Jim Carrey

Welcome to Collywood!

Colorado hopes to lure filmmakers with a new plan

Super 8: The critical take in defense of nostalgia

​Browsing through the reviews of Super 8, it seems like a lot of fans and critics are giving the film -- a pastiche of late '70s/early '80s Spielberg -- a soft critical pass based on their nostalgic reactions to the time period in which it's set and their love of the films it homages (sorry gu ... More >>

Candyland, and other childhood pastimes Hollywood has ruined

Yeah, this shit is totally like Lord of the Rings.​Here's how the screenwriters of the upcoming Hollywood adaptation of Candyland -- the candy-themed board game for children who do not know how to read -- describe it: "We envision it as Lord of the Rings, but set in a world of candy." That i ... More >>

Welcome to Collywood

Yeah, this shit is totally like Lord of the Rings.​Here's how the screenwriters of the upcoming Hollywood adaptation of Candyland -- the candy-themed board game for children who do not know how to read -- describe it: "We envision it as Lord of the Rings, but set in a world of candy." That i ... More >>

Pause & Effect

A truly universal remote leads to Sandler's best movie in years.

Everybody Wants Shandy

Michael Winterbottom's adaptation of a classic loads on the Bull.

Cursed

Bewitched delivers just what you'd expect: absolutely nothing.

Westword Music Showcase 2005

Bewitched delivers just what you'd expect: absolutely nothing.

No More Wussies

Or, why Tom Hanks isn't Steve Guttenberg

Forget Me Not

Inside the Spotless Mind is a big and beating heart.

Brotherly Hate

Denver Repertory's True West succeeds with actors' intensity.

Kitty Litter

Cat in the Hat is easily dumped.

Creative Solutions

Cat in the Hat is easily dumped.

Romeo and Juliet Revisited

Tepid chemistry takes some of the fire from Shakespeare's alchemy.

A Bothersome Brother

Staging problems and a talky script deflate an earnest look at family and race.

Sly Foxx

He steals Ali, but will Hollywood give Jamie Foxx a shot at the title?

Letters to the Editor

From the week of October 4, 2001

YOUtv and You

What if they put a TV camera in a mall and nobody cared?

Chin Up

Bruce Campbell knows why bad movies happen to great actors.

Lipstick Traces

Eddie Izzard just wants to be loved, and is that so wrong?

Holidaze

Unwrapping our annual roundup of musical season's greetings -- and beatings.

The Dogfather Speaks

Chuck Green howls into the night.

Bang! Bang! You're Alive

Stumbling down memory lane with the late Lester Bangs.

It's Awful, Baby, Yeah!

Stumbling down memory lane with the late Lester Bangs.

TV or Not TV?

Stumbling down memory lane with the late Lester Bangs.

In His Life

Beatles producer George Martin tries to pass along the wisdom of the ages.

The Great Pretender

Beatles producer George Martin tries to pass along the wisdom of the ages.

Simon Says to Feel Good

Beatles producer George Martin tries to pass along the wisdom of the ages.

Breaking Up Is Easy to Do

Local experts offer reasons why so many of Denver's biggest bands are vanishing.

Med Alert

Local experts offer reasons why so many of Denver's biggest bands are vanishing.

Artsbeat

Local experts offer reasons why so many of Denver's biggest bands are vanishing.

Building the Perfect Beast

Special-effects wizard Phil Tippett--creator of Starship Troopers' murderous bugs--envisions the digital future.

A Subhuman Bean

Special-effects wizard Phil Tippett--creator of Starship Troopers' murderous bugs--envisions the digital future.

Cliche Spotting

Special-effects wizard Phil Tippett--creator of Starship Troopers' murderous bugs--envisions the digital future.

A Golden Age? Bite Me.

Special-effects wizard Phil Tippett--creator of Starship Troopers' murderous bugs--envisions the digital future.

Batman Loses One

Special-effects wizard Phil Tippett--creator of Starship Troopers' murderous bugs--envisions the digital future.

Great Dane

Special-effects wizard Phil Tippett--creator of Starship Troopers' murderous bugs--envisions the digital future.

Cruella and Unusual Punishment

Disney's new Dalmatians ain't the puppy chow it could have been.

The Executionee's Song ... and Dance

Disney's new Dalmatians ain't the puppy chow it could have been.

LETTERS

Disney's new Dalmatians ain't the puppy chow it could have been.

FOR PETE'S SAKE

Disney's new Dalmatians ain't the puppy chow it could have been.