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Losers, yet fun

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Is there something written that good, enjoyable films have to make sense, be internally consistent and not have dumb continuity gaffes? I hope not, because that perfectly describes my reaction to The Losers, yet another Hollywood film based on a graphic novel. This...

‘Keanu’ is bloated ‘Key & Peele,’ for better or worse

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You either find it unbearably funny that a suburban dad named Clarence finds himself in a strip club called HPV surrounded by hardcore gangsters...

Peter Fonda to make appearance at BIFF

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Peter Fonda, social media guru Andy Carvin and software expert Blaise Agüera y Aracas are key guests at the 9th Annual Boulder International Film Festival, which kicks off its film series on Feb. 14. The festival will feature numerous acclaimed feature-length films, ...

Down these mean streets

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I was gonna be a dancer. I was a brunette. Started on my toes and wound up on my heels. So says Ruth Roman in Tomorrow...

We was smart once

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Modern Americans re-elected a man who plunged the country into two wars, tortured people and destroyed our economy, all because George W. Bush was the kind of guy you’d “like to have a beer with.” But for a brief moment in 1972, America rooted for the smart guy. To ...

BIFF 2013: The man behind the Man in Black

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In 2005, Jonathan Holiff was living in Los Angeles, working hard at his agency, The Hollywood-Madison Group. He hooked up celebrities with Fortune 500 companies for product endorsements; one of his biggest successes was getting Jessica Simpson together with Chicken ...

Best in show

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If it’s not a labor of love, then it’s a labor of something,” Errol Morris said, drawing a laugh from the Friday morning audience....

Yes, they mean you

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Thrill-seekers live for the rush that comes from defying death; adrenaline is the body’s chemical “thank you” for keeping it alive. Somehow, that’s the sensation I got watching Dear White People, writer/ director Justin Simien’s declaration that he didn’t come to ...

Home is wherever I’m with you

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I’ve just always been fascinated by what happens when you take a doodle and breathe life into it,” animation director Tim Johnson says, describing his career and passion. Ever since the birth of the flickering image, writers, directors, animators and viewers have ...

reel to reel | Week of Jan. 26, 2012

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3 Superstars in Berlin Three of the biggest names in opera come together for a once in a lifetime performance. At Boedecker Theater and Chez Artiste. — Boedecker Theater 16 Love Sixteen-year-old Ally “Smash” Mash lives between the carefully painted white lines of ...

‘Life is no way to treat an animal.’

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The 42nd Denver Film Festival (DFF) concludes Nov. 10, but there are still plenty of movies to see. Here are three not to be missed. Directed...

Not enough chills from ‘The Wolfman’

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Benicio and Joe put the "Goth" back in Gothic with...