Soundtrack
Rod Lott
With each new James Bond film, it seems as if another CD compilation of 007 movie music is released. Because it is.
Saturday 18 May
OKG Newsletter
Topic: Soundtrack
Best of Bond … James Bond: 50 Years — 50 Tracks
007 turns the big 5-0.
Soundtrack
Rod Lott
With each new James Bond film, it seems as if another CD compilation of 007 movie music is released. Because it is.
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 Phynx
Phar-out, phunny, phreaky stuff.
Comedy
Rod Lott
If movies could be drug-tested, The Phynx would be in big trouble. The 1970 comedy is not just an obscurity, but an oddity, like a hallucinogenic brew mixed by Peter Max and Hanna-Barbera. Newly rescued from Nowheresville by Warner Archive, the film is a spy spoof on the goofball level of Get Smart — in spirit, that is, not creatively.
‘Poppins’ pops
Not even a too-grumpy lead can keep musical from tasting as sweet as a spoonful of sugar.
Performing Arts
Malena Lott
Mary Poppins
Wednesday-Sunday
Civic Center Music Hall
201 N. Walker
okcciviccenter.com
297-2264
$20-$75
Comes a Bright Day
All is not calm, all is not ‘Bright.’
Thriller
Rod Lott
London, jazz, neon-lit nights, a posh hotel, a heist, Imogen Poots: Comes a Bright Day has so many elements I love to see in the movies, yet they add up to such a minuscule amount of pleasure. It's like pouring your favorite bubbly beverage all the way to the top of a frosty glass, only to see that once the head has subsided, you're left with so little.
The Frozen
Watch this winter thriller from the comfort of a toasty couch.
Thriller
Rod Lott
Not to be confused with Adam Green's Frozen, snowbound terrors and all, Andrew Hyatt's The Frozen follows couple Mike (Seth David Mitchell) and Emma (Brit Morgan, True Blood’s werewolf Debbie Pelt) into the woods for a winter camping trip.
‘Hyde’ and shriek
The strange case of ‘Jekyll & Hyde’ comes to the stage in a Broadway-bound musical.
Performing Arts
Rod Lott
Jekyll & Hyde
7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday, Jan. 16, through Jan. 20
Civic Center Music Hall
201 N. Walker
okcciviccenter.com
297-2264
$20-$60
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.
New shift
Comedian James Ngheim remakes the ’90s classic ‘Clerks’ ... kind of.
Features
Alyssa Grimley
For local comedian James Nghiem, doing a shot-for-shot remake of Kevin Smith’s influential indie comedy of 1994, Clerks, just sounded like a fun thing to do.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
High school was tough.
Drama
Phil Bacharach
John Hughes, for all the love people heap on his ’80s teen movies, was far too easy on high school. Maybe your high school experience was different than mine — and, if so, congrats. For many of us, however, those years were a marathon of self-pity, heartache, passion and anything else you’d find on an album by The Smiths.
