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The Iron Giant

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Before the 1990s, animated family films were in the gutter. Deemed too expensive, too labor-intensive, their demise was certain. But then came The Little Mermaid, and a...

Reel to reel | Week of September 12, 2013

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Reel to reel | Week of August 16, 2012

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AI WEIWEI: NEVER SORRY Ai Weiwei is China’s most famous international artist, and its most outspoken domestic critic. At Chez Artiste and Century. — Landmark Theatres THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN Peter Parker gets a new look (and an origin story) in this Marvel remake ...

‘An Education’ a good adaptation

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"Why was I, a conventional Twickenham schoolgirl, running round London nightclubs with a con man?” British journalist Lynn Barber asks herself this question in her memoir, published earlier this year. The question has now led to a movie, which answers Barber’s query ...

Reel to reel | Week of July 11, 2013

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20 Feet From Stardom...

The art of the reel

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Ghosts aren’t real. This is now confirmed scientific fact after the disembodied spirit of original Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton didn’t immediately, ectoplasmically engulf or...

Double Take: ‘Source Code’

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When you die, the last eight minutes of your life remain electromagnetically imprinted in your brain. If we could inject someone into that persistent memory, they could solve crimes after the fact. It’s the fascinating premise for director Duncan Jones’ sci-fi ...

Why not Longmont, as a Colorado film hub?

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You may not have heard much about Colorado’s film industry. When you think cinema, you think New York or Hollywood. If you do think...

Wes Anderson could go full Burton

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It’s not writer/director Wes Anderson’s fault that since he burst on the scene with what is still his best film, Bottle Rocket, he has become a hipster demigod...

You ain’t seen nothing yet

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"It ain’t like it used to be. But it’ll do.” So says one grizzled old timer to another at the end of 1969’s The...

Reel to reel | Week of July 26, 2012

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THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN Peter Parker gets a new look (and an origin story) in this Marvel remake of everyone’s favorite web slinger. Unlike Toby Maguire’s emo-esque rendition of the wall-crawler, actor Andrew Garfield’s portayal hopes to bring Spidey back to his ...

For its director and young star, ‘Precious’ is ready to pop

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Precious is hardly the feel-good movie of 2009, but the people...