But Falls Short Of A Knockout

Kevin Hart is one of those actors who seems to work mostly when he’s in comedic roles. However, he’s been wanting to branch out in more serious roles lately. I haven’t seen him in Lift but I heard he’s miscast. And that’s part of the problem with Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist, a limitedContinue reading “‘Fight Night’ Goes The Distance But Falls Short Of A Knockout”

‘The Blob’ Remake Makes A Bigger Splash On Reassessment

While it seems remakes/reboots are all the trends now with most of them failing, filmmakers decades ago seemed to get it right. John Carpenter’s The Thing is seen now as one of his best movies with a thrilling score by the late great Ennio Morricone. When Mel Brooks tapped David Cronenberg to do a remakeContinue reading “‘The Blob’ Remake Makes A Bigger Splash On Reassessment”

Fake It Till You Make It

I’ve never had to work in the food service industry. I have had to clean up shit that was on the floor. And it wasn’t mine. It was human excrement. The summer of 1998 I got a job bagging groceries at the Piggly Wiggly in my hometown of Calhoun, Ga. Now, this town produced someContinue reading “Fake It Till You Make It”

‘Your Monster’ A Modern Retelling Of Beauty And The Beast

I saw Your Monster at an advanced screening at the Regal Warren Theater in Broken Arrow, Okla. as they have a Monday Mystery Movie every week. For $5, you can see a movie about to be released later that week or month. But they won’t tell you what it is. I was skeptical going in.Continue reading “‘Your Monster’ A Modern Retelling Of Beauty And The Beast”