Jack Black

Comic Relief

Colin Check

Fall 2007 Haute Couture: Felipe Oliveira Baptista and Christophe Josse

Beyond Playlist: Prinzhorn Dance School and More

Don't Fear Reaper

Milking It: Kung Fu Panda Crunchers

Let It D

With its show off the air, Tenacious D no longer rules the idiot box. Now the rotund duo just wants to rule the world.

Tenacious D and the Beastie Boys want you to get off your asses and vote

With its show off the air, Tenacious D no longer rules the idiot box. Now the rotund duo just wants to rule the world.

Rock the Vote: Beastie Boys and Tenacious D at the Fillmore

With its show off the air, Tenacious D no longer rules the idiot box. Now the rotund duo just wants to rule the world.

More pressing questions for the Beasties and Tenacious D

With its show off the air, Tenacious D no longer rules the idiot box. Now the rotund duo just wants to rule the world.

Mile High Makeout: Dreaming of Me

As Matthew Wilder once said, "Last night, I had the strangest dream." I was at some sort of educational and/or military compound, and in the main dining hall there was a musical performance. My friend, a local photographer, was with me, and we were excited about the show. In some ways, it could have ... More >>

Best DVD Rentals

Juma's DVD/The Bohemian Bean

3D film production

Juma's DVD/The Bohemian Bean

Discmania

Backbeat writers revisit their favorite albums of the year.

Classic Rock 101

Students introduce the School of Rock.

Summer Movie Preview

The season of big budget bangs uses its brain.

Laughing Pains

The season of big budget bangs uses its brain.

Be Kind Rewind

Michel Gondry attempts to celebrate DIY filmmaking but comes up short, stale and flat.

Balls of Fury

Answer all correctly and win a Def Leppard album!

Lofty Cinema

The Civic Center Film Series will have you walking on clouds.

Weed Killer

The Civic Center Film Series will have you walking on clouds.

Tenacious D

The Pick of Destiny
Epic

Tenacious D in "The Pick of Destiny"

The band gets back together, and…and…and?

Tenacious D

Kyle Gass and Jack Black discuss their first feature film.

Trainwreck

Wednesday, July 26, Bender's Tavern, 303-861-7070.

Unreal Estate

Cartoon kids poke around Spielberg's Monster House.

PC Patrol

Takes one to know one.

Moist Boys

The Sound of Urchin shoots its musical wad.

Tortilla Flat

Nacho's funnier than Napoleon, which isn't saying much.

For Pete's Sake

Girls want boyfriends with skills. Good thing Efren Ramirez can deejay.

Swindled Art

Girls want boyfriends with skills. Good thing Efren Ramirez can deejay.

The Dan Band

Saturday, August 27, Gothic Theatre, 303-830-8497.

Bad Education

Kids at Paul Green's rock school are learning some serious riffs, but at what price?

The Kitsch Is All Right

D.C. Gallery gives a high profile to lowbrow art

A Fan's Notes

Ideas that were forgotten but not gone in 2003

Deep Freeze

Three mammals and a baby try to keep us warm in Ice Age.

Rock On!

Here's the top five reasons this movie rules.

When music meets movies: Ten Great Hollywood Decisions

​All right, a few weeks ago we offered up our take on the ten worst moments of crossover disaster, ill-advised efforts to mate movies with music. Now it's time to look at the flip side of the coin, the ten movies in which music and Hollywood made great bedfellows, outstanding cinematic turns that ... More >>

More Mile High American Idol hopefuls

In yesterday's Idol wrap up, it appears we missed another group of homegrown hopefuls who are on their way to Tinseltown. First up is Mark LaBriola, seen in the clip below, from Aurora. He thinks he looks like Jack Black (we think he bears more of a passing resemblance to Jason Cain of Astrophagus), ... More >>

RIP Ronnie James Dio: The metal legend gone at 67. Metallica and others pay tribute

Ronnie James Dio, dead at 67, was one of the great metal voices.​Metal heads and dark rock connoisseurs everywhere are today without one of the most feared vocalists of the genre. Ronnie James Dio -- the prolific artist who fronted Black Sabbath (post-Ozzy), Rainbow, Heaven and Hell and, of co ... More >>

UMS Night Three Travelogue: Air Dubai at Import Warehouse, Machine Gun Blues at 3 Kings and more

UMS Travelogue, Night Thee 7.24.10 | Baker District/South Broadway There's been no shortage of buzz surrounding Air Dubai: Though it has yet to hit the national stage, round these parts we've already as good as coronated the band successor to Flobots. Though the acoustics were terrible in the Im ... More >>

In the open: The UnseenDenver blog exposes a hidden side of the Mile High City

UMS Travelogue, Night Thee 7.24.10 | Baker District/South Broadway There's been no shortage of buzz surrounding Air Dubai: Though it has yet to hit the national stage, round these parts we've already as good as coronated the band successor to Flobots. Though the acoustics were terrible in the Im ... More >>

Five terrible holiday parody songs

​There's just something about this time of year that inspires people to record parodies. Jack Black and Jason Segal just spoofed the David Bowie and Bing Crosby classic, "Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy," and yesterday, Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly premiered their version of the tune. Cli ... More >>

The Beastie Boys's "Fight For Your Right - Revisited" trailer is awesome

The Beastie Boys.​The Beastie Boys have been men for quite some time now, but they've clearly never lost their sense of playfulness. The group's long-anticipated upcoming album, Hot Sauce Committee Part 2 (no, you didn't miss part one), is shaping up to be quite an event, judging by the just-r ... More >>

In honor of Hot Sauce Committee Part Two: A look at the Beastie Boys' top five videos

​The Beastie Boys have been shaking our ear drums with their mind-blowing rap, hilarious and brilliant lyrics, and daring beats since the '80s. Over the weekend, the crew premiered its new album, Hot Sauce Committee Part Two (streaming below), at Madison Square Garden, center court. That momen ... More >>

Top five shark-related pop-culture references, in honor of Megalodon

​A new exhibit is opening at the Wildlife Experience Museum tomorrow: Megalodon: The Largest Shark That Ever Lived. The exhibit includes a life-sized replica of megalodon (pictured above) and comparisons with other sharks we think of as scary-big, like the Great White, along with explanations ... More >>

Five top Colorado birding spots from Mark Obmascik, author of The Big Year

​The Big Year, based on a 2004 book by former Denver Post writer Mark Obmascik and starring Steve Martin, Jack Black, Owen Wilson, Rashida Jones, Anjelica Huston and Rashida Jones, among others, debuts in theaters nationwide today. But before The Big Year got the big Hollywood treatment, it w ... More >>

Big Time

​The Big Year, based on a 2004 book by former Denver Post writer Mark Obmascik and starring Steve Martin, Jack Black, Owen Wilson, Rashida Jones, Anjelica Huston and Rashida Jones, among others, debuts in theaters nationwide today. But before The Big Year got the big Hollywood treatment, it w ... More >>

Green Machine

​The Big Year, based on a 2004 book by former Denver Post writer Mark Obmascik and starring Steve Martin, Jack Black, Owen Wilson, Rashida Jones, Anjelica Huston and Rashida Jones, among others, debuts in theaters nationwide today. But before The Big Year got the big Hollywood treatment, it w ... More >>

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 >>