Earlier this month, Oklahoma native and acclaimed film director Brent Ryan Green debuted an in-the-works sneak peek of his upcoming sci-fi adventure film The Veil at deadCENTER Film Festival. The fest celebrated its 15th year as Green celebrated having so many of his films screened at deadCENTER through the years. Green said he scouted locations […]
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OKC Museum of Art hosts Oscar Tune-Up series
Oklahoma City Museum of Art hosts its Oscar Tune-Up series, including everything from action to comedy.
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Blackhat doesn’t hold a flame to previous flicks
Blackhat is a tech thriller that starts strong but then doesn’t have any Heat on Collateral.
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There’s something weird afoot when the year’s gutsiest political statement evidently comes from The Interview.
There’s something weird afoot when the year’s gutsiest political statement evidently comes from The Interview.
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OKC Horror Fest follows up on the success of last year’s inaugural event.
OKC Horror Fest follows up on the success of last year’s inaugural event.
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Skating Polly — Fuzz Steilacoom
The former is a startlingly authoritative, snarling take of Kelli Mayo and Peyton Bighorse’s brand of punk-anchored “ugly pop,” a fully realized vision of doom and gloom showing just how lethal Skating Polly can be. The latter is a stripped-down, heart-tugging piano ballad on par with anything Regina Spektor has ever done, toying with lush […]
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Freestyle flow
Vahid Farzaneh However, none of this would have come to pass if not for a class taken on a whim at the University of Oklahoma. “I initially wasn’t interested in filmmaking at all,” said Freestyle Productions owner Vahid Farzaneh. “I was kind of drifting around. I took an intro to film class for the credit […]
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The Best Films of 2013
10. Instructions Not Included Popular Mexican comedian Eugenio Derbez made his directorial debut with this heartwarming — and heartbreaking — Spanish-language comedy that became one of the biggest cinematic successes of 2013. Derbez is the womanizing Valentín who, after a baby is abandoned on his doorstep, mostly reforms into a near-perfect dad. The setup is […]
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LETTERS
Shocked by that? We naturally understand studios target the demographic group that frequents the movie theaters more than any other group: the teenager. Did studio executives suddenly discover a new secret hit parade of material? Maybe, but the first superhero movie started back in 1937, with The Shadow. And yes, special effects have improved since […]
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Weed control
It’s the reunion many fans of comedy thought would never happen. After years of well-known animosity and creative differences, comedians Richard “Cheech” Marin and Tommy Chong — better known as the stoner duo Cheech & Chong — have picked up the peace pipe and are back out on the road, performing old favorites and new […]