Soundtrack
Ryan Querbach
Legendary Wu-Tang rapper and producer RZA has released the official soundtrack for his upcoming film, The Man with the Iron Fists.
Saturday 18 May
OKG Newsletter
Topic: Man
The Man with the Iron Fists — Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Soundtrack
Ryan Querbach
Legendary Wu-Tang rapper and producer RZA has released the official soundtrack for his upcoming film, The Man with the Iron Fists.
The Amazing Spider-Man
Spins a web, familiar size.
Action
Rod Lott
I still don’t know why Hollywood felt that Spider-Man, all of 10 years young, needed to be remade — I suspect it has to do with selling toys. Enough of calling The Amazing Spider-Man a “reboot,” too; this is a remake through and through.
With Great Power ...: The Stan Lee Story
A not-quite-Marvelous look at a pop-culture giant.
Documentary
Rod Lott
There's a great story surrounding Stan Lee and Marvel Comics. I know because a month ago, I read all about it in Sean Howe’s new book about the very topic. As for the documentary With Great Power ...: The Stan Lee Story, however, it's perfectly fine if the only portrait you care to see is superficial, self-laudatory and largely wart-free.
Dollar for the Dead
Once upon a time on TNT.
Western
Rod Lott
Perhaps to horn in on the expected Django Unchained action, Warner Archive has dug into its vaults to give a spaghetti Western a second helping of viewers. It found a unlikely offering in Dollar for the Dead, a 1988, made-for-cable effort starring Emilio Estevez. You could look at it like a Young Guns spin-off if you wish.
Looper
Dystopian society, time travel, telekinesis, gangland killings — welcome to one of the best movies of last year.
T.I. — Trouble Man: Heavy Is the Head
Hip Hop/Rap
Ryan Querbach
Atlanta rapper T.I. has released Trouble Man: Heavy Is the Head, his eighth studio album and the first since his most recent stint in prison. The title is no doubt a reference to his legal troubles on federal weapons charges, but it also makes reference to the Marvin Gaye song of the same name, which is sampled in the album’s opening track.
Searching for Sugar Man
A true story that's truly sweet.
Documentary
Phil Bacharach
This is a golden age of documentaries, and I don’t mean the propagandistic variety via Michael Moore or 2016: Obama’s America. Given the pervasive timidity and lack of imagination in Hollywood today, film buffs are well advised to take stock of documentaries, where the most gripping stories are being told.
Monster mash
For its ninth annual Film Preservation Festival, the Oklahoma City Museum of Art unleashes seven of Universal Studios’ iconic creature features.
Features
Rod Lott and Phil Bacharach
Film Preservation Festival 9: Universal Monsters
Thursday-Sunday
Oklahoma City Museum of Art
415 Couch
okcmoa.com
236-3100
$6-$8
Iron Man 3
This metal is still precious.
Action
Rod Lott
You’ll hear the phrase “hot mess” bandied about the whole of Iron Man 3. For a while — the entire first act, really — the film embodies it, minus the hot.
