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‘The happy munchkin of sex’

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Let’s talk about sex.  Or better yet, let’s talk about Dr. Ruth Westheimer, a 4-foot-7, 90-year-old Holocaust survivor who loves to talk about sex. For...

‘Shutter Island’ star Leonardo DiCaprio on why he keeps working for...

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"Shutter Island" marks Leonardo DiCaprio's fourth collaboration with director Martin Scorsese. It may also be his most intense, which says a lot when you consider that their previous three films were "Gangs of New York," "The Aviator" and "The Departed...

Welcome back

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The Boulder International Film Festival is a local cinematic staple. And in 2020, BIFF was one of the last in-person events held before the...

‘Life in plastic’

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Storytelling is creativity within limitations. And when your story takes place in a fantasy world — be it with dragons, lightsabers or toys —...

Beyond Batman

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The Sie Film Center’s Programing Manager Ernie Quiroz is like a kid with an electric train set. With three screening rooms and a variety of projectors at his disposal, Quiroz decides what magic plays out on those screens and he is bringing some of his personal ...

Itty bitty witty committee

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Good news for amnesiacs: Ant-Man and the Wasp is a near carbon copy of the flimsy-fun first installment. Much like the school careers of...

Singing on the ice

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I admired much of the original Happy Feet (2006), but five years later, I’m still considering suing its makers for emotional distress...

‘Horrible’ pretty good

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You can practically hear little coils of contempt tightening inside Jason Bateman every time he’s in a pickle on screen. In the new comedy Horrible Bosses, the Bateman specialty is the are-you-trying-to-tell-me response. At one point in the film, when confronted ...

reel to reel | Week of Jan. 19, 2012

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16 Love Sixteen-year-old Ally “Smash” Mash lives between the carefully painted white lines of Junior Tennis. Unbeaten and about to go pro, she has no time for lazy newcomer Farrell Gambles. But when fate and a twisted ankle intervene, she teaches Farrell what it ...

reel to reel | Week of Dec. 22, 2011

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The Adventures of Tintin...

Calling all audiences

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Where do movies go when they die...

Reel to reel | Week of July 5, 2012

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ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER No more sensitive, sparkly vampires — Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter takes bloodsuckers back to their grisly origins as terrifying monsters. In the film’s universe, Southern slave owners are vampires, and President Lincoln is the one...