Bill Murray

The Hangover Part III is funny but unlovable

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Harland Williams on Half Baked, Disney and improvising with the Farrelly brothers

You probably remember him as the "grandpa's old cough medicine," urine-drinking cop from Dumb & Dumber, or the serial killer hitchhiker spouting "seven chipmunks twirlin' on a branch, eatin' lots of sunflowers on my uncle's ranch" in There's Something About Mary. But you may not know that Harland Wi ... More >>

Andrew Orvedahl on Those Who Can't, the Grawlix pilot for Amazon

The Grawlix have been one of the brightest lights on the Denver comedy scene for a couple of years now, most successful comedy team not to come out of Denver -- but to live in Denver. Their crowning achievement thus far, though, has got to be this past weekend's premiere of the Those Who Can't sitco ... More >>

Crash 45 celebrates Murray Mania on Groundhog Day

February is the month of the Super Bowl, Mardi Gras and Valentine's Day, but there's really only one holiday that counts: Groundhog Day. Not because we take that shadow stuff seriously, but because Groundhog Day is silly, and silly things -- especially those having to do with Groundhog Day -- make u ... More >>

Karina Longworth's top ten films of 2012

See Hyde Park on Hudson for Bill Murray's performance

Photos: Ten Colorado-connected funny people

Yesterday in this space, we nodded to ten Colorado-connected hotties, ingenues and reality-TV stars. But our square state is known for funny business, too. Turns out the list of notables who were born or lived here includes lots of notable comedians and comic actors -- some hugely famous, others get ... More >>

Starz Denver Film Festival: Quartet's Big Night among four fest snapshots

The 35th annual Starz Denver Film Festival rolled into its first weekend with a head of steam -- and a pile of cash, thanks to a $2.5 million gift from philanthropists John and Anna Sie that's allowing the Denver Film Society to own its home. Everything hasn't run smoothly over the past few days, bu ... More >>

Big Head Todd and the Monsters set to Rock for Raymond, a cause that hits close to home

Big Head Todd and the Monsters already devote a good deal of time and energy to charity-related events and organizations. But when the outfit plays an intimate show at the Soiled Dove Underground this Friday, October 26, it will be for a cause that hits close to home. Very. Keyboardist Jeremy Lawton ... More >>

Ten best concerts in Colorado this weekend, Friday, August 24, through Sunday, August 26

Welcome to the weekend! If you haven't made plans yet, there's an unreal number of shows, from five different festivals to several CD release shows to old school hip-hop. Of course, we have them all listed in our massive concert calendar. If you're feeling industrious, print that bad boy out and bre ... More >>

10 things to do for $10 this weekend, August 17-19, 2012

Face it: You're not going to see The Book of Mormon this weekend without dropping some serious cash for scalped tickets...and even if you get lucky in the daily lottery, you'll pay $25 for that seat. But there are plenty of other entertaining activities in town that you can enjoy on the cheap. From ... More >>

Actor Bill Murray and Squeaky Bean owner Johnny Ballen...meet

The Squeaky Bean's Johnny Ballen wasn't at the Bean on Saturday night. Instead, he was bartending a party for the class of 1972 at Regis University -- the same college that actor and comedian Bill Murray attended years ago. And Ballen, who wore one of his Squeaky Bean tuxes to the reunion, which Mur ... More >>

Bill Murray plans to crash Denver's party

Denver blog posts make the most of every situation. Denver Egotist reveals that Bill Murray will crash a local party next month. Wha? Denver Infill's Ryan Dravitz gives us a look at the under-construction Denargo Market Apartments project. Denver Frank asks this question after touting the 'Merica ... More >>

Review: Big Head Todd and the Monsters at Red Rocks, 6/10/12

BIG HEAD TODD AND THE MONSTERS @ RED ROCKS | 6.10.12 It didn't take long for Todd Park Mohr to wax nostalgic for the capacity crowd at Red Rocks Amphitheatre on Saturday night. Five songs into his band's nearly two-hour set, the frontman noted that he couldn't remember the last time the group had s ... More >>

Moonrise Kingdom could be Wes Anderson's most fully realized work

Top five Wes Anderson one-liners

There are endless lists to be made about Wes Anderson films: best music moments, best drug references, best Bill Murray scenes.... Fans of Anderson treasure every second of his films, often committing whole passages to memory; many can mimic the characters on screen, and they're always up for a repe ... More >>

The twenty best bicycle scenes in cinema, ever

With rare exceptions for the Smart Car, the tandem bike and whatever those contraptions are in the Dr. Seuss books, the human evolutionary process basically stopped when mankind progressed from two legs to two wheels. If you need proof of the superiority of the cycle, look no further than film, wher ... More >>

Cubs Opening Day: Bill Murray and Big Head Todd sing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame"

Holy Jesus! The bizarro-but-awesome Big Head Todd and Bill Murray saga just took an interesting turn. Last week, as you might remember, we posted a short item about Big Bad Bill being spotted all over Austin recently at SXSW rocking Big Head Todd T-shirts. The actor and La Cabeza Grande had apparent ... More >>

Photos: Big Bad Bill Murray is apparently a big fan of Big Head Todd and the Monsters

So, speaking of Big Head Todd and the Monsters, whose namesake frontman, as we told you about yesterday, is selling his Washington Park bungalow, do you know who's all sorts of sweet on the band? Bill Murray. Yes, that Bill Murray. Well, that's what we've deduced anyway. Either that, or the actor di ... More >>

Top ten Show and Tell posts of 2011

Number 5​Depending on who you're listening to, the world is going to end in 2012, or the world will undergo some sort of transformation. Either way it's spiritual. What's not spiritual, however, are these cold, hard numbers: The top ten posts on Show and Tell during 2011, which may or may not ... More >>

Rejoice for the Replay

Sweep away the Scrooge in you with the Denver Center Theatre Company's A Christmas Carol

I've seen the Denver Center Theatre Company's production of A Christmas Carol more than once, and as someone who was brought up on a diet of Mr. Magoo, Reginald Owen, that nice thick novel by Charles Dickens and, later, Bill Murray in Scrooged, I never tire of it: Well-played by the ensemble, with g ... More >>

Bill Murray fanatics have one last day to prove their knowledge -- and it's not Groundhog Day

Bill Murray.​Denver blog posts fresh off the griddle. Geeks Who Drinks' last all-Bill Murray quiz takes place at 7 p.m. tonight at the D-Note. Zombieland: Best. Cameo. Ever. BigMedia.org's Jason Salzman quizzes Craig Silverman about why he didn't challenge Denish D'Souza's claim that Barack ... More >>

Groundhog Day: Five underappreciated Bill Murray roles

Hey, Bill Murray -- you're looking sexy. ​It's Groundhog Day today, a holiday nobody would give a single shit about if it weren't for the 1993 Bill Murray film by the same name, because that movie is awesome. In some ways, it was Murray's career-defining role -- not because the movie was an ou ... More >>

Happy Groundhog Day! Now let's stop repeating these things on menus

Stop it. Seriously.​Groundhog Day may be officially devoted to celebrating a rodent that allegedly has some sort of ability to predict the onset of spring (and we think he's wrong, because despite Phil not seeing his shadow this morning, it's negative degrees outside and very much still winter ... More >>

What week is it? A breakdown of everything you could be celebrating, January 31 - February 6

The groundhog of your discontent.​When push comes to shove, February is and pretty much always will be Black History Month -- that's the only one they teach you about in school, anyway, mostly by telling you about Martin Luther King, Jr., the least threatening to white people of the civil righ ... More >>

Groundhogs and prairie dogs: What happens when five other animals see their shadows

Less consequential than the groundhog, but still.​Everybody knows that, when a groundhog sees its shadow, it means there will be six more weeks of winter; lesser known is that, when a prairie dog sees its shadow, it means there will be a buy-one-get-one-free day at the Denver Zoo on Sunday -- ... More >>

Murray Christmas

Classic Bill Murray, Robert Duvall on display in Get Low

Everything old is new again in Hot Tub Time Machine

Summer campers going Meatballs

Was traffic a little sluggish this morning? Did it seem as if minivans were lurching across lanes a little more than normal and that SUVs were stopping at yellow lights rather than blowing right through them? Yes it did, and I'll tell you why. The Denver Public Schools year ended Friday, which me ... More >>

Tibet's Restaurant

If this chef is good enough for the Dalai Lama, he’s good enough for you.

So Louisville's Got That Going For It, Which Is Nice

So Louisville's Got That Going For It, Which Is Nice

Forget Vegas

The Movies That Made Us

Starz FilmCenter

Caddyshack

Films on Fillmore

Test Quest

Jim Jarmusch succeeds by keeping Broken Flowers messy.

Sea of Loathe

Wes Anderson takes Bill Murray out to sea and strands him there.

Fitting the Bill

Bill Murray makes Garfield more than a bad cat movie.

A Good Buzz

Jim Jarmusch serves the perfect blend: Coffee and Cigarettes.

Pop Quiz

Primary Colors
January 29, 2004

Free Will

Another SNL vet may be the next Bill Murray. Seriously.

Fallen Angels

Charlie's high-flying heroines kick ass -- but not the sequel syndrome.

Pop Quiz

February 13, 2003

Deep Bloat

The Farrelly Brothers take a churn for the worse in Osmosis Jones.

Farrah to Poor

With clipped wings, Charlie's Angels fly way too low to the ground.

Sermon on the Mount

Just Plain Bill

Double Dribble