You’ll see them at every gathering of geeks: elaborately costumed people repping their favorite characters from film, television, comics and more. They’re cosplayers, fans who dress up and role-play as their favorite pop-cultural personage, from the iconic to the obscure. Now the subculture is getting recognition for the art behind…
One of the best things about science fiction is it can be weird. Really, really weird. More often than not, it isn’t weird, it’s just spaceships and ray guns and robots, and that’s all fine and dandy, but the genre’s ability to go deep into the WTF zone is one…
There are a lot of great, geeky Christmas movies. Halloween? Shit, that holiday was practically made for geeks, and the list of geek films tied to holiday is fantastic. But Independence Day? There’s exactly one movie tied to that holiday that any self-respecting geek should give a shit about it,…
Long before Denver Comic Con packed the halls of the Colorado Convention Center with fans of comics and geek culture, a small band of artists was carving out a comics scene in town. “We used to do a little comics fanzine and did some comic cons back in the ’80s,…
If Fourth of July picnics and World Cup hysteria aren’t doing it for you, July has plenty of geek entertainment to offer — whether you’re looking to get your game on, enjoy Star Wars in the traditional Shakespearean form or just sit in the blessedly cool, air-conditioned embrace of a…
This Saturday, Channel Z is bringing one of the strangest buddy comedies of all time to the Alamo Drafthouse. Frank Henenlotter’s horror comedy Basket Case is the tale of a country bumpkin named Duane and his horrifically deformed “twin,” Belial. After his little, creepy conjoined buddy is forcibly removed, Duane…
On Saturday the Alamo Drafthouse is showing the cult-classic horror film Basket Case. Given that the movie was made for around $35,000 with a largely amateur cast and crew, it’s hard to imagine a film less likely to still be showing in theaters more than thirty years after it was…
Aaron Swartz isn’t a household name, but in the age of threatened net neutrality, NSA spying and the fight for a free Internet, he should be. His accomplishments co-founding the influential website Reddit and helping develop key Internet architecture were impressive enough, but it was his political activism — fighting…
“Coffee’s not what you think it is,” says Brandon Loper, director of >A Film About Coffee, a new documentary about the ubiquitous beverage screening tonight at the Mayan Theatre. Moving from the places where coffee’s grown to the places where it’s served and all points in between, Loper’s film examines…
Give Of Montreal’s back catalogue even a casual listen and you’ll find a little bit of everything — glam rock, disco, psychedelia and pure pop — sometimes all crammed into the same song. The band’s main man, Kevin Barnes, is a complex and contradictory figure, creating everything from obscure characters,…
If there’s one thing geeks like, it’s learning. And if there’s a second thing they like almost as much, it’s sharing their knowledge (aka teaching). Take those two things together, and it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that the past few years have seen the rebirth of salon…
Learning is always more fun when you have a beer in hand. That’s the basic idea behind Nerd Nite Denver, a lecture (and drinking) series that encourages people to share the knowledge they’re passionate about. With topics ranging from the evolution of Wesley Crusher’s sweaters on Star Trek: The Next…
Give Of Montreal’s back catalogue even a casual listen and you’ll find a little bit of everything — glam rock, disco, psychedelia and pure pop — sometimes all crammed into the same song. The band’s main man, Kevin Barnes, is a complex and contradictory figure, creating everything from obscure characters,…
Three people get lost in a strange new world where mystery and danger abound. In the process of figuring out how to return home to the real world, they will uncover a secret that puts the fate of not just the planet, but perhaps the entire universe, at stake. That’s…
It doesn’t take a geek to raise a geek, but it sure helps. My elder daughter will turn 21 this year, and as she reaches the final gateway to adulthood (woohoo, booze!), it’s safe to say that just as surely as she got my genes — sorry about that terrible…
For its third year, Denver Comic Con is pulling out all the stops. The lineup of guests reads like a who’s-who of geek history, from Bruce Campbell to Adam West — not to mention two-thirds of the primary cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation (gathered for a panel hosted…
Half the fun of any convention is seeing all the cosplayers — the dedicated fans who spend countless hours and way too much money painstakingly re-creating the look of their favorite characters from film, TV, comics or video games. If you just can’t get enough cosplay goodness and are looking…
When your long day of geeking out at Denver Comic Con is done but you’re not quite ready to call it a nerd night, there’s a place you can go — Rock Comic Con. After all, nerds like to rock as much as anybody, and these days the geek music…
There are better films than Army of Darkness. Hell, there are better Evil Dead films than Army of Darkness (ahem, Evil Dead II is clearly the best in the franchise). There are more important films than Army of Darkness (just ask any film school professor). There are probably even more…
The hardest part about making Alamo Drafthouse Cinema’s Wayne’s World Quote-Along work isn’t finding good lines – it’s deciding which great lines are going to make the cut. “When I think about how the quote-alongs are put together, try to whittle it down to the best lines,” explains Keith Garcia,…
Before gamers had the option to kill each other anonymously via the Internet, they had to gather in real-world arcades to do it. In that arena, friendships were made, rivalries were born and a good time was had by all. Those days are long gone, but this summer OhHeckYeah is…
At last, Colorado has transitioned from people complaining about cold weather to people complaining about hot weather. Geeks will have no reason to complain, though: The month of June is packed full of great geek activities, and nearly all of them are indoors in air-conditioned spaces. Better even than air…
