Drew Barrymore

Triple Fisher melds three Amy Fisher made-for-TV movies into one epic melodrama

Twenty years ago, Long Island teenager Amy Fisher became famous for shooting Mary Jo Buttafuoco -- wife of her much older lover, Joey Buttafuoco -- in the face. She served time in prison for the crime and has since attempted several media-attracting life reinventions as an author, porn star, Celebri ... More >>

3 things to do for free this week, October 15-18, 2012

Journey with Jane Fonda this week to a sci-fi world -- for free! That's just one of the artistic trips you can enjoy this week without having to open your wallet.For a full list of events, visit the online Westword calendar, and if you know of any other free events going on this week, let us know in ... More >>

Threesomes at the Toronto Film Festival: Critic Karina Longworth weighs in

Editor's note: Village Voice media film critic Karina Longworth is currently at the Toronto Film Festival, from where she'll be writing regular blog posts. This is her first in the series. This is a blog post about two movies that were screened for the press within the first 24 hours of the Toronto ... More >>

Asteroid! A look back at the cinematic space-rock bombardment of the late '90s

Only Bruce Willis can save us now.​At 11:00 this morning, an asteroid 5-20 meters in diameter came within 7,800 miles of Earth. Asteroids and meteorites (ever wonder the difference?) make close calls with Earth all the time, but no time in the history of the world was so harrowing as 1997 and ... More >>

10 things to do for $10 this weekend, May 27-28, 2011

​It's Memorial Day weekend, which for some people means a three-day party. For others it means celebrating veterans and for another set it means extra-long work hours. For most of us, it means we'll be able to drink an extra mojito on Sunday morning and not have to worry about a damn thing. Re ... More >>

Denver filmmakers unveil trailer for Derby Baby roller derby documentary

​After watching Drew Barrymore's Whip It with her daughters two years ago, Robin Bond -- the Denver-based filmmaker behind the new documentary Derby Baby -- set out to chase down some roller derby dreams of her own. She didn't get very far. "I'm fairly athletic, and had started skating a lot ... More >>

Chelsea Handler brings her dirty mouth and show to Denver

​Blowjobs, blowjobs, blowjobs, vodka. You'd think at a Chelsea Handler comedy show sponsored by Belvedere Vodka that there'd be more vodka plugs, more jokes about alcohol or more punch lines about boozing it up with your girlfriends. But there weren't. The only plugs Chelsea -- or any of the ... More >>

Scream 4 is this week's most ridiculous trailer

​It's been fifteen years since Scream came along and changed the whole horror movie paradigm with its self-awareness, satirizing the cliches of a genre then in the throes of death by indifference and employing them as plot devices, in the process pretty much single-handedly breathing life back ... More >>

Reel Women

Landon Pigg

Wednesday, May 19, hi-dive, 720-570-4500.

Ten summer camp movies summer campers shouldn't see

If your kids watch Wet Hot American Summer, they'll think their counselors do heroin.​Sending your kid off to summer camp can feel pretty magical to parents -- they get to have some fun, after all, and you don't have to feel guilty about getting some long-overdue personal time. Maybe a short ... More >>

The Knife Win Lifetime Achievement Award for Weird Acceptance Speeches

The Knife has made some ridiculously incredible music in the past ten years. In fact, the act has won quite a few awards for it, mostly in their native Sweden. Last year, one half of the sibling duo recorded an album using the moniker Fever Ray, and she just won "Best Dance Artist" at the P3 Guld pu ... More >>

Everybody's Fine

Q&A with Conrad Keely of ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead

​The past two years have served as a period of transition for ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of the Dead. After splitting with Interscope Records in 2008, the Austin-based sextet started their own label and drew on its own funds to record and release its latest effort, Century of Self, which ... More >>

In search of superstars, Crocs finds... Drew Carey?

​A mere four years ago, at the height of the mid-Bush economic frenzy (post-9/11 recession, pre-mortgage meltdown), a certain Niwot-based manufacturer of plastic boat shoes could do no wrong. Crazily colored, beloved by gardeners and ER personnel and children of all ages, Crocs were conquering ... More >>

The Virgins

Monday, May 11, Bluebird Theater, 303-830-8497.

He's Just Not That Into You

Missed Opportunities

Kick yourself for not seeing these ten movies.

The Last Mimzy

Movie mogul Bob Shaye taps into his inner child.

Music and Lyrics

Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore do not make sweet, sweet music.

Go Green

Phone Home

Seeing stars and stealing cells.

Different Strokes

Nikolai Fraiture says his band has changed. What's he talkin' 'bout?

The Elected

Sun, Sun, Sun (Sub Pop)

Idle Curiosity

Curious George is so timeless, you might wish it were more timely.

Private Dicks

Downey and Kilmer make perfect detectives in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.

Strange Brew

The Truth is, Egoyan's latest is B-movie noir, with killer performances.

A Really Big Shoe

Colorado's Croc craze is conquering the world. But does it have legs?

For Love of the Game

The Farrelly brothers swing straight and hit the sweet spot.

Buff Football

Nothing beats a naked pigskin party for some raw excitement.

Fallen Angels

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

Mind Games

George Clooney toys with the twisted delusions of a game-show producer.

Ouch!

E.T. returns to heal our cynical hearts.

Devil in the Details

Four years after his baptism by fire, mystical troubadour Jim White returns with a batch of sacrificial “hick-hop.”

Skip It

Why the best teen movie of the year, based on a beloved novel, won't be in theaters.

Farrah to Poor

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

Draw, Partner

Titan A.E. displays a state of suspended animation.

Green Light

Human Traffic is the rave movie that Doug Liman’s Go should have been.

Life Swapping

The latest entry in the "split-personality" genre is mediocre at best.

True Drew and No Go

Start Making Sense

The Spice of Life

Scary, Sporty, Posh and Baby may not mean jack to you--but the little girls understand.

Bloody Well Done

Woody Scores Big

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