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‘Extraordinary Measures’ is safe, not extraordinary
For its big screen debut, start-up studio CBS Films...
Listen to your soothsayer
Bad things happened to Julius Caesar on March 15, proof that you should always listen to your soothsayer...
The core of Apple’s man
Apparently, writer Aaron Sorkin has decided that his “thing” is making fascinating films out of seemingly unfilmable, boring-ass ideas. I don’t have an iPhone. I don’t like Apple. I don’t like Steve Jobs. I don’t care about Steve Jobs. I didn’t care to ever see a ...
‘New Moon’ a tick better than first ‘Twilight’
The Twilight Saga: New Moon, also known as "Twilight: The Squeakquel," is actually pretty good — a tick better than the...
We all go a little mad sometimes
Shirley Jackson (Elisabeth Moss) is precisely the type of writer you’d expect to meet if you’d read one of her stories: Distant, acerbic and...
Keep calm and carry cake
They’ll be love and laughter / And peace ever after / Tomorrow, when the world is free —Vera Lynn, “The White Cliffs of Dover”
Frank...
That ship cray: ‘Noah’ ain’t bible school, y’all
They gave the guy who made Requiem for a Dream $150 million to make a movie about Noah’s ark. Huh?! In Requiem, writer/director Darren Aronofsky had Jennifer Connelly connect with another woman via an unforgettable shared “experience.” So, if any exec at Paramount ...
Reel to reel | Week of November 07, 2013
Films showing during the Starz Denver Film Festival, Nov. 6-17...
Seven shorts and a feature
If you’ve frequented film festivals in the past, then you know the highlight of any fest can be found in the short film packages....
Back in the saddle
There’s a new sheriff at the CU International Film Series, and his name is Jason Phelps. If you’ve attended IFS in the past, you’ve...
Think about what you’re trying to do to me
Let’s go back, let’s go back; let’s go way on, way back when, back when we use to swipe our favorite alternative band’s cassette...
Don’t bother keeping up
Since The X Files, David Duchovny’s air of undentable diffidence has been his strength (to those who find him dreamy) as well as his limitation (to the others). In the social satire The Joneses, Duchovny plays a salesman who, at a key point, when he truly deserves ...