Mystery Science Theater 3000

The Big Lebowski's ten most quotable moments

Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Littleton will host its first-ever Quote-Along tonight, and it's chosen one of the most quotable films of all time to kick things off: The Big Lebowski. For those unfamiliar with the concept, a Quote-Along encourages the audience to recite the best lines of the film as it's s ... More >>

Roger Ebert, R.I.P.: My encounter with the Boulder-loving film critic

When he died of cancer yesterday, Roger Ebert was the best-known practitioner of a dying art: newspaper film criticism. Few papers can afford to have a movie reviewer of their own these days, choosing instead to run syndicated pieces by folks like Ebert, who became the unlikeliest of TV personalitie ... More >>

Ten most fantastic film worlds of Dennis Quaid

Dennis Quaid gets around. Since the late '70s, he's appeared in more than seventy films and television shows, playing everything from a deep-space fighter pilot to an dragon-slaying warrior, and always with a certain swaggering charm. This Friday and Saturday at the Sie FilmCenter, Mile High Sci-Fi ... More >>

Bad or Not Bad podcast gives a pass-fail grade to everything

Sometimes the simplest concepts are the best -- and you don't get much simpler than the concept of the new podcast Bad or Not Bad. The name says it all, really -- things are discussed and a verdict rendered: bad, or not bad? "That's the short version, and what I hope will bring people into the sho ... More >>

The Evolution of Comedy tackles funny beliefs

Beliefs are funny things. From aliens to talking snakes, people believe in some pretty ludicrous stuff, and the rationalist comedians of The Evolution of Comedy tour are here to have fun with that. This Sunday, November 11, Ian Harris, Jason Resler and Maurice Northup will be at Comedy Works to riff ... More >>

For the Birds

RiffTrax's Kevin Murphy on Birdemic and Mystery Science Theater 3000's legacy

As the voice of wise-cracking robot Tom Servo and one of the original brains behind the cult sensation Mystery Science Theater 3000 -- known affectionately to fans as MTS3K -- Kevin Murphy helped elevate the act of jeering at shitty movies to an art form, leaving an indelible mark on pop culture in ... More >>

Kevin O'Brien on the These Things Matter podcast and Mile High Sci Fi

Pop culture is important. We spend our time and money on it, litter our speech with quotes from it, and our lives are shaped by it. That's the premise of These Things Matter, a new podcast created by local comedian Kevin O'Brien and Taylor Gonda. Of course, for all the importance of pop culture, we ... More >>

Get your B-movie fix free at Scared Stiff, hosted by snarky queen Alexus Vain

When Scared Stiff premiered last week night at The Bar, a small crowd of bizarro movie buffs gathered to see cult classic Plan 9 From Outer Space. But it wasn't just the campy Ed Wood-directed flick that brought folks in -- it was drag queen Alexus Vain's commentary, which runs parallel to each wee ... More >>