Kung Fu Dunk

It's kung fu and basketball? How could this go wrong?

Action
Rod Lott
Most critics agree “The Green Hornet” has no sting, but that its Kato, Taiwanese pop star Jay Chou, is its greatest redeeming factor. For even more of him in action, local moviegoers have one chance only as the Oklahoma City Museum of Art screens his fifth film, 2008’s “Kung Fu Dunk,” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday.

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Trouble in the OKC

The Music Man was right!

CFN
Gazette staff
Two men also shooting pool got into an argument with the father and followed the duo outside, according to NewsOK. com. The two men, 29-year-old Robert Earl Cooper II and 30-year-old Toby Joe Longacre, allegedly attacked daddy dearest by knocking him to the ground and then kicking and hitting him.

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Victims of the same disease

Letters to the Editor
Roy Neher
I will always remember one young man who won the trivia game we were playing one night, and the next time I saw him, he was chewing on the trivia game cards and talking about the FBI watching him and sending in people who looked like his family members, but who were actually secret agents, out to get him.

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Poster art

Hollywood cinematographer Steven Poster showcases his first love, still photography, for an exhibition of street scenes captured around the world.

Visual Arts
Charles Martin

Steven Poster
6-10 p.m. Friday, Opening reception
through April 2
Mainsite Contemporary Art
122 E. Main, Norman
Mainsite-art.com, 292-8095

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Barney's Version

Enjoyable, but nothing spectacular

Comedy
Rod Lott
At last month’s Golden Globes, when Paul Giamatti won Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy for “Barney’s Version,” you, too, may have asked, “What the hell is ‘Barney’s Version’?”

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Mind games

‘Do not pass go,’ life seemed to say to Telekinesis’ front man as he tackled album No. 2. Against all odds, he emerged victorious.

Music
Joshua Boydston

Telekinesis with The Love Language
9 p.m. Monday
Opolis 113 N. Crawford, Norman
opolis.org, 820-0951
$8 advance, $10 door

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Freddie vs. all

Freddie Gibbs raps against mindless pop, corporations and heck, even the world. But you’ll love him.

Music
Joshua Boydston

Freddie Gibbs with Big K.R.I.T., Smoke DZA, Josh Sallee and more
8 p.m. Sunday
XIIIX Lounge, 1310 N.W. 25th
$15 advance, $18 door

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

OKC rapper Nymasis flexes his skills

Wins Oklahoma City’s “Hottest on the Scene MC” battle, prepares new album

Music
Stephen Carradini
Rapper Nymasis’ 11 years of performing have given him experience he feels no one in town can top.

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

State park showdown

Horatio's sunglasses and witty quips were not involved.

CFN
Gazette staff
On May 4, FBI agents at Glass Mountain State Park in Major County gunned down a Florida man wanted in connection with a mosque bombing.

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Sucker punch!

Not sure who or what "sucker" describes in that phrase.

CFN
Gazette staff
The point of a sucker punch is to catch the other person unaware, get the first hit and administer a beating from there.

Wednesday, May 11, 2011