It’s an esoteric subject, to be sure, but the rendering of Tim’s Vermeer, now showing at AMC Quail Springs Mall 24, 2501 W. Memorial Road, is hardly difficult. The straightforward documentary focuses on speculation that Johannes Vermeer, the 17th-century Dutch master, might have created his startlingly photo-realistic works with the help of cutting-edge technology of […]
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Josh Sallee — Know Society
The 12-track album is lively and diverse. Each song is packed with energy, and Sallee’s rhymes and flow are as sound as they’ve ever been. He can spit it quick, and he knows it, but that’s not the only thing he’s capable of. The album kicks off with “The Biased Introduction,” which features a hard-hitting beat […]
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The Wind Rises
At least he goes out with style. The Wind Rises, which opens this Friday in Oklahoma City exclusively at AMC Quail Springs Mall 24, 2501 W. Memorial Rd., doesn’t boast the elements of fantasia that usually distinguish Miyazaki films — there are no cats doubling as buses here — but it’s just as gorgeous and, […]
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Okie music, Texas flavor
Skating Polly The state’s platform for Oklahoma artists is no exception, thanks, in large part, to Austin’s South by Southwest, the largest film, interactive and music conference in the world. If you didn’t already know, the event is a big deal. According to a SXSW fact sheet, a whopping 56 countries are represented at this […]
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The Last Days on Mars
Lots, after fellow crew member (Goran Kostic, Taken) gets greedy enough to lay claim to finding life on Mars, in the form of a viral bacteria. To spill what happens next would spoil the surprise the film has up its well-padded sleeve; suffice to say, The Last Days on Mars has Alien‘s DNA all over […]
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The Slumber Party Massacre
Or, if they do have the sense, they stupidly return to the house soon after. In the 1982 original written by Rita Mae Brown and directed by Amy Holden Jones, a girls’ basketball team (whose players suck on the court, it should be noted), shack up for a night at the house of Trish (Michelle […]
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Darkman
A very lanky and pale Liam Neeson (The Grey) portrays Peyton Westlake, a scientist working on creating synthetic skin, but can’t get it to last beyond 99 minutes. When his girlfriend (Moonrise Kingdom‘s Frances McDormand, who appears in a brand-new interview on the disc) stumbles onto a secret memo she shouldn’t have, corporate goons destroy […]
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Psyched up
As a new generation of youth absorbs psychedelic classics like The 13th Floor Elevators, Roky Erickson and Pink Floyd, others take it upon themselves to spawn new renditions of that familiar, swirly groove. All the while, the comparatively venerable Dead Meadow nods in approval. The trio was peddling those trippy dirges and swollen, guitar-driven voyages […]
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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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LIFE
The University of Central Oklahoma’s College of Fine Arts and Design will host the art exhibit Get Your Geek On: Celebrating Art in Anime, Comics and Video Games. The exhibit is a play on Comic-Con, a convention for fans to geek out about anime, comic books, video games and more. Artwork from UCO students, professional […]