Reviewer’s grade: B+ Set in a future in which gas is more than $30 a gallon, “Blood Car” follows sensitive vegan kindergarten teacher Archie (Mike Brune) as he tries to invent a wheat germ-fueled engine. Then, while drunk, Archie discovers the engine runs much better on “? you guessed it “? blood. Archie’s […]
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Year of the Fish
Reviewer’s grade: B You know you’re not in Kansas anymore when a movie is narrated by a fish. In this Cinderella fable set in New York City’s Chinatown, 17-year-old Ye Xian (An Nguyen) arrives from China, only to find herself a virtual slave in the employ of a massage parlor. Enduring abuse by […]
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Strictly Background
A- Woe be the extras. This documentary examines the life of professional Hollywood background players: those people who fill out crowd scenes in films and television without you even noticing. Director and Tulsa native Jason Connell follows 10 as they attempt to secure gigs “? which pay a measly $50 a day “? and […]
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Flesh & Blood
Reviewer’s grade: B- This well-made but unsettling documentary by Larry Silverman takes as its subject the “art” of radical body modification. Steve Haworth is the Big Kahuna of this stuff, and we see him splitting the head of a penis “? his own “? and just generally doing things, by request, to genitalia that […]
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Recently Deceased
n 0pt”>”Recently Deceased” is about a guy named Jim. Seconds after winning the lottery, Jim is murdered by his acquaintance Reggie, who desperately wants to open a bakery with the money. The kink is that Jim hasn’t completed that day’s to-do list, so he rises from the dead to buy a headband and take out […]
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Gracie
Reviewer’s grade: B- As underdog sports flicks go, “Gracie” is earnest, well-acted and occasionally rousing. Those are all commendable attributes, but they don’t completely make up for the fact that it’s an underdog sports flick, and therefore, subject to that genre’s wheezy predictability. Still, the film is more heartfelt than most; that heart-on-the-sleeve aesthetic pushes […]
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Compelling Explanations
Local music producer Ricky Lackey, during questioning in March by a judge in Cincinnati to help her determine an appropriate sentence for Lackey for his crime of attempted theft, told her that he has no children but that he has “six on the way.” The judge sought clarification. “Are you marrying a woman with six […]
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SoonerCon hosting ‘Rocky Horror’ live shadowcast
Since its release in 1975, the film “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” has become legendary for its obsessive fans and lively showings. On Friday, SoonerCon will host one of them with a “shadowcast,” with performers pantomiming the action playing behind them on screen. “We’re there to ham it up. We’re here to make fun of […]
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New kind of camp debuts for girls
The inaugural Athena Girls’ Camp for girls ages 6-12 aims to: ” encourage knowledge, ” emphasize communication and confidence, and ” inspire girls to make a difference in their communities. The four-day camp will run 8:30-11:30 a.m. Tuesday through Friday, June 15, at Junior Achievement’s Omniplex headquarters, 2100 N.E. 52nd. THEMES The camp’s day themes […]
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Rocky Votolato
yle=”MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt”>Track three, “Before You Were Born,” is more upbeat, with a country shuffle, fast guitar picking and a reverby vintage Telecaster twang. The last song on the CD, “Silver Trees,” is beautiful and lonesome, with a crying harmonica punching and piercing through acoustic guitars. At least half the songs on the disc […]