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Blockbuster Inc.

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2012

    Photos: Top ten Passive-Aggressive Notes from Colorado

    Have you discovered PassiveAggressiveNotes.com? The site is dedicated to hilarious scribblings from upset people who express their frustration in ways that range from teeth-gritted politeness to full-out rage -- and since it's searchable by location, we've collected our ten favorites from Colorado. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2012

    Top ten outmoded industries Colorado should lure after snagging Blockbuster

    If the last time you rented a movie from Blockbuster also happened to be the last time you watched an Eddie Murphy movie, you're not alone. But just in case you did feel like giving up Netflix, Hulu and Redbox, and rewinding that copy of Beverly Hills Cop III you borrowed in 1994, Colorado's got you ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 24, 2012

    Blockbuster is moving to Colorado. I'm sending poop.

    A twelve-year-old degenerate needs a spot for daily operations: some place that's secluded, where you can stash your collection of pornos and light a bunch of weird shit on fire, and no one will bother you. For my best friend Noah and me, the central vector for our troublemaking was behind the Block ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2011

    That's the way the "Crummy Cookie Bandits" crumble

    CBS4​The Denver Police Department has arrested two men suspected of several robberies in the metro area who'd been dubbed the "Crummy Cookie Bandits." Nineteen-year-old Rodney Mitchell and 33-year-old Dartanian Mitchell were taken into custody last night at the Blockbuster video parking lot on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2011

    What's the first music you bought with your own money?

    Can you guess which member of Team Backbeat bought this record?​Do you remember the first album you bought with your own money? Of course you do! It's like the first person you kissed or the first one who broke your heart -- it's a monumental, life-changing moment in your life that's unforgett ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2011

    Netflix's betrayal is nothing compared to what Google, Apple and Facebook are already doing

    Mo' money, mo' problems.​Yesterday, Netflix informed its users that from September on, its services are going to cost more and offer less -- a pretty harsh blow to its wide base of users. The move came as a surprise to many Netflix customers, who have flooded the Netflix Facebook page, blog an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2011

    Wild Eggs pursues a liquor license

    Lori Midson​Wild Eggs, a Louisville, Kentucky-based mini-chain, is taking over a section of the square footage at 300 East Alameda Avenue, a space that most recently housed a Blockbuster Video -- and it's applying for a liquor license, because it sucks to eat eggs Benny without backing it up ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2011

    Sad pay phone of the week: The pay phone at Colfax and Corona

    ​Location: Outside of the Blockbuster on Colfax and Corona. Number: Unknown. Status: Operable. Cost: 50 cents for local calls. Photo taken: 2:35 p.m. on February 10.

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2011

    Borders goes bankrupt: Five overhauls to right the ship

    ​Borders filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy this morning in New York, making it one more casualty of the continuing slow death of physical media. Six Colorado stores will close in the coming weeks, though none of the Denver locations. They've still got some time to right this thing, but it will ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2011

    Governor Hickenlooper mounts up, rides the beer wagon to his inauguration party

    Jonathan ShikesJohn Hickenlooper on the beer wagon.​While the party was just getting started at the Fillmore Auditorium, Governor John Hickenlooper arrived in the gritty parking lot of a Blockbuster store about a block away to begin the ride of a lifetime. Or at least the ride of the night. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2011

    Larkburger looking to add a fifth beef barn in West Washington Park

    Lori Midson​Larkburger, the gourmet burger barn that started in the high country -- specifically, Edwards -- and spawned siblings in Greenwood Village, Boulder and Fort Collins, is bringing its Black Angus beef to West Washington Park, taking over part of the behemoth square footage that belo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2010

    Sanford Rothman has rude awakening -- after he apparently shot himself while sleepwalking

    Flickr​A lot of us find the experience of waking up and facing the light to be physically painful -- although probably not as agonizing as what Boulder's Sanford Rothman went through the other day. According to the Boulder Police Department, Rothman suffered a gunshot wound while unconscious. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2009

    Top ten Strange But True stories of the decade in Colorado

    Bush to use near your bush -- or at least in the vicinity.​Next week, Westword will be capping off 2009 with a blizzard of blogs leading up to our annual Year in Review issue: Look for them in this space. But before long, we'll be ending a decade, too. And with that in mind -- and to whet you ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2009

    Denver Public Library offers e-titles on the go -- sort of

    A Flickr photo.​The Denver Public Library has long been hip to technology, whether it's offering DVD selections that rival Blockbuster or allowing patrons to download tawdry B-movies from its website. Now the institution's getting into the smartphone craze, having developed a mobile website o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 6, 2009

    Shmuck of the Week: The Blockbuster Stabber

    A Flickr photoSure it would suck to work here. But it wouldn't stab-yourself suck.​ We've all been there: Stuck in a job we hate, dreading showing up for even another day. There are ways to grin and bear it, but sometimes that isn't enough. Sometimes you know just showing up will break you, an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2009

    Man stabs himself rather than go to work at Blockbuster: Understandable!

    "I've alphabetized the drama section for the last time."​At about 6:30 p.m. on Monday night, Aaron Siebers reported that he'd been stabbed in Edgewater by "three skinheads or Hispanic males dressed in black" who tried to rob him. Trouble is, a surveillance video from a business where this alle ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2009

    Noodles & Company hosts fundraiser tonight, opens tomorrow

    Lori MidsonThe newest Noodles & Company opens tomorrow at 1737 East Evans Avenue​Noodles & Company, the Colorado-based, quick-casual joint that serves oodles of noodles, salads and sandwiches from around the globe, is opening its 38th store tomorrow at 1737 East Evans Avenue in the location fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2009

    Feds out of voucher money for digital conversion boxes, so I guess I'm quitting television.

    Well, the deadline for the big television conversion to digital is only a month away and I missed my shot at getting the government vouchers for the converter box. Last week, the Commerce Department announced they had hit the $1.34 billion funding limit set by Congress for the coupon program, whic ... More >>

  • Film

    January 1, 2009

    Indie film production

    Well, the deadline for the big television conversion to digital is only a month away and I missed my shot at getting the government vouchers for the converter box. Last week, the Commerce Department announced they had hit the $1.34 billion funding limit set by Congress for the coupon program, whic ... More >>

  • Dining

    September 18, 2008

    Pop Rock the Vote Martini at Oceanaire

    Well, the deadline for the big television conversion to digital is only a month away and I missed my shot at getting the government vouchers for the converter box. Last week, the Commerce Department announced they had hit the $1.34 billion funding limit set by Congress for the coupon program, whic ... More >>

  • Film

    September 4, 2008

    Rumplestiltskin (Das Zaubermännchen)

    The Boulder Public Library

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2008

    1st Annual BCS Corporate Sponsor Bowl Quiz Presented by Westword.com

    The Boulder Public Library

  • Film

    July 19, 2007

    Christian Bale and the Art of Extreme Acting

    What won't the best actor of his generation do for a role? Not much.

  • Blogs

    May 29, 2007

    Blogging at 10 MPH

    What won't the best actor of his generation do for a role? Not much.

  • Film

    May 3, 2007

    The Movies That Made Us

    Starz FilmCenter

  • Film

    November 9, 2006

    Sorry Raters

    This Film catches moral watchdogs with their pants down.

  • Film

    October 5, 2006

    Sorry Raters

    This Film catches moral watchdogs with their pants down.

  • Film

    March 9, 2006

    Oh, Grow Up

    Failure is Matthew McConaughey's perfect movie.

  • Film

    February 9, 2006

    Hacked

    Harrison Ford runs smack into a Firewall, poor guy.

  • News

    August 11, 2005

    Comic Relief

    Are you a man or a mouse?

  • News

    July 21, 2005

    Off Limits

    Neighborhood Watch

  • Film

    December 30, 2004

    Second Run

    Celebrating the overachieving, underhyped movies of 2004.

  • Music

    October 28, 2004

    The Beatdown

    Elevators, Frappuccinos, and things that go bump in the night.

  • Calendar

    July 24, 2003

    Flix Mix

    Colorado filmmaking is alive and well

  • Culture

    May 1, 2003

    Of Boobs and Blood

    Troma's Lloyd Kaufman has guts, all over the floor.

  • Goods & Services

    March 27, 2003

    Best Exit by a Video-Store Owner

    Scott Woodland
    Video Station

  • News

    January 24, 2002

    Tower Failure

    Community groups and broadcasters widen their battle over proposed tower construction.

  • Film

    May 24, 2001

    War As Video Game

    In the whiz-bang Pearl Harbor, vintage history takes a back seat to a dated love triangle.

  • Goods & Services

    March 29, 2001

    Best Free Service

    Video/Audio Rentals

  • Film

    December 28, 2000

    Ten From 2000

    Although this past year wasn't a film blockbuster, it had some bright spots.

  • Film

    November 23, 2000

    Night Moves

    Bruce Willis goes for broke in Unbreakable.

  • Film

    August 10, 2000

    Scabbed Over

    The Replacements can't score, even with Gene Hackman on the team.

  • Film

    June 8, 2000

    Tragically Hip

    This young Hamlet is one for the ages.

  • News

    May 18, 2000

    Get in Gear

    You can't spell "credit" without REI.

  • Film

    April 13, 2000

    The Killer Inside

    American Psycho gets all chopped up, thank God.

  • News

    December 16, 1999

    Off Limits

    Deck the halls...

  • News

    September 17, 1998

    Who Stole Denver Burglar Alarm?

    Stew Jackson let one of Denver's oldest family-owned businesses slip away, but his bands play on.

  • Film

    August 13, 1998

    Return to Sender

    Stew Jackson let one of Denver's oldest family-owned businesses slip away, but his bands play on.

  • News

    June 22, 1994

    LETTERS

    Stew Jackson let one of Denver's oldest family-owned businesses slip away, but his bands play on.

  • News

    June 8, 1994

    WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE

    Stew Jackson let one of Denver's oldest family-owned businesses slip away, but his bands play on.

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