Flick Pick: 2012: The True Mayan Prophecy shows March 3

It’s probably safe to say that your worldly possessions won’t be destroyed in an apocalypse on December 21, 2012 (659 days from this publication date, if you weren’t counting), as professed by conspiracy theorists cashing in on the end of the Mayan calendar. And 2012: The True Mayan Prophecy, a…

The Adjustment Bureau works for the good of humanity

In The Adjustment Bureau, screenwriter George Nolfi’s directorial debut (an extremely loose adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s 1954 short story “Adjustment Team”), Matt Damon plays David Norris, a Brooklyn-born, bar-fight-prone congressman rocketing to the front of a Senate race apparently on the strength of his charisma and the idealism of…

Sorry, 45-year-olds: Take Me Home Tonight is for ’80s babies

Ink still wet on his MIT degree, Matt Franklin (Topher Grace) is back in hometown Los Angeles, waiting for his future to clarify itself while he loiters behind the counter at Suncoast Video, hawking VHSes of Harry and the Hendersons because it’s, like, totally 1988. Inspiration comes when Matt re-encounters…

Ten people who should host the 2012 Oscars

Is it time to already begin thinking about next year’s Academy Awards show? Well, if you’re like most Americans — and critics, the venerable Roger Ebert among them — who watched last night’s show, then the answer is “yes.” The hipster hosts, 28-year-old Anne Hathaway and 32-year-old James Franco, didn’t…

Oscar winners’ most embarrassing performances

Last night, Hollywood engaged in its yearly back-pat, bestowing little gold statues on those who brought the greatest dignity to the big screen last year. Amidst all that pomp and circumstance, it can be easy to forget that, as amazing as Natalie Portman was in Black Swan, she was also…

Oscars 2011: The red-carpet fashion of the stars

The best part of the annual Academy Awards is arguably the red-carpet fashion, and this year, stars were showcasing a variety of couture gowns. Bright reds and tangerines dominated the pre-Oscar parade, with some purple trimming and light, ethereal dresses to counterbalance the rich palette. There were hits, misses and…

Displaced boner: Is Jesus rocking a chubb in the Denver Post today?

Is that a suspiciously shaped tendon, Jesus, or are you just happy to see us? A tad nonplussed at the photo (above) the Denver Post ran today on page 14D of Rebecca Vaughan and Peter Illig’s “Celestial Navigation” — part of the artist’s Displaced show at Ice Cube Gallery, which…

SparkStudio: Theater is back on Broadway!

If you’re a real Denver old-timer, you might remember the Third Eye, a brave little independent theater that operated out of a second-floor loft at Second and Broadway by local theater pioneers Joey and June Favre. It was a funky little space with black walls, plush red chairs pirated from…

Your antidote to the Charlie Sheen rant

Charlie Sheen went on the radio and said some absurd things yesterday. Maybe you’ve heard. He really sailed off into crazy land this time, calling Thomas Jefferson a pussy and making some incoherent analogies involving him in his underwear strafing all his haters early in the morning. And frankly, the…

Oscars 2011: Amy Adams’ high school yearbook photo

Best Supporting Actress nominee Amy Adams was your typical senior in the tiny town of Castle Rock, Colorado. Before graduating from Douglas County High School in 1992, Adams may have hung out at these spots in Castle Rock, now a city of more than 44,000…

Tonight: An art collector’s paradise at Sellars Project Space

What’s a secondary art market? It’s a sale of works that have been sold before and are back on the market. The advantage of buying these pre-owned works, from the collector’s point of view, is the clear picture it gives for a work’s resale value and present worth in the…

Drive Angry is this week’s most ridiculous movie trailer

In Drive Angry, Nic Cage plays a man who broke out of hell to make things right, and now he’s got one last chance at redemption. Now, read that last sentence again in the gravelly voice of the “In a world… guy and note that Nic Cage also drives a…