After So Many Days Available to stream in Oklahoma at deadcenterfilm.org. Director: Jim Hanft, Samantha Yonack Screenwriter: Jim Hanft, Samantha Yonack, Natalia Anderson, Kyle Weber Producer: Natalia Anderson, Jim Hanft, Kyle Weber, Samantha Yonack Executive Producer: Clinton Trucks, Mike Zwahlen Cast: Jim Hanft, Samantha Yonack Two recently married musicians embark on a yearlong tour, planning […]
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Ultimate Gangsters Collection: Classics
Two vehicles for James Cagney anchor the box: 1931’s The Public Enemy and 1949’s White Heat. Today, he remains indelibly associated with tough-guy roles, and it’s easy to see why. In the former, he demonstrates his might and power with a grapefruit; in the latter, he makes an electrifying exit with the immortal cry of […]
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The Last Stand
In his first starring role in a decade, the former governor of California plays Sheriff Ray Owens, the lovable law enforcer of Sommerton, Ariz., where nothing ever happens except a parade — that is, until the FBI starts to transfer Mexican cartel boss Cortez (the Benicio Del Toro-esque Eduardo Noriega of Blackthorn) from Las Vegas […]
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The Barrens
The Barrens harkens back to the cryptozoological craze of that decade, rife with mostly rotten pics about Bigfoot and Boggy Creek and the like. This one’s better, following family man Stephen Moyer (TV’s True Blood), his second wife (Mia Kirshner, The Black Dahlia) and their two children on a fun-filled vacation (well, for him, at […]
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Don’t Go in the Woods
The first feature as director for longtime fine actor Vincent D’Onofrio (Kill the Irishman), Woods is as ambling as the five young musicians — one of whom is blind — who drive their van to a forest for a songwriting retreat, where the following things are not allowed: booze, drugs, girls, phones and common sense. That […]
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Splintered
If that sounds like a familiar trope, how about another? Like, say, a killing on such a spree that it requires tracking via a complex wall map peppered with thumbtacks, Post-it Notes, newspaper clippings. There are more, from scenes of terror that turn out to be dreams, to nocturnal campground “didja hear that?” exchanges. This […]
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Storytime, kids!
Starting Sunday, Storybook Forest at Arcadia Lake allows kids to come face-to-face with their favorite storybook characters, instead of a machete-wielding murderer in a haunted house. An alternative to potentially frightening pre-Halloween activities, Storybook Forest features Hansel and Gretel, Curious George and Clifford the Big Red Dog, among others. Children may wear costumes, as long […]