For me, one of 2010’s most memorable cinematic experiences occurred at a packed advance screening for “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.” Not for the movie itself, but for the “Devil” trailer that unspooled beforehand. You could tell the largely 20-something audience was really into it, grooving on the concept. Then the credit “from the mind […]
Rod Lott
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The Slumber Party Massacre Collection
Or, if they do have the sense, they stupidly return to the house soon after. The “SPM” movies don’t have a grip on our pop-culture consciousness like the “Friday the 13th” or “Halloween” series, probably because the villain changes in each one. In fact, the films are only barely related; any can stand on its […]
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Frozen
<iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=oklahgazet-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B0034G4OVS&fc1=000000&IS2=1 On his commentary for the new “Hatchet” Blu-ray, writer/director Adam Green notes that he doesn’t want to be typecast as just a horror guy, so he wanted to do something else before “Hatchet II.” That something else is the thriller “Frozen,” and well, mission accomplished, my friend. “Frozen” operates on the same “people […]
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The Phantom
<iframe marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" style="width: 120px; height: 240px;" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=oklahgazet-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B003Q7B71K&fc1=000000&IS2=1 I’m one of the few people who thinks there’s nothing inherently wrong with 1996’s “The Phantom,” which featured Billy Zane as the purple-suited superhero. Back then, comic-book movies weren’t dime-a-dozen as they are today, so you happily took what you could get. I remember it being promoted […]
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Fragile
<iframe marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" style="width: 120px; height: 240px;" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=oklahgazet-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B003T04NC4&fc1=000000&IS2=1 Completing my eight-film tour of the debuting “Fangoria FrightFest” line, I had saved the two Spanish, medical-themed ghost stories for last: “The Haunting” and “Fragile.” The former, my son and I found so boring, we admitted defeat and couldn’t finish it. The latter, much better. In fact, […]
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Hatchet
<iframe marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" style="width: 120px; height: 240px;" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=oklahgazet-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B003PBYSTA&fc1=000000&IS2=1 Now that the 2007 slasher opus “Hatchet” obviously didn’t spawn “the next icon of horror” as hype had it, it’s much easier to separate the film from the flam and enjoy it more. That goes double if you listen to director Adam Green’s commentary on the film’s […]
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Pastor and seminary student Adam Shahan didn’t realize he had a book in him, but the result is sci-fi’s ‘Fall of the Four’
When Adam Shahan let friends and family read his first attempt at a novel, he told them, “Don’t just tell me it was great because you know me.” Instead, he wanted their honest feedback. He got it. And it included such rave reviews as “Shorten up your sentences,” “You’re too wordy,” “I’m getting lost” and […]
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Tormented
<iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=oklahgazet-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B003NLE5MM&fc1=000000&IS2=1 I’m completed puzzled over the online raves for the British slasher “Tormented.” It’s been called “funny” and “awesome” by those who caught it in the UK last year; I found it anything but on both counts. Here’s the gist: At a fancy-schmancy prep school, a fat, asthmatic kid with the unfortunate name of […]
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Rest of Best of OKC
and shake our asses and put a smile on our face and flirt with pretty women.’” “Bleu Edmondson 3. “This is the darkest stuff you can manifest to balance that out, I need to look like a f—ing cupcake.” “Emilie Autumn 4. “And that theme song with the synthesizers just f—ing blew my mind.” “J.P. […]
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Oklahoma City Thunder announces 2010-11 season schedule
Thunder storms are predicted for exactly 22 weekend days from fall to spring, as Oklahoma City’s NBA team announced its 2010-2011 schedule. With its third season to kick off Oct. 27 against the Chicago Bulls at the Ford Center, the Oklahoma City Thunder will play 22 weekend home games, with 11 of them on Sundays. […]