Meryl Streep

Breaking in the Film Festival

Delegating Denver #34 of 56: New Jersey

Worst Television Theme Songs

The Black Cat has Jason Sheehan purring -- once he pulls in his claws

Patching a Plot

The Way He Lives Now

As his fourth film in a decade arrives in theaters, the movies' most enigmatic leading man reveals the method behind his on-screen madness.

Mamma Mia!

But your movie's kinda drab. Mamma Mia! drains the fun out of ABBA.

Confessions of a Shopaholic

But your movie's kinda drab. Mamma Mia! drains the fun out of ABBA.

3D film production

But your movie's kinda drab. Mamma Mia! drains the fun out of ABBA.

Doubt

But your movie's kinda drab. Mamma Mia! drains the fun out of ABBA.

Three hours for dinner? Black Cat proves worth the wait

But your movie's kinda drab. Mamma Mia! drains the fun out of ABBA.

Once grand, The Women is now just another chick flick

But your movie's kinda drab. Mamma Mia! drains the fun out of ABBA.

Lions for Lambs

The odd upside of Robert Redford’s terribly earnest, quite terrible war drama.

Support Group

The year's best characters.

Rendition

It’s not torture, but this latest Mideast thriller’s as conventional as they come. We’re (water) bored. (Sorry.)

Summer Movie Preview

The season of big budget bangs uses its brain.

Summer Film Preview

The season of big budget bangs uses its brain.

Evening

This chick flick gets lost between the past and daughterly presence.

Farce of a Champion

This chick flick gets lost between the past and daughterly presence.

The Metamorphosis

Boy turns bug in this redemptive kiddie-lit adaptation.

Cruella de Vogue

The Devil Wears Prada slaps the latest duds on an infamous fashion editor.

The Long Goodbye

Garrison Keillor's Prairie makes a fine pasture for Altman.

Past Prime

Uma as an old lady? Yeah, sure, why not.

Lost in Translation

All talk and little action, The Interpreter doesn't even make sense.

Sour Lemony

Jim Carrey's in fine form, but the rest of Snicket is more unfortunate.

Summer Camp

This Manchurian Candidate overhaul goes for the giggle.

Saint Veronica

An Irish reporter's story is immortalized as Hollywood truth.

Sour Hours

Talented trio reveals that it's sad to be gloomy.

Kenya Dig It?

A wobbly Basinger and a feeble screenplay doom I Dreamed of Africa.

Stringing Us Along

Music of the Heart plays every cliche available.

Sisters Doing It for Themselves

Music of the Heart plays every cliche available.

The Family That Frays Together

Music of the Heart plays every cliche available.

Sgt. Rockette

Music of the Heart plays every cliche available.

The Ultimate Family Room

Music of the Heart plays every cliche available.

Thrills for the week

Music of the Heart plays every cliche available.

Write It Off

Music of the Heart plays every cliche available.

THE CASSANDRA CROSSOVER

CASSANDRA WILSON MAKES JAZZ MEANT FOR THE MASSES--AND SHE KNOWS IT.

STAR DRECK (THE NEXT GENERATION)

CASSANDRA WILSON MAKES JAZZ MEANT FOR THE MASSES--AND SHE KNOWS IT.

MOTHER ROWS BEST

CASSANDRA WILSON MAKES JAZZ MEANT FOR THE MASSES--AND SHE KNOWS IT.

SOUTHERN DISCOMFORT

CASSANDRA WILSON MAKES JAZZ MEANT FOR THE MASSES--AND SHE KNOWS IT.

Julie and Julia

CASSANDRA WILSON MAKES JAZZ MEANT FOR THE MASSES--AND SHE KNOWS IT.

Tonight: Mastering the art of French cooking at the Kitchen Table Cooking School

Actress Meryl Streep as "Julia Child" in the new film, Julie and Julia​To celebrate the release of Julie & Julia, the new flick about beloved American chef Julia Child and Julie Powell, the tenacious food blogger who conquered all the recipes in Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking, the ... More >>

Jared Polis does beer bong with Stephen Colbert

The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cEven Better-er Know a District - Colorado's 2nd - Jared Poliswww.colbertnation.comColbert Report Full EpisodesPolitical HumorMeryl Streep It's one of those TV moments when you're thinking, "He won't do that. He wouldn't possibly do that." And then he doe ... More >>

The September Issue

The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cEven Better-er Know a District - Colorado's 2nd - Jared Poliswww.colbertnation.comColbert Report Full EpisodesPolitical HumorMeryl Streep It's one of those TV moments when you're thinking, "He won't do that. He wouldn't possibly do that." And then he doe ... More >>

An evening with Ed Harris (and Tom Bower?) at the Starz Denver Film Festival

Photo courtesy of the Denver Film SocietyEd Harris with his co-stars for the evening, Starz Denver Film Festival co-founder Ron Henderson and Mayor John Hickenlooper.​The Starz Denver Film Festival is seldom able to lure the biggest name actors to make appearances even when using its annual Ma ... More >>

It's Complicated

Photo courtesy of the Denver Film SocietyEd Harris with his co-stars for the evening, Starz Denver Film Festival co-founder Ron Henderson and Mayor John Hickenlooper.​The Starz Denver Film Festival is seldom able to lure the biggest name actors to make appearances even when using its annual Ma ... More >>

Shmuck of the Week: Josh McDaniels's ego

"Just a second. My ego's got an itch."​I like to imagine that all of our shmucks -- every last one of them, from middle schoolers to the Mormon Madoff to the threesome from hell -- are, upon earning the honor, rounded up and herded into one confined space, to trade stories of their shmuckdom ... More >>

More Best Of: Top five Colorado film festivals

​In years past, putting together a Best of Denver issue was like Sophie's Choice: In order to choose the favorite baby, all the rest of the babies had to die and then Meryl Streep killed herself. Now we have the vast internets and enough space to choose whatever we desire -- in your face, Nazi ... More >>

John Hickenlooper hangs with Barack Obama, Neil Diamond at the Kennedy Center Honors

Carol PrattLarge image below.​During Tuesday night's broadcast of the 34th annual Kennedy Center Honors, the cameras frequently swept over the President's box occupied by Barack and Michelle Obama, as well as honorees Sonny Rollins, Barbara Cook, Neil Diamond, Meryl Streep and Yo-Yo Ma -- and ... More >>

Reader: John Hickenlooper invited to hang with Barack Obama because he's a sell-out, too

Carol PrattThe lineup at the Kennedy Center honors: (from left) Sonny Rollins, Barbara Cook, Neil Diamond, Meryl Streep, Yo-Yo Ma, First Lady Michelle Obama, President Barack Obama and, yes, Colorado governor John Hickenlooper and Helen Thorpe.​John Hickenlooper still isn't sure why he was the ... More >>