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Matthew L. Price is an entertainment writer for a major Oklahoma newspaper. He also owns the Eisner-Award-nominated Speeding Bullet Comics with his wife, Annette.
He posts almost every day to Nerdage, a newsok.com blog about comic books, video games, action figures and geek culture.
Catherine Zeta-Jones stars as Kate, a buttoned-down top chef whose life gets scrambled in “No Reservations.”
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“No Reservations” is a remake of the 2002 German film “Mostly Martha.” Unfortunately, the American cast of Zeta-Jones and (Aaron) Eckhart doesn’t create much chemistry.
“No Reservations” sticks a little too closely to the standard recipe for romantic comedies and as such comes out a bit bland. Still, given the talent of (Abigail) Breslin and the sumptuous-looking recipes onscreen, some may find “No Reservations” acceptable comfort food.
In “Paprika,” the line between dreams and reality is blurred in a surrealistic thriller from “Perfect Blue” director Satoshi Kon.
This Japanese anime takes place in a near-future world and is based on the science fiction novel of the same name by Yasutaka Tsutsui.
NORMAN — Tacked-up paper signs pointed to the set, and crew members wearing headsets called out “Quiet!” with alacrity as the film production of “The Ivory Trade” took over Norman’s Nancy O’Brien Center for the Performing Arts this week.
Academy Award winner Martin Landau, character actor Peter Stormare and other stars were on the campus of Norman North High School filming the drama about concert pianists produced by Amy Briede and Academy Award-winning producer Gray Frederickson.
LOS ANGELES — To the casual observer, the based-on-the-comics “X-Men” films might not have much in common with the based-on-the-Broadway show “Hairspray” musical.
But Stillwater-born James Marsden, who played Cyclops in the three “X-Men” films and dance show host Corny Collins in “Hairspray,” said the films explore similar themes.
“This movie is really the ‘X-Men.’ It’s the outcasts, the people who are different, who become the heroes. Instead of retractable claws and laser beams, it’s the Twist and the Mashed Potato — singing and dancing,” Marsden said.
Writer J. Michael Straczynski, who penned “Amazing Spider-Man” for nearly seven years, and is the creator of the TV show “Babylon 5,” is the writer of the new “Thor” series.
Straczynski said he wanted to feature a key Marvel hero in an area other than New York City.
“I wanted to put this somewhere fresh, somewhere in the American heartland, and for a number of reasons, including the Heavener runestones, this seemed like the perfect place,” Straczynski said in an interview with The Oklahoman.