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‘The Huntsman: Winter’s War’ is awful good
God, The Huntsman: Winter’s War should not work. Like, it should cause uncontrollable vomiting and permanent erectile dysfunction. So, sweet Jeebus, do I have...
Poor 2013: Films in the coming year
Listen, 2013, you look cool. You really do, with your new Superman movie and lack of Twilight...
The act of seeing with one’s own eyes
Human beings are creatures of sight. What we judge as real is commonly based on what we see and how we see, but there...
Being near Emma Watson
Reconciling the public’s fascination with Emma Watson’s blossoming sexuality with realizing that the first time she was on screen she was 11 years old is really difficult. Doing so in a movie where her character’s sexuality is fundamentally warped because of an ...
The return of the virtual Sundance Film Festival
For the second year in a row, the Sundance Film Festival returns to Colorado. Well, to anyone with an internet connection and a movie...
All-American
There are Hollywood icons, and then there’s James Stewart. He was the guy who told Donna Reed he’d “throw a lasso around the moon”...
Maid in Mexico
Luxury hotels are bizarre, magical places. They are like hermetically sealed chambers where every possible amenity has been accounted for: Food, drink, entertainment, even...
Short but sweet
For decades, the Oscar for short film was the ignored stepchild of the Academy Awards. In times of limited distribution, the question was never which short film deserved the award most, but rather which nominee had been viewed by the most judges. The award was a ...
‘Imaginarium’ a disaster, incomprehensible
It should have been the must-see movie of the Christmas season, directed and co-written by the critically acclaimed Terry Gilliam (Brazil, 12 Monkeys) and featuring the marquee cast of Johnny Depp, Jude Law, Colin Farrell and, in his final role, Heath Ledger...
‘Why’d ya spill yer beans?’
As the story goes, the Greek titan Prometheus so loved man that he stole
fire from Mount Olympus and brought it to Earth for all...
Grow where you’re planted
Prolific playwright Steven Dietz has many connections with Colorado. The most obvious is that he was born and raised in southwest Denver, attended John...


















