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Starz Denver Film Festival: Artistic director Brit Withey previews opening night's Like Crazy

Trailer below.​Again this year, Starz Denver Film Festival artistic director Brit Withey is offering his must-see picks for each day of the fest -- including many flicks that movie lovers might otherwise miss amid the flood of silver-screen goodies. Today, he shares his take on the fest's ope ... More >>

The Simpsons gives Aron Ralston, 127 Hours one-armed salute in "Treehouse of Horror"

Video below.​Colorado's own Aron Ralston may have thought he'd received the ultimate tribute when the movie 127 Hours was made about his famous arm-amputating ordeal. But that's nothing compared to being satirized on The Simpsons' annual "Treehouse of Horror" Halloween spectacular, which aire ... More >>

Starz Denver Film Festival 2011: Five red carpet events, Big Night screening of The Descendants

"The Descendants."​Next Monday, October 17, the Starz Denver Film Festival's website will go live with the entire 2011 lineup, and it's a hefty one: a whopping 260 flicks will unspool November 2-13. But today, fest executive director Tom Botelho offers us a preview of the highest profile movi ... More >>

Summer's Ending: 8 Great Weekend Roadtrips You Need to Take Now

National Park Service​It's the first week of August, so it's likely that many of you are experiencing Endofsummeritis. You may think there's nothing you can do but watch the slow creep to winter, and before you know it, you will be shoveling your car out of six feet of snow while icicle tears form ... More >>

Q&A: Finding Everett Ruess author David Roberts reflects on his unsolved mystery

​David Roberts, author of Finding Everett Ruess: The Life and Unsolved Disappearance of a Legendary Wilderness Explorer, researched the life, writings and artwork of the young adventurer who vanished somewhere in the American Southwest in the 1930s, and has written the first true biography of ... More >>

Tonight: Jerry Aronson appears with an Allen Ginsberg double feature

​When director Jerry Aronson screened his documentary The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg for Ginsberg himself before the film's release in 1994, the iconic poet is said to have nodded his head and reflectively quipped, "So that's Allen Ginsberg." With good reason: Even all these years later, ... More >>

Superman nearly strips Boulder naked after Flash turns town into ancient Krypton (PICS)

Pics below.​Boulder's played host to plenty of ordinary celebrities over the years: Take James Franco's recent Boulder International Film Festival appearance and introduction by 127 Hours inspiration Aron Ralston. But that's nothing compared to a super-celebrity -- and there's no celeb more su ... More >>

Dolphin Punching, Moonwalking and Comics this week on our new release picks, March 1

​If you're one of those weirdoes that do your taxes straight away at the end of January, then chances are you've got a big old government check burning a whole in your pocket right now. Thankfully, we've got plenty of stuff for you to spend your money on. If you've got a bad memory, if you're ... More >>

Aron Ralston earns $125K on Minute to Win It after boost from James Franco (VIDEO)

Aron Ralston.​Yesterday, we previewed Colorado-based 127 Hours subject Aron Ralston's appearance on Minute to Win It last night -- and win it he did. During a program featuring an encouraging video from James Franco, who portrays Ralston in the movie, he aced a game called "Broomski Ball," ear ... More >>

Aron Ralston on Minute to Win It tonight: 127 hours plus 15 more minutes of fame (VIDEOS)

Aron Ralston.​Suck it, Andy Warhol. Colorado's own Aron Ralston, who amputated his own arm in 2003 following a bizarre climbing accident, has already gone well beyond your universal fifteen-minutes-of-fame prediction, and the clock's still running. He's the subject of the Academy Award-nominat ... More >>

Madison McKinley: The Bachelor's vampire girl becomes a blood donation dominatrix

Madison McKinley.​Last week, we introduced you to Vail's Madison McKinley, aka The Bachelor's vampire girl -- so dubbed because of the fangs she had implanted after joining an NYC vamp club. Part of last night's episode involved a public service announcement for the American Red Cross encourag ... More >>

True Grit: If only the new one had been filmed in Colorado, like the John Wayne version

​For the second year in a row, a movie with Colorado ties is getting Oscar buzz. In 2010, it was Precious, which was co-produced by Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness of Denver. This time around, it's 127 Hours, which stars James Franco as Aron Ralston, the Colorado climber who cut off his ... More >>

James Franco could host the Oscars with one arm -- and so could Boulder's Aron Ralston

James Franco.​It was just a few short weeks ago that Boulder's Aron Ralston introduced 127 Hours -- the story of his self-amputation -- for the Big Night showcase of the Starz Denver Film Festival. And while James Franco's performance as Ralston caused one man to pass out, the rest of the crow ... More >>

This Weekend In Stoke: Top five ways to celebrate being alive, November 12-14

Liam Doran/Breckenridge Ski ResortNow we're talkin'​1. Opening weekend at Breck. More than six inches of fresh pow for opening day today and 17" so far this week mean you could be skiing or snowboarding on some serious snow right now. Get to it. There are also freshies to be had this weekend a ... More >>

Starz Denver Film Festival: Artistic director Brit Withey's must-see picks for November 12-14

Brit Withey.​Again this year, Starz Denver Film Festival artistic director Brit Withey is offering his must-see picks for each day of the fest -- flicks that movie lovers might otherwise miss amid the flood of silver-screen goodies. Below, he describes his choices for Friday, Saturday and Sund ... More >>

127 Hours fainting attack: Man passes out during Starz Denver Film Festival

​Reports have been coming in from all over the country of people passing out or suffering panic attacks during the infamous arm-amputation scene in the new Danny Boyle and James Franco vehicle 127 Hours, a film based on the true travails of local boy Aron Ralston. Now there's a new incident to ... More >>

Starz Denver Film Festival: James Franco, Aron Ralston make 127 Hours go by just like that

Aron Ralston.​Director Danny Boyle's films are becoming a staple of the Starz Denver Film Festival's Big Night showcase. In 2008, Slumdog Millionaire joyously filled this festival slot, anticipating its march to a Best Picture Oscar. And on Friday, Boyle's latest, 127 Hours, was introduced by ... More >>

Starz Denver Film Festival: Artistic director Brit Withey's must-see pick for Monday, Nov. 8

Brit Withey.​Again this year, Starz Denver Film Festival artistic director Brit Withey is offering his must-see picks for each day of the fest -- flicks that movie lovers might otherwise miss amid the flood of silver-screen goodies. Below, he describes his choice for Monday, November 8: The N ... More >>

127 Hours will earn James Franco movie-star status

James Franco portrays Allen Ginsberg and Aron Ralston, giving him some Colorado cred

​Next month, actor James Franco stars in Danny Boyle's 127 Hours, a movie that chronicles the grim hours Aron Ralston spent pinned beneath a rock, an experience that provoked the Colorado climber to use one of his arms to cut off the other. But first you can catch Franco in another movie that ... More >>

Penny Chenery, of Secretariat fame, latest from Boulder to get the Hollywood biopic treatment

Penny Chenery.​Last month, we shared the trailer for 127 Hours, the James Franco flick about Boulderite Aron Ralston's loss of limb. But Ralston's not the only Boulder resident to go Hollywood. Penny Chenery's the main human character in Secretariat, about the Triple Crown winning horse she ow ... More >>

Aron Ralston meets James Franco: 127 Hours trailer skips the surgery

Aron Ralston.​The first trailer for 127 Hours, director Danny Boyle's much-anticipated movie about amped-up Colorado climber Aron Ralston, is now making the rounds of websites and moviehouses. It's sure to whet appetites for the flick, teasing audiences with impending disaster while keeping t ... More >>

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