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‘Love Actually’
Monday, December 30: Movie Night — Love Actually. 7:30 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720- 328-8328...
Ron Burgundy is evil
Arrogant, stupid, sexist, racist, cowardly, delusional, talentless and vile: Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell) is the villain of both Anchorman and its sequel, Anchorman 2, and nobody seems to remember that. Don’t believe it? He is a newsman who single-handedly kills the ...
Best and worst movies of 2013
This is the worst because it’s the best. Let me explain. The only thing worse than years virtually free of good movies are years when I could make a top 10 list from the films I cut from my final top 10 list. What I’m sayin’ is: 2013 was real, real good, y’all...
Breathe in the Smaug
Things you should know by now: (1) All Peter Jackson-directed fantasy films near or top three hours in length; (2) there are deviations from the books because these are movies and not books — I’m told if you would like to read The Hobbit, you can still read The ...
Reel to reel | Week of December 12, 2013
All is Lost Robert Redford is brilliant in his role as a nameless man who must survive after his sailboat sinks leaving him lost at sea. Rated PG-13. At Colony Square. The Armstrong Lie In 2008, Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney (We Steal Secrets: The ...
Philomena, evil nuns and AIDS
Nothing sets the box office ablaze quite like the quiet emotional journey of an 80-year-old Irish woman and a disgraced, pompous British journalist exploring murky ancestry across two continents...
Reel to reel | Week of July 4, 2013
The BolderLife Festival films are showing this week at the SIE Film Center. For a full listing of the films go to denverfilm.org...
Frozen is a bit childish, but that’s OK
Dangling from the edge of Mount Treacly, overlooking the icy abyss of Cliché River, Frozen hurls a Bechtel rope and swings itself to safety in the nick of time. And just in case you miss the climax’s blatantly obvious flipping of established Disney gender roles, ...
Bold thinking at the BolderLife Festival
Often we are so bombarded with media and messaging that it can become easy to distance ourselves from the harsh realities of the world. At precisely the time our civilization should be taking a hard look into what makes us a communal society, we are retreating en ...
