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.

 

Thursday, December 20, 2012

The Good Doctor

It’s bad medicine.

Thriller
Rod Lott
Just six days into his residency, Dr. Martin Blake (Orlando Bloom, The Three Musketeers) already has his share of minor screw-ups: His handwriting is illegible, and he prescribed penicillin for a patient who was allergic to it.

 

Friday, December 21, 2012

Listen up

Rock, folk, hip-hop, metal — local music was loud and proud in 2012, and these 10 albums prove it. Just press play.

Music
Joshua Boydston

 

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

The Electric Primadonnas — Clergymen

Rock
Joshua Boydston
Oklahoma City psych rockers The Electric Primadonnas have been in hibernation for what feels like a couple of years, only emerging from their slumber for the occasional show or to leak a rough cut of a track.

 

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Straight outta high school

Local rapper Kulprit D comes of age in the hip-hop game with his latest project.

Music
Louis Fowler
How did Eazy-E get his nickname? What about Dr. Dre or Ice Cube or any other master MC with a moniker? Chances are few of them got it as part of a misunderstanding at high school.

 

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel

An icon of fashion gets the spotlight in a new documentary.

Documentary
Phil Bacharach
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
7:30 p.m. Thursday, 5:30 and 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday
Oklahoma City Museum of Art
415 Couch
okcmoa.com
236-3100
$5-$8

 

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Looper

Dystopian society, time travel, telekinesis, gangland killings — welcome to one of the best movies of last year.

Sci-Fi
Phil Bacharach
Hooray for movies with ideas!

 

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

I Am Bruce Lee

They call him Bruce.

Documentary
Rod Lott
I was incorrect in thinking the documentary I Am Bruce Lee wouldn't reveal anything new about the screen's greatest martial artist. While not exactly earth-shattering, the facts I learned numbered many.

 

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

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.

 

Thursday, January 3, 2013

Dick Tracy

If you thought the movie looked good before, you don't know ‘Dick.’

Family
Rod Lott
Unlike Madonna, Dick Tracy has aged quite well. Although considered somewhat of a disappointment upon its summer of 1990 release, unfairly attached with Batman-level expectations, Warren Beatty's film actually is quite successful in achieving its goals, which is even more apparent now that it's made a long-overdue Blu-ray debut from Walt Disney Studios.

 

Thursday, January 3, 2013