2005 Writer/director Eli Roth (“Cabin Fever”) is the grimly gleeful face of the America’s horror resurgence “? weaned on stomach-churningly graphic Asian imports and unafraid to revel in spilt blood, Roth’s slight filmography to date marks him as a talent adept at synthesizing the visceral brutality of the Eighties and the modern, sleekly terrifying works […]
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Odd Couple’ still funny in Jewel Box’s production
What happens when two guys “? one divorced and one separated “? move in together to save money as well as support one another? The guys end up having the same problems and blowups they had while married, in Neil Simon’s “The Odd Couple,” a perennial favorite since premiering in 1965 and now in residence […]
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Jack of Fables: The (Nearly) Great Escape
Fans of the award-winning “Fables” series will want to follow the comic title’s first spin-off, “Jack of Fables Vol. 1: The (Nearly) Great Escape.” The five-issue collection plops Jack (as in “and the Beanstalk”) in a prison community for those fairy-tale and nursery-rhyme characters who have fallen out of favor. Between bedroom romps with Goldilocks, […]
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Graceland: An Interactive Pop-Up Tour by Chuck Murphy
rom the ol’ missus, Priscilla, it’s not some easy cash-in. Best of all: no waiting in line with sweaty tourists. Worst of all: the $40 price. “?Rod Lott
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The New Bedside Playboy: A Half Century of Amusement, Diversion & Entertainment by Hugh M. Hefner
Nonfiction This literary anthology encompasses 50 years of Playboy magazine content, much of it fiction, with authors as varied as Arthur C. Clarke, Jay McInerney, Ray Bradbury, Donald E. Westlake and Ian Fleming. On the commentary side of things, there’s Norman Mailer, Scott Turow and Daves Barry and Mamet. Iconic features of Hef’s influential revolutionary […]
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Lola Ray – Liars
Lola Ray‘s debut album, 2004’s “I Don’t Know You,” proved the musicians weren’t content to be another pop-punk act. With hints of Eighties new-wave woven throughout their songs, the bandmates showed they know how to play melodic leads as well as bang out the power chords. “Liars” is further proof that Lola Ray wants […]
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Happy Birthday Oklahoma!
Only one official Oklahoma centennial projects is experienced through the perspective of a bird named Boomer Scissortail: “Happy Birthday Oklahoma!,” an illustrated children’s book written by local man John Morrow. The full-color, 56-page hardback follows Boomer as he learns about significant events in state history, starting with Oklahoma’s 1907 statehood and ending with a centennial […]
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Get Published!: Professionally, Affordably, Fast
Not everybody who wants to write a book should, but the advent of print-on-demand technology has anybody to become a published author. Companies like iUniverse will print anybody’s not-so-great American novel (or anything else) for a fee or a huge cut of the profits, if any. “Get Published!: Professionally, Affordably, Fast ” is a how-to […]
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Childhood nostalgia evident in OKC artist’s paintings
Oklahoma City illustrator Christopher Nick likes to paint things that “remind me of my childhood.” State Capitol visitors can see the childlike optimism in his exhibit, “Capturing the Heart,” which will be featured through June 3 in the East Gallery. COMMISSIONSThe vast majority of Nick’s paintings are commissions for various magazines and businesses. Nick’s piece […]
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Turkish ceramics get rare stateside showing
Works of art rarely seen on American soil are now on exhibit in Oklahoma City University’s Wanda L. Bass Music Center Atrium. Turkish ceramists Ibrahim Erdeyer and Mehmet G