Rapper Vince Staples brings his brand of afrofuturism to The Jones Assembly.
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Mono unites some of the OKC metro’s most talented filmmakers
An open casting call and meetup for the anthology film is planned for April 13 at The Paramount OKC.
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Premiere league
Rapper Gregory Jerome performs at February’s Premiere on Film Row. (Randy Alvarado) As Batman said in The Dark Knight Rises, “A hero can be anyone, even a man doing something as simple and reassuring as putting a coat around a small boy’s shoulder to let him know that the world hadn’t ended.” Premiere on Film […]
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All Superheroes Must Die
The low-budget effort’s premise takes a page from Saw: Tired of “asshole goody-two-shoes getting in the way,” the career criminal who calls himself Rickshaw (James Remar, TV’s Dexter) wants his archenemies — this story’s superheroes — to play a game. He has kidnapped 100 innocent civilians, rigged them to explosive devices and scattered them across […]
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The Amazing Spider-Man
Like director Sam Raimi’s 2002 original, this “new” version is an origin story, depicting how mild-mannered Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield, The Social Network) transforms from high school science nerd to an arachnid-powered superhero in spandex. The major differences boil down to these: —swapping nemesis The Green Goblin for The Lizard (Rhys Ifans, The Five-Year Engagement);—swapping […]
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Superheroes
Per Michael Barnett’s entertaining documentary, “Superheroes,” a handful of people exist who believe that local police either aren’t doing their job, too corrupt to do their job or can’t do their job to the fullest needs of the neighborhood. These costumed citizens are profiled. Among them are …• Mr. Xtreme, a chubby, slovenly guy who conducts […]
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Superheroes
Per Michael Barnett’s entertaining documentary, “Superheroes,” a handful of people exist who believe that local police either aren’t doing their job, too corrupt to do their job or can’t do their job to the fullest needs of the neighborhood. These costumed citizens are profiled. Among them are …• Mr. Xtreme, a chubby, slovenly guy who conducts […]