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The fascination of film

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In a world where the Adam Sandler fiasco Jack and Jill makes $68 million at the box office, it’s easy to forget that movies are pretty much magic...

‘Zombie’ hilarity

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It takes a certain sense of humor to enjoy a horror comedy film like Zombieland, but if you can laugh at graphic violence and can see the humor in parody, then this is a great movie for you to catch. Full of brilliantly funny lines, Zombieland offers a zombie film ...

Grade A-Holes

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The proliferation of comic book movies has reached its cultural apex, so thoroughly dominating the box office and public consciousness that a backlash was practically invited. While the public plays Oliver Twist, wallets open and begging for more, those who ...

La dolce vita

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There’s an old story (probably embellished, possibly apocryphal) from Blackboard Jungle’s opening weekend. Not many people remember that 1955 teen drama starring Sidney Poitier and...

Frozen 2

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Few movies have been as anticipated as the sequel to 2013’s surprise smash Frozen. Lucky for any girl sporting Elsa’s Arendelle aqua dress or parent who’s...

Now we are 63

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In 1964, Britain’s Granada Television charged researcher Michael Apted to select 14 7-year-olds from disparate backgrounds for the documentary program, Seven Up! Their aim: to get a...

‘The Twilight Saga: New Moon’: Love at second bite

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Filmmaker Chris Weitz said that he knew the Twilight phenomenon had gone off the rails when the female...

Reel to reel

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Two film festivals return this weekend, both celebrating milestone anniversaries. Let’s start at the Dairy Arts Center, with the 10th annual Boulder Jewish Film Festival....

Salute your shorts

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It’s Oscar season at the movies and that means celebrating the cinematic high-water marks that 2016 brought. And with 62 nominated films to choose...

God’s lonely men

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For most, Taxi Driver is summed up by one of the most famous lines in cinema: “You talking to me?” Conveying masculinity and bravado, it readies angry men for battle. But it is misleading. It is an act, a façade. The truth is found in the line that follows: “Well, I’...

Here’s Butters: ‘South Park’ animator to speak in Boulder

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When Eric Stough was studying film at the University of Colorado Boulder, he wanted to get a job working on the big-budget, high-production value cartoons made by The Walt Disney Co. Then South Park happened...

Lab results

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Sarah Adina Smith is the first to admit that a career as a filmmaker wasn’t the most obvious path for her life.  “It took me...