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George Clooney

  • Blogs

    February 26, 2012

    Saving Face and The Descendants link Colorado to Oscar wins

    Colorado-based filmmaker Daniel Junge won an Oscar tonight for Saving Face, the short documentary film that follows a Pakistani plastic surgeon dedicated to performing reconstructive surgery on women who've been attacked with acid. Read an interview with Junge about Saving Face.

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2012

    Ten things to do for $10 this weekend, February 10-12, 2012

    The weekend before Valentine's Day has plenty of love (and anti-love) themed fun to offer, whether or not you're attached. From a Barbie and Ken art exhibit to a Victorian Mourning ceremony, we've got it all for less than $10. It will be way better than binging on heart-shaped boxes of chocolate. We ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2011

    Want to touch George Clooney and have your book turned into a movie? Work at Westword!

    ​Before writing the Descendants, and before indie-film-world-big-deal-director Alexander Payne turned the novel into a George Clooney movie, Kaui Hart Hemmings worked at Westword, selling classified ads. In 1999, right out of Colorado College, the Hawaii-native got her first job with us. "Had ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2011

    The 50 worst sports movies of all time

    Slap Shot 2: Number 28.​The sports movie is rarely versatile: an outsider, or group of outsiders (wrong race, wrong gender, wrong species), have uncanny talent in their field, but the old guard (typically, white, old men), don't like the change the new person represents. So the rebels have to ... More >>

  • Film

    November 17, 2011

    Family soap The Descendants revolves entirely around its star

    Slap Shot 2: Number 28.​The sports movie is rarely versatile: an outsider, or group of outsiders (wrong race, wrong gender, wrong species), have uncanny talent in their field, but the old guard (typically, white, old men), don't like the change the new person represents. So the rebels have to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2011

    The Descendants is a small story that made for a Big Night at the Starz Denver Film Festival

    Big pics below.​The Big Night presentation of the annual Starz Denver Film Festival has become a showcase for future Academy Award nominees: The last four flicks featured in this slot included three excellent Oscar magnets -- Juno, Slumdog Millionaire and 127 Hours -- with even the sometimes p ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 3, 2011

    Movie Madness

    Big pics below.​The Big Night presentation of the annual Starz Denver Film Festival has become a showcase for future Academy Award nominees: The last four flicks featured in this slot included three excellent Oscar magnets -- Juno, Slumdog Millionaire and 127 Hours -- with even the sometimes p ... More >>

  • Film

    October 6, 2011

    The Ides of March is haunted by the crash of Obamamania

    Big pics below.​The Big Night presentation of the annual Starz Denver Film Festival has become a showcase for future Academy Award nominees: The last four flicks featured in this slot included three excellent Oscar magnets -- Juno, Slumdog Millionaire and 127 Hours -- with even the sometimes p ... More >>

  • Film

    September 2, 2010

    George Clooney, in The American, is less about assassins, more about internal tumult

    Big pics below.​The Big Night presentation of the annual Starz Denver Film Festival has become a showcase for future Academy Award nominees: The last four flicks featured in this slot included three excellent Oscar magnets -- Juno, Slumdog Millionaire and 127 Hours -- with even the sometimes p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2010

    Dog the Bounty Hunter and George Clooney: Together again for the first time

    Talk about a love triangle.​Our friends at TMZ.com share a fresh Hawaiian shot of a very odd trio -- hometown hero Dog the Bounty Hunter (who did his best to keep crash-happy Jerrad Leonard off the streets) and his wife, Beth, snuggling up with none other than George Clooney. TMZ's comment: "S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2009

    Starz Denver Film Festival closes with weak surprise, strong film: George Clooney's Up in the Air

    Surprise! J.K. Simmons is in town! Oh, wait: you already knew that...​Last week, the folks behind the Starz Denver Film Festival ballyhooed a last-minute addition to the schedule -- a Sunday screening of a picture "on a clear runway to the Oscars" that would be introduced by a "surprise" appea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2009

    Will a George Clooney sighting cap the Starz Denver Film Festival?

    Have you or your buddies booked a trip to Denver, George?​ In our recap of the Ed Harris appearance at the Starz Denver Film Festival last Friday, I noted that organizers of the event have a hard time getting big-name actors to show up. Example: Harrison Ford was in town for a weekend gala at ... More >>

  • Film

    November 5, 2009

    The Men Who Stare at Goats

    Have you or your buddies booked a trip to Denver, George?​ In our recap of the Ed Harris appearance at the Starz Denver Film Festival last Friday, I noted that organizers of the event have a hard time getting big-name actors to show up. Example: Harrison Ford was in town for a weekend gala at ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2009

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    January 15, 2009

    Leader of the Pack

    ​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 >>

  • Film

    September 11, 2008

    The Coen Brothers make another mockery with Burn After Reading

    ​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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2008

    Culinary Cruising: Cliff Hanging

    ​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 >>

  • Film

    April 3, 2008

    Leatherheads

    George Clooney’s ode to screwball comedies of yore is so close. And yet...

  • News

    January 17, 2008

    Rick Reilly, Loving Limbo

    Rick Reilly on his impending move to ESPN, being directed by George Clooney, and the joys of doing absolutely nothing.

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2007

    Delegating Denver #21 of 56: Kentucky

    Rick Reilly on his impending move to ESPN, being directed by George Clooney, and the joys of doing absolutely nothing.

  • News

    November 22, 2007

    Shine On

    The creative breakup of former business collaborators leads to one new magazine, with another on the way. Can the city support both of them?

  • Film

    October 11, 2007

    Michael Clayton

    Watch your back, Grisham: Michael Clayton’s no ordinary legal thriller.

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2007

    Jonestown, October 5

    Watch your back, Grisham: Michael Clayton’s no ordinary legal thriller.

  • Film

    June 7, 2007

    Ocean’s Thirteen

    The lastest Ocean is a washed-up threequel. How much you wanna bet Hollywood makes a bundle?

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2007

    Political Face Off

    The lastest Ocean is a washed-up threequel. How much you wanna bet Hollywood makes a bundle?

  • Dining

    February 1, 2007

    Li Martini

    Campo de Fiori

  • Film

    January 18, 2007

    The Good German

    Steven Soderbergh tries, and largely fails, to make ’em like they used to.

  • News

    September 14, 2006

    On the Road, Again

    Here's something to do in Denver when you're dead: stay famous.

  • Home Entertainment

    March 16, 2006

    Hoop Dreams Come True

    Here's something to do in Denver when you're dead: stay famous.

  • Film

    December 29, 2005

    Rogues' Gallery

    Racists, louts and terrorists earned their place among the best of 2005.

  • Film

    December 29, 2005

    The Year in Film

    From dirty jokes and soldiers to penguins and gays, we made our preferences known.

  • Film

    December 8, 2005

    Blood for Oil

    Brilliant, confounding Syriana digs for a necessary truth.

  • Film

    October 13, 2005

    Exhuming McCarthy

    The Red Scare returns in Good Night, and Good Luck.

  • Film

    December 9, 2004

    Faker's Dozen

    A rare superior sequel, Ocean's Twelve entertains with cinematic sleight of hand.

  • Film

    March 25, 2004

    Southern Discomfort

    Tom Hanks steals the Coens' latest by playing -- get this -- funny.

  • Summer Guide

    June 12, 2003

    Think Distinct

    This summer's movies could withstand the drought.

  • Film

    January 23, 2003

    Mind Games

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

  • Film

    November 28, 2002

    Ocean's Ill Heaven

    The tides of Solaris tempt Clooney with life after death.

  • Film

    August 1, 2002

    Happy Ending

    Full Frontal is shot in digital and hits the target: Hollywood.

  • Music

    February 7, 2002

    Union Man

    There'll be no sorrow for O Brother multi-instrumentalist Dan Tyminski.

  • Music

    December 20, 2001

    Various artists

    Eee-O 11: The Best of the Rat Pack / Live at the Sands (Capitol)

  • Culture

    December 28, 2000

    Blow Up the Box

    TV managed to suck and blow in 2000, but still, we watched . . . and watched

  • Film

    September 30, 1999

    War Is Heck

    More than a mere war picture, Three Kings takes on the complexities of human emotion.

  • Film

    January 7, 1999

    Mission Accomplished?

    More than a mere war picture, Three Kings takes on the complexities of human emotion.

  • Film

    July 2, 1998

    But Not Out of Mind

    More than a mere war picture, Three Kings takes on the complexities of human emotion.

  • Culture

    October 23, 1997

    Do Not Adjust Your Seat

    More than a mere war picture, Three Kings takes on the complexities of human emotion.

  • Film

    September 25, 1997

    Bomb Squad

    More than a mere war picture, Three Kings takes on the complexities of human emotion.

  • Film

    June 19, 1997

    Batman Loses One

    More than a mere war picture, Three Kings takes on the complexities of human emotion.

  • Film

    December 19, 1996

    Without a Parent Motive

    More than a mere war picture, Three Kings takes on the complexities of human emotion.

  • News

    November 15, 1995

    OFF LIMITS

    More than a mere war picture, Three Kings takes on the complexities of human emotion.

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