Stupid video-game logic, rule no. 154: When thousands of fugly, bloodthirsty aliens take over a spaceship, it’s best to send in a lone woman with a flamethrower. That’s the entire plot of Alien Syndrome, a pseudo sequel to Sega’s 1987 “run ‘n’ gun” arcade game of the same name. And…
Beneath (Paramount) Brigitte Bardot 5-Film Collection (Lionsgate) Luis Bunuel: 2-Disc Collector’s Edition (Lionsgate) Disturbia (DreamWorks) The Dog Problem (THINKfilm) The Dresden Files: The Complete First Season (Lionsgate) 8 Simple Rules: The Complete First Season (Buena Vista) The Fly: Collector Set (Fox) Full House: The Complete Seventh Season (Warner Bros.) The…
I can’t be bothered to run. I feel embarrassed while I increase my pace; it brings back traumatic memories of high school gym class. So when I see people who do run, and do it gracefully, I look up to these people. And when people run for a cause, there…
The premise of today’s Artabout Englewood is simple: “What we’re trying to do is bring awareness to all the artists and the art that we have located in Englewood,” explains Nancy Fenton, Englewood’s executive assistant of community development. “It’s a whole day of art within Englewood.” That day starts at…
Rebecca Rosen claims that she was a lost soul, fighting a losing battle against depression until her grandma Babe — who had been dead for ten years — came to her. Grandma Babe, who had also struggled with depression and taken her own life, would take over the pen when…
Harry and the Potters are touring the U.S. all summer, bringing their wizard rock to audiences that, in most cases, have never seen a live band. “We were just kind of impressed by the fact these books had inspired so many kids to get into reading, not just the Harry…
There comes a time in maybe everybody’s life when they idolize the Woodstock generation. All of us, at one point or another, yearn to have been there for the protest marches, for the drug culture or for the fashion. But most of all, people want the music. Everyone wishes they…
Poor Scooter Brightman. As host of Lannie’s Clocktower Cabaret’s Celebrity Spelling Bee and Quiz Show, the extravagant Irishman (the alter ego of Jefferson Arca, Lannie’s general manager) has to hold his own among local celebrities, burlesque girls and audience members. They’re all matching wits starting at 7 p.m., hoping to…
The most generous people in this town may well be restaurateurs and chefs, who are always volunteering their time, services and good food for good causes. Tonight’s Straight from the Farmer’s Market will benefit Gilda’s Club Denver, and the food will be very good indeed, since the five chefs making…
I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead: The Dirty Life and Times of Warren Zevon, which author Crystal Zevon will sign and read from tonight and tomorrow, is as unflinching as her late ex-husband’s best compositions — and that’s just the way he wanted it. “He asked me to tell the whole…
The Plain White T’s may be the most polite band in pop-punk. The Tom Higgenson-led combo — which joins Social Distortion, Blue October, I Hate Kate, Jack’s Mannequin, Motion City Soundtrack and Single File as part of KTCL’s Big Gig — is best-known for “Hey There Delilah,” a moony bit…
You’ll remember that Cat was all about the cowboy boots last week. Well, when she got this news, she almost had to kick someone. And still might, if she can figure out who it is she ought to be kicking. Can it really be that Santa Fe has gotten so…
The Denver Public Library and The Fabric Lab have embarked on a cool new event: Frock Out Denver. As part of the library’s Fresh City Life program, they’re trying to bring our local designers to greater heights of attention. How are they doing this, you ask? Well, here are the…
So Cat is just perptually late this week. She needs to go back to Sunday, apparently, and start all over again. Anyway, here are her picks for Cheap and Chic Monday, but on Wednesday. Top row, left to right: Kenneth Cole Pumpkin Pie from Piperlime $45 Very cute with tights…
Claire Danes looks amazing on Vogue’s weekly best-dressed list. But she’s one of the few. Check out the entire fashion train wreck here…
Sorry Cat was incommunicado yesterday, but she had a good excuse: She rescued a stray pit bull off the streets of Denver and is now trying to find him a home. Driving past her office, Cat found this dog tied up to a parking lot fence. She stopped to check…
So Cat seems to have a shoe fetish this week. All she wants to look at or read about are shoes. Maybe it’s time to buy a Lotto ticket, because the Wall Street Journal rewarded Cat’s singlemindedness with an article about women and their heels. The general gist: What shoes…
Cat got sucked into watching (well, TiVoing and then watching) the Fashionista Diaries, the new reality show that premiered on SoapNet last night (August 1). The marketing and advertising for the show had been over the top — every post on Fashionista yesterday was encased in a FD box –…
This week you’ll start seeing ads for Vera Wang’s line of clothes for Kohl’s. That means the time for her fantasy fashion is nigh: On September 9, Kohl’s stores will start carrying Very Vera, which will feature everything from shoes and handbags to dresses and coats. There will even be…
The Bourne Ultimatum opens in Russia as the amnesiac super-spy Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) does what he does best: elude capture, crack skulls, brood. Lickety-split, he’s en route to Paris, nursing his wounds and breaking out with a bad case of those itchy-scratchy hallucinations known as Hollywood Flashback Syndrome. Choice…
Oh, wipe that starchy Masterpiece Theatre moue off your face. Pop Jane Austen is fun, especially when it’s almost completely made up. According to Becoming Jane, a new addition to the plentiful Austen spinoff canon, our lady of graceful letters was hot stuff at cricket and kissing and had a…
Interview, Steve Buscemi’s second feature as both director and star, takes about twenty minutes to restrict the world to a single room, but once it arrives, the action seems to be held there by the pull of a cold sun. Buscemi plays a shabby ex-war correspondent with the fromage-scented name…
