http://tulsatvmemories.com/chewview.html Current movie reviews by Gary Chew en-us http://tulsatvmemories.com/favicon.gif http://tulsatvmemories.com/chewview.html http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2011/warhorse/chewwarhorse.html A new Steven Spielberg film that astounds your visual senses. Opens Christmas Day. Mon, 19 Dec 2011 23:30:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2011/descendants/chewdescendants.html George Clooney is a soon-to-be widower who is part of a multi-generational Hawaiian family. Will he and his extended family sell the virgin coastal land on Kauai they've owned for generations? Opens today. Wed, 23 Nov 2011 20:40:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2011/edgar/chewedgar.html Biopic starring Leonardo DiCaprio as the iconic FBI chief with Judi Dench, Annie Hoover. Naomi Watts, Helen Gandy and Armie Hammer. Now playing. Sat, 12 Nov 2011 03:00:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2011/rum/chewrum.html This cinematic version of Hunter Thompson's first novel is set in 1960 Puerto Rico at a slow-dying multilingual newspaper. Johnny Depp gets involved with predatory capitalism at the beginning of the Castro era. Now playing. Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:35:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2011/margin/chewmargin.html "Margin Call" is a fictionalized account of the meltdowns of Merrill Lynch, Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers and AIG in September 2008. The Halloween scare is just how close the financial world came to the brink of chaos. Stars Kevin Spacey, Jeremy Irons, Stanley Tucci, Simon Baker and Demi Moore. Opens 11/4 at the Circle Cinema in Tulsa. Mon, 31 Oct 2011 01:00:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2011/restless/chewrestless.html An age-appropriate "Harold and Maude" with a shading of "Love Story": Mia Wasikowska and Henry Hopper meet, then go to funerals of people they don't know. Now playing. Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:06:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2011/ides/chewides.html Stellar cast in a drama portraying an Ohio presidential primary scheduled on what proved to be a bad hair day for Julius Caesar. With Ryan Gosling, George Clooney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, Evan Rachel Wood, Marisa Tomei, Jeffrey Wright and Gregory Itzin. Opens today. Fri, 07 Oct 2011 13:00:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2011/number/chewnumber.html Pretty entertaining for a templated rom-com. The number in question is how many persons with whom one has shared intimate moments. Stars Anna Faris, Chris Evans, Ari Graynor and Blythe Danner. Opens today. Fri, 30 Sep 2011 07:35:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2011/moneyball/chewmoneyball.html This low-key Brad Pitt vehicle, a cerebral baseball story, may not be to everyone's taste, including Oscar's. Also stars Jonah Hill and Philip Seymour Hoffman. Opens today. Fri, 23 Sep 2011 03:42:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2011/straw/chewstraw.html Remake of Sam Peckinpah's 1971 classic is important, and in its strange and unsettling way, approaches cinematic art. Stars James Marsden and Kate Bosworth. Now playing. Wed, 21 Sep 2011 10:20:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2011/higher/chewhigher.html Actress Vera Farmiga makes her directorial debut in this contemporary story of a thirtysomething married woman and mother dealing with her faith. Now playing. Fri, 16 Sep 2011 05:30:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2011/debt/chewdebt.html In the 1990s, three former Mossad agents try to work out what went wrong during their mid-60s mission in East Berlin to kidnap and bring to justice a very evil man. With Helen Mirren, Tom Wilkinson and Jessica Chastain. Now playing. Fri, 02 Sep 2011 05:35:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2011/oneday/chewoneday.html Emma and Dexter are college students who have an overnight fling just after graduation. They decide to meet up same time each year to see what's up with their friendship. With Jim Sturgess, Anne Hathaway and Patricia Clarkson. Opens wide Friday. Fri, 19 Aug 2011 00:45:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2011/anotherearth/chewanotherearth.html A double of Earth has been behind the sun for eons... until now. A young woman's life changes at the instant its synchronicity with Earth One is broken. Starring Brit Marling and William Mapother, coming soon to a theater near you. Mon, 15 Aug 2011 09:45:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2011/cowboys/chewcowboys.html Daniel Craig can't remember a thing when he wakes up in the Old West with a high-tech wristwatch thing attached to his arm. It's just what he'll need in this new-fashioned shoot-em-up with Harrison Ford and Olivia Wilde. Opens wide July 29. Fri, 29 Jul 2011 05:55:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2011/friends/chewfriends.html Gary Chew says FwB is really, really quite bad. But on the brighter side, it does feature Mila Kunis, Justin Timberlake, Woody Harrelson, Patricia Clarkson, Jenna Elfman and Richard Jenkins. Opens wide July 22. Sat, 23 Jul 2011 06:15:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2011/horrible/chewhorrible.html Plenty of laughs in this R-rated, extremely rude flick. Jason Bateman, Jason Sedeikus and Charlie Day are the aggrieved employees; Kevin Spacey, Colin Farrell and Jennifer Aniston are the horrible bosses. Opens wide Friday. Thu, 07 Jul 2011 22:15:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2011/beginners/chewbeginners.html Thirtysomething Oliver has just struggled his way past the event of the death of his eccentric mother. Not long after, his father announces: "I'm gay. And I've known it since before I married your mother." Stars Ewan McGregor and Christopher Plummer. Now in limited release. Thu, 30 Jun 2011 06:35:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2011/art/chewart.html A tender, funny, coming-of-age yarn starring Freddie Highmore, Emma Roberts, Alicia Silverstone, Blair Underwood and Rita Wilson. Opens wide June 17. Thu, 16 Jun 2011 23:30:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2011/midnite/chewmidnite.html Woody Allen's new movie has Owen Wilson escaping his Hollywood present to early 20th Century Paris. A better time to live a life? With Rachel McAdams, now in limited release. Sat, 04 Jun 2011 10:45:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2011/treelife/chewtreelife.html Director Terrence Malick creates a realistic, but dreamlike tale, spinning from a routine life in Waco of the mid-Fifties to an urban present. Stars Brad Pitt and Sean Penn. In limited release May 27. Fri, 27 May 2011 05:59:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2011/beaver/chewbeaver.html Depressing, maudlin, creepier than "Mulholland Drive", but then again, Mel Gibson's character is seen talking to Jon Stewart with a stuffed beaver on his fist. Opens wide on May 20. Thu, 19 May 2011 23:00:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2011/everything/cheweverything.html Will Ferrell is Nick, recently-fired regional VP of sales and backsliding alcoholic whose wife put his ass out in the grass. Rebecca Hall is Samantha, newly moved in across the street from Nick, pregnant and awaiting her husband's arrival to settle down to Arizona living. Laura Dern is Delilah, divorced former high school bud of Nick's, living in the area with her two kids. She and Nick haven't seen each since graduation. Opens at the Circle Cinema 5/13. Thu, 12 May 2011 22:10:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2011/betterworld/chewbetterworld.html Best Foreign Language Oscar winner for 2011. Danish director Susanne Bier and screenwriter Anders Thomas Jensen tell a stoic story about two upper-middle class Danish families, one just stricken with the natural death of the mother, the other slipping from estrangement into divorce. Each has a boy about 11 years old. Chew calls it grounded and uplifting, despite the strife, pain and disillusionment. Now in limited release, opens at Tulsa's Circle Cinema on 5/20. Thu, 05 May 2011 21:49:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2011/elephants/chewelephants.html Take a heaping helping of 1956's "Trapeze", mix in mid-30s Gable/Harlow movies, and add a soupcon of 1955's "Picnic", and you have something much like this new movie starring Robert Pattinson and Reese Witherspoon. Opens wide on April 23. Sat, 23 Apr 2011 19:00:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2011/conspirator/chewconspirator.html Robert Redford's relevant, thought-provoking film about the immediate aftermath of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. Stars James McAvoy, Robin Wright and Tom Wilkinson. Opens wide on April 15. Fri, 15 Apr 2011 00:15:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2011/born/chewborn.html IMAX 3D documentary about animals whose destiny is to exist in the wild, narrated by Morgan Freeman. Opens wide on April 8. Thu, 07 Apr 2011 21:50:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2011/hanna/chewhanna.html Chew: "One could almost imagine that 'Hanna' begins where Cormac McCarthy's 'The Road' leaves off, except that the child with the father, both trekking through a post apocalyptic world, is not male, but female." Stars Saoirse Ronan, Eric Bana and Cate Blanchett. Opens April 8. Thu, 07 Apr 2011 21:49:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2011/source/chewsource.html Jake Gyllenhaal "Quantum Leaps" multiple times into an explosive trainwreck of the very recent past. Will he foil the mad bomber and find true love? The answer will become available to you on April Fool's Day. Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:49:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2011/paul/chewpaul.html A diminutive other-world alien gets encountered in the vicinity of Area 51 by two comic book geeks from England named Graeme and Clive. With Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Jane Lynch, Jeffrey Tambor, Jason Bateman, Sigourney Weaver, Kristen Wiig, Tulsa's Bill Hader, John Carroll Lynch and Seth Rogen. Opens 3/18. Thu, 17 Mar 2011 22:29:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2011/kings/chewkings.html The best movie from 2010 that Chew has seen in 2011... and eligible for the Best Picture Oscar this weekend. With Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter. Now playing. Thu, 24 Feb 2011 10:25:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2011/barney/chewbarney.html Barney Panofsky is a TV producer and thrice-married party dog whose life goes verkakte. From the book by Mordecai Richler, the movie is set in the same cynical Canadian milieu established in Richler's earlier opus, "The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz". Starring Paul Giamatti, with Minnie Driver, Rosamund Pike and Dustin Hoffman. Now in limited release. Mon, 14 Feb 2011 10:30:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2011/illusionist/chewillusionist.html It's 1959. The career of the magician in this marvelous, artfully animated feature film is quickly slipping over the horizon. He is alone, but can still find joy in kindness to a young girl he meets along his tour. Now in limited release. Thu, 10 Feb 2011 01:55:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2011/kalamity/chewkalamity.html Majoring in stream-of-consciousness with a minor in death-obsession are Nick Stahl and Jonathan Jackson. Alona Tal and Beau Garrett help the medicine go down. Now in limited release. Sat, 05 Feb 2011 13:45:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2011/company/chewcompany.html "Glengarry Glen Ross" lite, updated for our times? Chew explains. With Ben Affleck, Chris Cooper, Maria Bello, Rosemarie DeWitt and Kevin Costner. Now in limited release. Tue, 18 Jan 2011 12:25:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2011/blueval/chewblueval.html Two-track love story in which the now of it is shown alternately with its beginning six years before. Chew calls it raw, real, tender, touching, happy, goofy... and sad. A smart date movie for realists. Stars Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams. Now in limited release. Thu, 13 Jan 2011 20:36:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2011/strong/chewstrong.html Gwyneth Paltrow as country singing star Kelly Canter. No you're not having a Jack Daniels flashback of "Tender Mercies", "Crazy Heart" and "True Grit", though you wouldn't be far off if you did. Now playing. Fri, 07 Jan 2011 10:55:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2010/dagenham/chewdagenham.html Rita O'Grady and husband Eddie work at Ford Motor in 1960s London. She's a good mother, wife, housekeeper, friend... and a totally uncompromising shop steward for a band of rogue unionist females who work for much lower pay than their male counterparts. With Sally Hawkins, Bob Hoskins, and Miranda Richardson. Now in limited release. Wed, 05 Jan 2011 12:45:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chewbyte.html#2010 Gary Chew lists the best movies he saw in 2010. Link to each review on the Short Byte page. Mon, 03 Jan 2011 12:52:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2010/somewhere/chewsomewhere.html Hollywood star Johnny Marco has nothing but smiles and hugs for his 11-year-old daughter and is never a jerk to his fans. But some stiffed gal friends can say the darnedest things to a movie icon via blackberry. A slice of the high life, directed by Sofia Coppola and starring Stephen Dorff and Elle Fanning. Now in limited release. Tue, 21 Dec 2010 22:19:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2010/truegrit/chewtruegrit.html Jeff Bridges fills the Duke's boots in this remake of "True Grit," with assists from Hailee Steinfeld, Matt Damon and Josh Brolin. Opens wide Dec. 22. Tue, 21 Dec 2010 21:39:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2010/tourist/chewtourist.html Slick, smooth, but inert bagatelle, debonaire, cute, packed with romance, mistaken identity, spy/cop action, and... Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp. Now showing. Sun, 12 Dec 2010 14:45:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2010/blackswan/chewblackswan.html Ballerinas pushed to the brink: which will dance the lead in a fresh NYC production of "Swan Lake"? Director Darren Aronofsky serves up a gulp-filled glimpse behind the high-brow scene of the performing arts. Stars Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel and Barbara Hershey. Opens in large markets 12/3. Fri, 03 Dec 2010 08:09:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2010/lovedrugs/chewlovedrugs.html Have you ever noticed how good-looking pharmaceutical salespeople are? Jake Gyllenhaal plays one so charismatic, he can even score big with a smart, less materialistic gal who's actually concerned about older folks having to choose whether to pay their fuel or med bill. She is played by the alluring Anne Hathaway. Opens wide 11/24. Tue, 23 Nov 2010 21:00:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2010/fairgame/chewfairgame.html Real-life CIA covert officer Valerie Plame's cover was deliberately blown by the Bush administration. This was retaliation for her husband Joseph Wilson's report to the CIA that a rumored Iraq-Niger uranium deal, intended to be used as a pretext for the Iraq war, was non-existent. Stars Naomi Watts and Sean Penn. Now in limited release. Thu, 11 Nov 2010 08:00:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2010/mornglory/chewmorningglory.html TV news has changed since the mid-60s. Today's news doctors cram electronic journalism through their therapeutic hoops to get the ratings up and beat the competition. Stars Harrison Ford, Diane Keaton, Patrick Wilson, Rachel McAdams and Jeff Goldblum. Opens wide 11/10. Wed, 10 Nov 2010 17:39:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2010/duedate/chewduedate.html Robert Downey, Jr. and Zack Galifianakis are asked to carry this overly sentimental buddy/road/stoner/grossout picture. Chew says it's a heavy load of... freight. Now showing. Sat, 06 Nov 2010 14:51:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2010/tillman/chewtillman.html NFL star Pat Tillman put his career on hold to enlist in the Army. He fought and died in Afghanistan, struck down by friendly fire. But a false heroic story was manufactured and promulgated by government authorities from the top to the bottom. The Tillman family relentlessly exposed the official lies. Now in limited release. Tue, 26 Oct 2010 23:13:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2010/hereafter/chewhereafter.html Clint Eastwood directs a tale about a psychic longshoreman in San Francisco (Matt Damon), a Parisian woman just undergoing a near-death experience (Cecile de France), and a little boy in London longing to make connection with his dead twin brother. Now playing in select cities, opens wide Friday, 10/22. Thu, 21 Oct 2010 20:01:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2010/stone3/chewstone3.html "Stone": film noir, a la "Double Indemnity," "The Postman Always Rings Twice" and "Body Heat" from director John Curran. Starring Robert De Niro, Edward Norton, Frances Conroy and Milla Jovovich. Also, brief notes on "Conviction" with Hilary Swank, and Woody Allen's "You'll Meet a Tall Dark Stranger." "Stone" now playing in select cities. Thu, 21 Oct 2010 20:00:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2010/rubicon/chewrubicon.html#reminder Reminder that AMC TV Network's new spy series has its first season finale on Sunday, Oct. 17. New Chew comments added to the top of the inaugural review posted in August. Fri, 15 Oct 2010 04:00:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2010/nowhere/chewnowhere.html The troubled young John Lennon's story, starring Kristen Scott Thomas, Anne-Marie Duff and Aaron Johnson. Now playing in select cities. Thu, 14 Oct 2010 05:30:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2010/superman/chewsuperman.html Will mild-mannered Clark Kent whip off his glasses and come to the rescue of America's public school system? No. Who will? A timely documentary by David Guggenheim. Now playing in select theaters. Thu, 07 Oct 2010 22:02:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2010/funnystory/chewfunnystory.html Kind of a "M*A*S*H"-up of "Harold and Maude," "They Might Be Giants," and "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," this strangely-paced comedy about a suicidal 16-year-old boy is as full of heart as the just-mentioned pictures. Stars Keir Gilchrist, Emma Roberts, Jeremy Davies, Zoe Kravitz, Zach Galifianakis, Jim Gaffagan and Viola Davis. Now in limited release. Thu, 07 Oct 2010 22:01:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2010/neverlet/chewneverlet.html The lives of teen-aged clones, full of angst and vigor, are to be cut short in aid of the infirm. This rather wan "dysto-pic" stars Carey Mulligan, Keira Knightley, Andrew Garfield and Charlotte Rampling. Now in limited release. Thu, 07 Oct 2010 22:00:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2010/socialnet/chewsocialnet.html "The West Wing" creator Aaron Sorkin wrote, David Fincher directed the story of the blow- and sex-fueled creation of Facebook. Starring Jesse Eisenberg and Justin Timberlake. Now playing. Wed, 06 Oct 2010 18:45:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2010/letmein/chewletmein.html 12-year-old-appearing Abby likes 12-year-old bullying victim Owen. Owen likes Abby. Complication: Abby is a vampire whose "daddy" must keep her sanguine. Opens wide Friday, 10/1. Thu, 30 Sep 2010 21:05:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2010/jackboat/chewjackboat.html Jack goes boating to please Connie, but first he has to learn how to swim---in case he falls overboard. Philip Seymour Hoffman and Amy Ryan star in this semi-raw, urban, and slightly offbeat romantic comedy. Now in release in some cities. Thu, 30 Sep 2010 21:04:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2010/wallst/chewwallst.html Gary Chew says Oliver Stone's 23-year-after sequel barely ruffles the feathers of today's Greed-Is-Goodism-On-Steroids ethos. Michael Douglas is back as 80s icon Gordon Gekko, with Josh Brolin and Shia LeBeouf. Opens wide Friday, 9/24. Thu, 23 Sep 2010 22:20:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2010/easya/cheweasya.html "A" as in "abstinence": California high school students are harassed by self-righteous classmates in this culture-clash comedy. Starring Emma Stone, with Patricia Clarkson, Stanley Tucci and Alyson Michalka. Opens wide Friday, 9/17. Fri, 17 Sep 2010 00:31:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2010/town/chewtown.html Ben Affleck directs and stars in a Dennis Lehane-esque Boston heist film with Jeremy Renner, Rebecca Hall, Chris Cooper, Blake Lively and Jon Hamm. Opens wide Friday, 9/17. Fri, 17 Sep 2010 00:30:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2010/american/chewamerican.html George Clooney stars in this low-key, existential, European-made thriller set in Italy. Now showing. Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:55:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2010/scott/chewscott.html "Scott Pilgrim" is a melange of teenage angst, video game, garage band and comic opera that jells. It may rival "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" in future cult status. Stars Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Anna Kendrick and Brandon Routh, Opens wide Friday the 13th. Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:00:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2010/countdown/chewcountdown.html Leaders and thinkers across the political spectrum agree that as long as nuclear weapons exist and are not under heavy safeguards, the question is not IF, but WHEN one or more will be detonated, either by planned launch, terrorist act or accident. Now showing. Tue, 10 Aug 2010 13:00:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2010/middle/chewmiddle.html The year is 1995 and the World Wide Web is getting popular. Some visionary businessmen pioneer the making of money with adult entertainment on the internet. Stars Luke Wilson, James Caan, Robert Forster and Kelsey Grammer. Opens wide Friday, 8/6. Thu, 05 Aug 2010 23:53:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2010/rubicon/chewrubicon.html AMC TV Network's new series looks to be a damned good game-playing espionage yarn that ties into the awful things going on today around the world---and in our own bad backyard. Watch the first two episodes online. Thu, 05 Aug 2010 00:53:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2010/restrepo/chewrestrepo.html If you wonder what it's really like for our troops on the ground over in Afghanistan, take a front row seat and watch visceral excerpts of a 2007, 14-month deployment of a platoon of U.S. soldiers. Now in limited release. Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:37:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2010/kids/chewkids.html Two kids, products of a lesbian marriage with a joint assist from an anonymous donor, seek out and find said donor with comedic and dramatic consequences. Stars Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo and Mia Wasikowska. Now in limited release. Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:24:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2010/leon/chewleon2010.html Gary Chew caught Leon Russell at Harlow's in Sacramento and found the master of space and time in fine form. Photo from the event courtesy of Rochelle Furtah. Sun, 18 Jul 2010 08:48:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2010/inception/chewinception.html Which way is up? Are we awake or asleep? These questions are lived by the protagonists of "Inception", from director Christopher Nolan ("Memento", "The Prestige", "The Dark Knight"). With Leonardo DiCaprio, Ellen Page and Michael Caine. Opens wide Friday. Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:42:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2010/cyruspred/chewcyruspred.html Chew double feature: "Cyrus" stars Marisa Tomei, John C. Reilly and Jonah Hill; "Predators" stars Adrien Brody, Alice Braga, Topher Grace and Laurence Fishburne. The latter opens at the Hollywood Promenade Palace 12 in Tulsa, the former coming soon to Tulsa. Thu, 08 Jul 2010 21:05:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2010/motherchild/chewmotherchild.html "Time together matters most...not the blood." And so it goes in a multi-threaded story of parenting from director Rodrigo García, starring Naomi Watts, Samuel L. Jackson, Annette Bening, and Jimmy Smits. Now showing at the AMC Southroads 20 in Tulsa. Sat, 26 Jun 2010 09:15:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2010/igor/chewigor.html The torrid affair between fashion designer Coco Chanel and composer Igor Stravinsky began, appropriately enough, at the first performance of his controversial "Rite of Spring". Opens wide Friday. Fri, 25 Jun 2010 05:09:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2010/bonegive/chewbonegive.html Two disparate movies, both emblematic of the current hard times. In "Winter's Bone", a family of poor folks tries to make do in the Ozarks of southwest Missouri. "Please Give" depicts a lower middle-class family wedged in urban struggles between the proverbial Haves. "Winter's Bone" is now in limited release. "Please Give" opens wide Friday. Fri, 25 Jun 2010 05:08:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2010/secret/chewsecret.html 2009 Best Foreign Language Film Oscar winner: in the late 90s, a retired federal justice agent is writing a novel about a brutal rape and murder he investigated in the mid 70s. But his "cold case" heats up in more ways than one. Now playing at the Circle Cinema. Fri, 25 Jun 2010 05:07:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2010/hex/chewhex.html DC Comics' vengeful, bounty huntin', ex-Confederate soldier with a disfigured face is played by Josh Brolin, with the support of John Malkovich and the aptly-named Megan Fox. Opens wide Friday. Fri, 18 Jun 2010 00:01:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2010/splice/chewsplice.html "You got your chocolate in my peanut butter!"... "Alien" meets "Eraserhead" meets "Species"... That's right, it's a horror movie about the dangers of gene splicing. Opens wide (ahhhhh) Friday. Thu, 03 Jun 2010 21:26:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chewbyte.html#casino From the scalpel of director Alex Gibney ("Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room"): a portrait of Jack Abramoff and his entourage of bunko buddies and influence peddlers in and around the GOP's "K Street Project". Now playing at the Circle Cinema. Sun, 30 May 2010 17:23:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2010/sexcity2/chewsexcity2.html That garishly caped quartet of crusaders for glitzy femininity is back, and Abu Dhabi's got 'em. Now playing. Fri, 28 May 2010 01:14:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2010/juliet/chewjuliet.html Chick flick alert: a young female fact-checker at The New Yorker and a male up-and-coming New York chef take off on an Italian trip, during which they discover a 50-year-old unanswered love letter. With Amanda Seyfried, Gael Garcia Bernal and Vanessa Redgrave. Opens wide Friday, 5/14. Thu, 13 May 2010 21:15:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2010/cityisland/chewcityisland.html Advancing the argument that stories about ordinary people are more interesting than tales of affluence, beauty and royalty comes an ethnically rich film called "City Island," starring Andy Garcia, his daughter Dominik Garcia-Lorido, and Julianna Margulies. Opens wide Friday, 4/30. Thu, 29 Apr 2010 22:40:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2010/joneses/chewjoneses.html Sports cars, country clubs, fine wines, fancy chow, haute couture and jewelry to match... that's what a high-class flim-flamming fake family peddles to unsuspecting marks who want to keep up with them. Stars David Duchovny, Demi Moore, Amber Heard and Ben Hollingsworth. Opens wide Friday, 4/16. Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:10:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2010/datenight/chewdatenight.html Tina Fey and Steve Carell star in this comedy of a flagging relationship with a side order of mistaken identity. Casting makes all the difference. With Mila Kunis, James Franco, Mark Ruffalo, Kristin Wiig, and Mark Wahlberg. Opens wide Friday, 4/9. Fri, 09 Apr 2010 00:22:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2010/runaways/chewrunaways.html Joan Jett's career started in the 70s with a band called the Runaways, svengalied by one Kim Fowley, producer, manager and honorary head of the Men-Are-No-Damned-Good Club. With Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning. Opens wide Friday, 4/9 Fri, 09 Apr 2010 00:21:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2010/chloe/chewchloe.html An attractive middle-aged woman suspects her husband of cheating. She engages a young and beautiful call girl to see if the woman's spouse will take the bait. Unintended consequences come to the principals in Atom Egoyan's film starring Julianne Moore, Liam Neeson and Amanda Seyfried. Opens in limited release Friday, 3/26. Thu, 25 Mar 2010 23:32:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2010/repo/chewrepo.html Chew: "On a scale from one to ten for violence, grisliness, and blood letting, "Repo Men" is a ten. For being really funny at times, it's also a ten. For having an important message that projects a possible future as suggested by today's political battles, 'Repo Men' is a twelve." With Jude Law and Forest Whitaker. Opens wide Friday, 3/19. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:31:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2010/greenberg/chewgreen.html Ben Stiller, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Rhys Ifans and Greta Gerwig play bored, world-weary metropolitan characters of the present day to a fault. Is this sufficient inducement to see the movie? Opens in some cities Friday, 3/19. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:30:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2010/greenzone/chewgreenzone.html Starring Matt Damon, Greg Kinnear, Brendan Gleeson and Amy Ryan: a U.S. soldier rises above the ordinary in daily warfare to get the facts in the utter chaos outside the sanctuary of a select few holed-up in Baghdad's notoriously accommodating Green Zone. Opens wide Friday, 3/12. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:30:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2010/avahurt/chewavahurt.html Looming Oscar showdown between "The Hurt Locker" and "Avatar": Chew offers an analysis. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:15:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2010/crazies/chewcraz.html Deftly written remake of George Romero's 1973 original delivers both horrific and comic moments. Now playing in Tulsa at the Promenade Palace 12. Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:25:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2010/shutter/chewshut.html An insane female patient has simply disappeared from her cell without a trace. Detectives head to Shutter Island to find out why in this noirish adaptation of Dennis Lehane's 2003 novel. Now playing at the AMC Southroads 20 in Tulsa. Sat, 20 Feb 2010 23:50:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2010/ghost/chewghost.html Roman Polanski's new film of political intrigue, set in the middle of "The War on Terrorism". Could this film have anything to do with the timing of Polanski's recent arrest? Stars Pierce Brosnan, Ewan McGregor and Kim Cattrall. Coming soon to Tulsa. Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:35:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2010/pipp/chewpipp.html Rebecca Miller, only daughter of the late Arthur Miller, is the director and screenwriter (taken from her own novel). Robin Wright stars in this emotionally complex, Tennessee Williams-like tale of women's lives. With Keanu Reeves, Julianne Moore, and Alan Arkin. Now playing at the Circle Cinema in Tulsa. Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:16:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2010/crazy/chewcrazy.html Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Robert Duvall star in this retreaded tale of a country singer goin' down that long lonesome highway with Jack Daniels riding shotgun. Coming soon to Tulsa. Thu, 21 Jan 2010 23:10:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2010/bones/chewbones.html Chew's review begins: "I don't know how 'Lord of the Rings' film director Peter Jackson did it, but he's made a well-cast, spiritually uplifting family movie that's as creepy as 'The Silence of the Lambs.' But wait! The film targets young females and, believe it or not, has funny scenes in it and imaginative computer graphic art to die for." Sat, 16 Jan 2010 01:20:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2009/single/chewsingle.html Colin Firth, Matthew Goode and Julianne Moore star in a jolting but quiet film likely to receive attention at the Golden Globes this Sunday. Now playing at the Circle Cinema in Tulsa. Sat, 16 Jan 2010 00:10:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2010/dr/chewdr.html Phantasmagoria from director Terry Gilliam ("Brazil", "Twelve Monkeys") with Christopher Plummer, Tom Waits, Johnny Depp, Jude Law, Colin Farrell, and in his last performance, the late Heath Ledger. Thu, 14 Jan 2010 01:22:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2010/youth/chewyouth.html To impress a girl who's into Jean-Pauls Sartre and Belmondo, why not rename yourself François Dillinger? (Especially if your last name happens to be Twisp.) With Michael Cera, Portia Doubleday, Steve Buscemi, Fred Willard, and Tulsa's Mary Kay Place. Thu, 07 Jan 2010 23:04:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2009/leap/chewleap.html On Leap Day, February 29th, in Ireland, a woman may ask the man she loves to be her husband. But it's a long way from Boston to Dublin. Starring the radiant Amy Adams. Thu, 07 Jan 2010 23:03:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2010/fountainhead/chewfountainhead.html Reviewer Gary Chew was a kid when this Gary Cooper vehicle scripted by philosopher Ayn Rand hit the silver screen. Is it an intellectual manifesto, or a Cialis ad on an architectural scale? Chew be the judge. Sat, 02 Jan 2010 03:11:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chewbyte.html#2009 Gary Chew picks his top twenty of the movies he reviewed this year. Fri, 01 Jan 2010 16:15:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2009/nine/chewnine.html Gary Chew never been a big fan of film musicals. But the new picture from Rob Marshall ("Chicago") has him using words such as "astounding" and "amazing". Opens wide Christmas day. Thu, 24 Dec 2009 20:53:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2009/holmes/chewholmes.html Transplant Arthur Conan Doyle's famous detective into the Matrix or Hogwarts, and cast Robert Downey, Jr. How would that play? Opens wide Christmas day. Thu, 24 Dec 2009 20:52:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2009/comp/chewcomp.html Alec Baldwin, Steve Martin and Streep form a triangle; Tulsa's Mary Kay Place adds her comedic talent. Opens wide Christmas day. Thu, 24 Dec 2009 20:51:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2009/upair/chewupair.html George Clooney stars in Jason Reitman's new movie set in "Airworld", that curiously insular domain consisting of airports and ancillary locales. Opens wide Christmas day. Sat, 12 Dec 2009 09:04:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2009/serious/chewserious.html The Coen brothers' new movie presents B'nai Abraham middle school physics teacher Larry Gopnik, who confronts the prospect of divorce and "the new freedoms" of 1970. Now showing at the Circle Cinema in Tulsa. Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:31:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2009/road/chewroad.html Based on Cormac McCarthy's harrowing post-apocalyptic novel, starring Viggo Mortensen, Charlize Theron, Robert Duvall, and Guy Pierce. Opens wide Nov. 25. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:00:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2009/cove/chewcove.html Rick O'Barry energized TV viewers about the intelligence and gentleness of dolphins by raising the five used in the 60s series, "Flipper." He now realizes these creatures shouldn't be held in captivity, much less hunted as food. Now playing at the Circle Cinema. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:15:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2009/pirate/chewpirate.html Review by Gary Chew, with sidebar from his 1970s Tulsa colleague and erstwhile British radio pirate, Garry Kemp. Stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, Kenneth Branagh, and Katherine Parkinson and Chris O'Dowd of the BBC's great sitcom "The IT Crowd". Opens Friday in Tulsa at the AMC Southroads 20. New: podcast discussion. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:30:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2009/goats/chewgoats.html Did the Army once experiment with inculcating counterculture beliefs and practices to alter the psychology of the military? Stars Jeff Bridges, George Clooney and Kevin Spacey. Now playing in Tulsa at the Cinemark and the AMC Southroads 20. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:17:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2009/amelia/chewamelia.html The new biopic about aviatrix Amelia Earhart, starring Hilary Swank, Richard Gere and Ewan McGregor. Opens wide Friday 10/23, in Tulsa at the Cinemark and the AMC Southroads 20. Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:49:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2009/couples/chewcouples.html A bawdy bagatelle written by and starring Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau, with Jason Bateman, Kristin Davis and Kristen Bell. Starts Friday 10/9 at the Cinemark Tulsa and AMC Southroads 20. Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:00:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2009/whipit/chewwhip.html Juliette Lewis, Ellen Page and first-time director Drew Barrymore are hell on wheels in this coming-of-age roller derby story(?!) Starts Friday 10/2 at the Cinemark Tulsa. Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:48:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2009/capitalism/chewcapi.html Capt. Sully Sullenburger got a 40% pay cut? "Dead Peasants Insurance" taken out by corporations on employees? Kickbacks lavished on judges for sentencing youths to a for-profit detention center? That's the tip of Michael Moore's latest. Starts Friday 10/2, at the AMC Southroads 20. Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:47:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2009/bright/chewbright.html In the year 1818: the burning, yearning emotions of first love, the incomprehensible crush of separation and loss... the story of poet John Keats. Directed by Jane Campion. Starts Friday 10/2 at the AMC Southroads 20. Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:46:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2009/informant/chewinfo.html Steven Soderbergh tells the complicated true story of corporate chicanery by agribusiness giant, Archer, Daniels, Midland Company (ADM) and one of its employees, Mark Whitacre, the highest-positioned US executive to ever blow a whistle. Starring Matt Damon, Joel McHale and the Smothers Brothers. Opens tomorrow. Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:03:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2009/9/chew9.html Impressive CGI animation informed by historical art, starring small robot-like but caring creatures made of burlap who seek reasons for their existence as they try to stay alive in a post-apocalyptic technofuture. With the voices of Elijah Wood, Christopher Plummer, John C. Reilly, Martin Landau, Crispin Glover and Jennifer Connelly. Now showing. Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:22:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2009/extract/chewextract.html Mike Judge ("Office Space", "Idiocracy") is back with a new comedy starring Jason Bateman, Kristen Wiig, Ben Affleck and Mila Kunis. Starts Friday, 9/4. Thu, 03 Sep 2009 23:53:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2009/intheloop/chewloop.html Strangelovian British satire about the exercise of power in high places. Starts Friday, 9/4, at the Circle Cinema. Thu, 03 Sep 2009 23:53:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2009/woodstock/chewwoodstock.html Director Ang Lee's funny new movie has nothing to do with legendary musicians; it's about the people, by design or otherwise, who made Woodstock happen. With Eugene Levy as Max Yasgur. Starts Friday, 8/28. Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:00:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2009/basterds/chewbast.html Quentin Tarantino does WWII with a bit of the old ultra-vi and humor. Stars Brad Pitt. Starts Friday, 8/21. Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:14:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2009/bandslam/chewbasl.html Football doesn't rule, the school's annual Band Slam does. May the best rock band win... and it's personal. With Gaelan Connell, Vanessa Hudgens, Alyson Michalka and Lisa Kudrow. Starts Friday, 8/14. Thu, 13 Aug 2009 08:55:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2009/getaway/chewgeta.html With Milla Jovovich: imagine a violent reality show with "tasteful" nudity. Friday, 8/7. Sat, 08 Aug 2009 04:25:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2009/adoration/chewador.html Directed by Atom Egoyan. A student personalizes his translation of a news story about terrorism with unforeseen consequences. Opens Friday, 8/7. Sat, 08 Aug 2009 04:24:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2009/julia/chewjuli.html Gary Chew asks, "Can a guy get a spike in his cholesterol just by looking at rich, great food being consumed by a lucky cast of film actors in a really delightful piece of entertainment?" With Meryl Streep, Amy Adams and the voice of Tulsa's Mary Kay Place. Opens Friday, 8/7. Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:38:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2009/500/chew500.html Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt star in an uncommonly superlative summertime romance movie that made reviewer Gary Chew feel 25 years old again. Opens 8/7, Friday in Tulsa. Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:56:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2009/ugly/chewugly.html A racy, romantic sex comedy starring Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler about a medium market TV station, and the shenanigans that go on in its news department trying to boost the ratings of a lame midday TV news show. Opens today. Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:32:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2009/hurt/chewhurt.html Kathryn Bigelow directs a gritty movie following a member of the US Army IED disposal squad in Iraq. Gary Chew calls it the best he's seen so far in 2009. Now in limited release. Sun, 19 Jul 2009 12:37:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chewbyte.html#harry "Gidget Goes Hogwarts"? Not quite, but the new Harry Potter adds a full dose of adolescent hormones into the traditional mix of action, effects and magic. Opens wide today. Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:27:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2009/bruno/chewbrun.html Sacha Baron Cohen is back as Brüno, an ambitious, gay, Austrian Zoolander type. Starts Friday at the Cinemark Tulsa. Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:01:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2009/whatever/chewwhat.html Larry David is Alvy Singer on Viagra in the Woodman's latest existential sex comedy. Now playing at the AMC Southroads 20 in Tulsa. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:28:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2009/awaywego/chewaway.html John Krasinski of "The Office", Maya Rudolph of SNL, Jeff Daniels and Catherine O'Hara in a romantic but realistic and substantial road comedy directed by Sam Mendes. Opens 6/26 in Tulsa. Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:16:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2009/girlfriend/chewgfe.html 21-year-old porn actress Sasha Grey stars in Stephen Soderbergh's R-rated movie about a high-dollar escort who runs her own one-girl agency in a financially-quaking contemporary Manhattan. In limited release, coming soon to Tulsa. Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:43:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chewbyte.html#hangover How do I offend thee? Let me count the ways. Ed Helms ("The Office") stars as a loony dentist in this robust and ribald film, affirming the ad line, "What happens in Vegas (on a bachelor weekend) stays in Vegas." Opens wide June 5. Thu, 04 Jun 2009 23:39:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2009/bloom/chewbrob.html Should the brothers continue their complex grifting in league with a ditzy photographer/banjoist, or start to live the unscripted life? Stars Mark Ruffalo, Adrien Brody and Rachel Weisz. Opens wide May 29. Wed, 27 May 2009 17:03:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2009/limoctl/chewloc.html A metaphorical, mysterioso new picture from indie director Jim Jarmusch, starring Tilda Swinton, John Hurt, Paz de la Huerta, Gale García Bernal and Bill Murray. Now in limited release. Sat, 23 May 2009 17:00:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2009/museum/chewnatm.html Tulsa's Bill Hader plays General George Custer with aplomb and a 15-pound monkey on his back in "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian", also with Ben Stiller, Robin Williams and Hank Azaria. Opens tomorrow. Thu, 21 May 2009 02:12:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2009/startrek/chewtrek.html Gigatons of action with a galaxy of character, heart and fun at the core mark the explosive rebirth of the Trek franchise. Opens today. Thu, 07 May 2009 21:43:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2009/anybody/chewanyb.html Michael Caine stars in this tale of a relationship between a lonely old man near the end of his life and a young boy obsessed with the supernatural and death. Despite the obvious sepulchral tone, expect lots of laughs. Now playing. Mon, 04 May 2009 04:06:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chewinfr.html A tale of transgressive decadence from a 1994 book by Bret Easton Ellis. Stars Billy Bob Thornton, Kim Basinger, Mickey Rourke and Winona Ryder. Now playing. Sat, 25 Apr 2009 15:27:00 CDT http://tulsaTVmemories.com/chewsolo.html Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey, Jr. star in this story of a newspaperman who befriends a homeless and mentally ill, but gifted violin player in downtown Los Angeles. Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:30:00 CDT http://tulsaTVmemories.com/chewsop.html Deftly spinning off from the eponymous 2003 BBC miniseries, director Kevin Macdonald's feature film is, among other things, a paean to the imminent demise of print journalism and the newspaper biz. Stars Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck and Helen Mirren. Starts today. Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:06:00 CDT http://tulsaTVmemories.com/chew12.html Sidney Lumet's classic Fifties film, "12 Angry Men", has been remade by Nikita Mikhalkov as "12". It won an Oscar nomination as Best Foreign Language Film for 2008. Wed, 08 Apr 2009 22:50:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chewsunc.html Alan Arkin and Amy Adams star. The movie shows both the funny and the human sides of the crime scene cleanup business. Opens at the AMC Southroads 20 on Friday, 3/27. Fri, 27 Mar 2009 02:03:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chewdupl.html Julia Roberts and Clive Owen create suspense and laughs in a smart, cynical tale of corporate espionage. Opens 3/20. Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:24:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chew2lov.html Joaquin Phoenix' final movie? Did he get a bum rap on Letterman? Time will tell. Also with Gwyneth Paltrow, coming soon to the Circle Cinema. Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:50:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chewintl.html Along with Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, "The International" advises that making a deal with the devil will cost you your soul. The devil(s) in this movie are mega-sized financial institutions. Opens wide today. Fri, 13 Feb 2009 01:00:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chewbyte.html#2008 Gary Chew picks his favorite movies from 2008. Sun, 04 Jan 2009 16:30:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chewrdr.html Flashes forward and back from 1958 to 1995 to tell the tale of a proletarian woman of 36 and her passionate affair with a teenage boy from an upper-middle class family. Stars Kate Winslet and Ralph Fiennes, opens Jan. 2 in Tulsa. Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:30:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chewdout.html Written and directed by John Patrick Shanley, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Meryl Streep and Amy Adams, set in a Catholic school in the Bronx in 1964. Who is telling the truth? Opens Christmas Day. Wed, 24 Dec 2008 15:00:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chewily.html "I've Loved You So Long" ("Il y a longtemps que je t'aime") reveals deeply human moments in ordinary ways. Kristin Scott Thomas and Elsa Zylberstein give Oscar-worthy performances. Coming to the Circle Cinema 2/6/2009. Mon, 22 Dec 2008 14:50:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chewnix.html Frank Langella has absorbed the walk and the talk of President Richard Nixon in this docudrama by Ron Howard. Linked: National Archives just released new excerpts of the Nixon White House tapes. Thu, 11 Dec 2008 23:00:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chewmilk.html Harvey Milk was the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California. He served as a San Francisco City Supervisor for a year before he was assassinated by fellow City Supervisor, Dan White in 1978. Stars Sean Penn in what is likely to be an Oscar-nominated performance. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:00:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chewqos.html "Quantum of Solace" is a one-hour and forty-six-minute swish pan, except for the several realistic, long, intense action scenes that comprise most of the running time of this latest 007 treat, starring the seemingly indestructible Daniel Craig. Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:00:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chewwjh.html Starring De Niro, plus Bruce Willis, Sean Penn as themselves, this movie is a smart cinematic round of what Chew calls, "Doin' the Hollywood Reflexive." Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:45:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/cheww.html "I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully." ---Presidential candidate George W. Bush. Director Oliver Stone takes aim at the current denizen of the barrel known as the White House. Starring Josh Brolin. Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:00:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chewrelg.html A film you'll love or hate? Depends on your point of view. Bill Maher may be stirring up more controversy with his new documentary about religious faith. Thu, 02 Oct 2008 22:55:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chewluk1.html A feel-good, down-to-earth film about military people caught up in the whirl of war, going home. Stars Tim Robbins, Rachel McAdams and Michael Pena. Sun, 28 Sep 2008 01:45:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chewtowl.html From award-winning producer, writer and director Alan Ball: a coming-of-age film about a 13-year-old Lebanese-American girl who is abused by her parents, a male pedophile living next door as well as classmates slinging racial slurs at her in a Texas middle school. Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:01:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chewburn.html The Coen brothers write and direct a speed-of-light black comedy, "Burn After Reading", starring Brad Pitt, Frances McDormand, George Clooney and John Malkovich. Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:35:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chewtrub.html Vampires have almost become acceptable citizens among non-blood sucking human beings in present-day rural Louisiana. Starring Anna Paquin. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:20:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chewvcb.html Woody Allen takes a look back at what his best movies are about: sex, love and relationships (usually in that order) with his latest and first film to be shot in Spain. Stars Scarlett Johansson, Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz. Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:45:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chewtt.html Satire about the making of an historical Vietnam war film in the jungles of modern-day Vietnam. Ben Stiller wrote, acted and directed. With Robert Downey, Jr., Jack Black and Nick Nolte. Wed, 13 Aug 2008 01:25:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chewswgv.html Starring Kevin Costner, Kelsey Grammer and Dennis Hopper. Could have easily been a turkey, but closer to Capra-esque. Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:15:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chewxfil.html Scully and Mulder return to do that Special Agent thing they do so well in a weird, cold and creepy tale. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:20:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chewdrkt.html Christian Bale, the late Heath Ledger, Michael Caine, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Gary Oldman star in the latest "Batman" actioner. Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:52:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chewbyte.html#genkill Enlisted leathernecks are ordered to fight a war with Saddam's 'Iraqi terrorists' while hassling with upper level military bureaucracy. Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chewkit.html Starring Abigail Breslin (Oscar nominee for "Little Miss Sunshine"), Jane Krakowski, and Joan Cusack. Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:00:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chewgets.html Opening Fri, 6/20 at the Admiral Twin Drive-In. With Steve Carell. Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:20:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chewchol.html Starring Oscar winner Javier Bardem. Includes photos of the Tulsa TV Memories webmaster's 2007 tour of Cartagena, Colombia (the primary filming location and real star of the show). Sat, 14 Jun 2008 13:35:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chewsatc.html With Sarah Jessica Parker. Thu, 29 May 2008 00:01:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chewadhd.html A new IFC documentary focusing on a prison chaplain's doubts about a particular man's guilt. Wed, 28 May 2008 00:01:00 CDT http://tulsatvmemories.com/chewrcnt.html The new HBO film about the 2000 election, starring Kevin Spacey, Denis Leary and Laura Dern. Tue, 27 May 2008 00:01:00 CDT