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Take the psycho path
With massive mainstream media marketing rollouts and the box office boons reaped by free social media, movies so rarely surprise us these days. Shock cameos are spoiled in the space of a tweet, while most trailers render buying the proverbial “movie cow” moot when ...
For its director and young star, ‘Precious’ is ready to pop
Precious is hardly the feel-good movie of 2009, but the people...
‘Nothing to do with death, everything to do with life’
How do you sum up a life in 500 words? That’s the problem Bruce Weber, veteran obituary writer for the New York Times, faces...
Forgettable
If you’ve ever seen an online profile picture, chances are you’re familiar with the pursed-lips, craned-neck, supposedly slimming contortion known affectionately as “the duckface.” Total Recall is the sci-fi tale of a quasi-postapocalyptic duckface war between Kate ...
When the system wins
It doesn’t take long for Alex Cox, University of Colorado Boulder assistant professor and director of such cult classics as Repo Man, Sid & Nancy, Walker and The Highway Patrolman (which screens at the International Film Series on Wednesday, Oct. 5), to show his ...
Always on my mind
Some people are never more alone than they are in the company of others. Adam is such a person.
Adam (Andrew Scott) is a screenwriter...
Better than nothing
Set in Manhattan, The Switch is all over the place. But around the halfway point it starts getting interesting and the people who put it together are at least working in a realm of reasonable intelligence and wit and respect for the audience. I wish it were great, ...
Indians, cowboys and aliens, oh my!
There`s something timeless about a good Western. Sprinkle in scary aliens, stunning special effects, and a terrific cast, and the mash-up film Cowboys & Aliens turns out to be a highly entertaining summer adventure...
‘Edge of Darkness’ needs more Gibson
Moviegoers can rest easy. Mel Gibson is back in the business of starring in violent, paranoid thrillers. Back in the business of starring in movies — period...
Reel to reel | Week of November 07, 2013
Films showing during the Starz Denver Film Festival, Nov. 6-17...
The best is yet to come
Neither wind nor rain nor sleet nor snow has stopped the Denver Film Festival before — though the blizzard of 1997 tried when it...
