At the Movies, Pitch

New film to document storied punk club the Outhouse

Nick Spacek — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 08:40:52 -0500

Brad Norman, former bassist for the Sex Offenders, recently launched a website and Facebook page for a new project of his. Entitled The Outhouse: The Film 1985 - 1998, the forthcoming documentary looks to interview "the bands, the people who attended the shows, the neighbors, the cops, all involved" with the punk venue in a cornfield outside of Lawrence (which is now a BYOB strip club).…

Rikk Wolf on how Incognito Cinema Warriors XP makes terrible movies better

Nick Spacek — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 13:57:58 -0500

In the past three years, Incognito Cinema Warriors XP has gone from a fan film to a series with a respectable fanbase of its own. The film-mockery series was started when Rikk Wolf and a couple of friends decided that their comments were funnier than the average film riffs, and they put together a movie that was part original concept (man trapped in a movie theater surrounded by rampaging zombies), as well as part homage (the man and robots making-fun-of-movies concept from Mystery Science Theater 3000, aka MST3K).…

Making Movies' new song, 'Sirena,' coming to an AMC theater near you

Elke Mermis — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 11:46:16 -0600

Making Movies has scored some serious accolades lately, like the band's feature on AOL's homepage. Now, AMC Theaters is using the band's new song, '"Sirena," as the soundtrack to its trailer for its Oscar Best Picture Showcase in theaters nationwide.

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Lemmy: 49% Motherfucker, 51% Son of a Bitch makes cutoffs metal

Peter Rugg — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 15:15:42 -0600

Motorhead performs tonight at the Midland with Clutch and Valient Thorr.

Lemmy: 49% Motherfucker, 51 % Son of a Bitch, the new documentary on the legendary Motorhead frontman, has a lot of names telling a lot of stories that back up the "Ace of Spades" singer's hardcore reputation. Drugs, women, rock and roll, and life divided among the tour bus, the stage, and a bar on the Sunset Strip.…

Iris DeMent -- former Kansas City folk hero -- is featured in True Grit

Elke Mermis — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 11:37:47 -0600

If you didn't make the requisite holiday pilgrimage to the movie theaters this weekend, shame on you. (If you did, and went to see Little Fockers, even more shame is directed your way.)…

Tech N9ne and 50 Cent will appear in a new Danny Trejo movie

David Hudnall — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 12:59:26 -0500

Loyal readers, have you ever noticed how Jason Harper's 2008 post about Danny Trejo doing a cameo in the Tech N9ne video for "Like Yeah" consistently appears as our blog's most popular story? Look to your right -- it's there as we speak, taunting us.

To compete, I bring you this: Tech N9ne will appear in Danny Trejo's upcoming "indie" flick Vengeance alongside fellow rapper 50 Cent.

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