Drama Rod Lott
My wife barely can stand — and sometimes refuses — to watch TV shows like The Office and Curb Your Enthusiasm because they make her too nervous. Therefore, she would hateMichael and Silver Tongues,
two new-to-DVD entries in discomfort cinema. I recommend them both,
while acknowledging they are far from the easiest of watches.
OKG7 things to do Gazette staff
In case you missed the acclaimed time-travel comedy Safety Not Guaranteed earlier
this summer because you were too busy watching Hulk smash Loki for the
fourth or fifth time, make penance at 5:30 and 8 p.m. Friday and
Saturday, or 2 p.m. Sunday. That’s when the indie film screens at the
Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch. Tickets are $5-$8. Call 236-3100
or visit okcmoa.com.
A few years ago, L.A.-based writer/director/actor Blayne Weaver had a big win with his rom-com Weather Girl at Oklahoma City’s deadCENTER Film Festival. The reception was so warm that he wants to bring his newest movie, 6 Month Rule, to our fine town.
Specifically, at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 13 to AMC Quail Springs Mall 24, 2501 W. Memorial. Here’s the hitch: At the time of this writing, 28 more tickets need to be sold before that one-time screening — complete with a Q-and-A with Weaver — can be concrete. You can reserve your tickets now at tugg.com — despite the name, I swear it’s not a porn site.
So what’s 6 Month Rule about? Here’s the official synopsis:
“6 Month Rule is a romantic, charming, and poignant look at relationships, seen from the eyes of Tyler (Weaver), who lives by a philosophy that allows him to avoid making any significant connections with women. He frequently boasts that he can get over any woman in 6 months or less, but this is mostly due to his fear of emotional attachment. His best friend (Martin Starr) has just become Tyler’s main project, as he tries to teach his buddy all about the joys of cold-hearted bachelorhood. However, when he keeps bumping into a fascinating woman (Natalie Morales), he discovers that no philosophy is set in stone. Julian (Patrick J. Adams) is the hipster rock star that Tyler’s character must defeat in order to win the girl.”
Readers may know Morales from her recent stint on Parks and Recreation as Tom Haverford’s girlfriend. Starr was on two hilarious TV series: Party Down and Freaks and Greeks. Also in the cast are Jaime Pressly (My Name Is Earl), Dave Foley (The Kids in the Hall), John Michael Higgins (Bad Teacher) and Vanessa Branch (the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise).
In other words, a lotta talent for a little movie, so Tugg it. Wait, that didn’t sound right. —Rod Lott
Children's None
If you haven’t seen 2009’s Coraline, you might be more inclined to surrender yourself to the macabre charm of ParaNorman. Both
films, works of stop-motion animation by the Oregon-based Laika company,
share much in common: an outcast protagonist, ineffectual grown-ups,
visually stunning riffs on the supernatural.
In this appealing indie rom-com, a novelist’s girl of his dreams springs from the page to a real person.
Comedy Rod Lott
In Ruby Sparks, wunderkind author Calvin Weir-Fields (Paul Dano, There Will Be Blood)
has a few problems — one being that he is dateless, another that his
male dog pees like a girl. More pressing is that he lacks the
inspiration to follow up the Great American Novel that landed the
high-school dropout on The New York Times best-seller list when he was all of 19.
Comedy Rod Lott
With one of those titles that doubles as a story summary, Jersey Shore Shark Attack is the rare made-for-Syfy film that has more to it than said title.
Comedy Rod Lott
One of many spy flicks released amid the height of the 007 craze, 1965's The Liquidator
may look and sound like a James Bond imitator — what with a winning
animated credits sequence set to a Lalo Schifrin song belted out by
Shirley Bassey — but it's actually a spoof, as quickly becomes clear.
Sex, symphonies and slapstick — all key to Ken Russell’s cult classic.
Comedy Rod Lott
Ken Russell was either a genius or a madman, but more likely both. The
iconoclastic filmmaker made movies that were loved by many — Tommy, Altered States, The Devils, Crimes of Passion — but despised by many, many more. Regardless of your opinion of them, one cannot deny they are different.
Comedy Rod Lott
Don't call them "zombies" — call them "dissidents." That's one of a few
well-aimed bits of political satire that populate the Spanish-language
romp Juan of the Dead, but worry not: They're used sparingly and none come heavy-handed — a Castro polemic, this isn't.