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Diamond in the Roughnew
Steve Martin's Pink Panther piddles on its predecessor.
Tags: Shawn Levy, The Pink Panther
Dream Teamnew
One football player's dream began with 48 hours on the highway from Easton, Pennsylvania, for a long-shot chance to go pro at the tryouts for Colorado Crush.
Tags: Colorado Crush, John Elway
Holy Bankrollernew
Pious Phil Anschutz has more than money at stake in the $150 million production of C.S. Lewis's beloved Christian allegory.
Westword |
Bill Gallo |
12-14-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Sins of the Fathernew
The man looking for his missing 6-year-old daughter in this deeply moving film is the kind of pariah most urban dwellers will do anything to avoid.
Denver's Columbus Day Parade Derided, Defendednew
Various interest groups in Denver argue over whether the annual parade is a celebration of a visionary navigator or a convoy of conquest that inspires community anguish.
Denver's Dying Grand Prix Indicative of Sport's Declinenew
National Indy-car racing continues to face the most serious crisis in its history: Dwindling crowds, indifferent TV coverage and uncertain sponsorships have reduced a once-prosperous sport to an also-ran in a marketplace overstuffed with choices.
Tags: sports & fitness
Listening to Klingonnew
The documentary Earthlings transports us into a secret society ruled by codes and wonders all its own, the province of Trekkies who joined the Klingon Language Institute.
Baseball Is in Ruins -- Until Springnew
The steroids use scandal that has caused baseball to stumble is part of a jarring pro-sports tumble.
Hail Snail Mailnew
In this film about a father and son delivering a mail route in the mountains of South Hunan lurks a stone-faced reverence for civil service that may seem downright bizarre to most Americans.
Next Best Thing to Being Therenew
The Radio City concert that was performed a century after the birth of the blues and gorgeously filmed by Antoine Fuqua gives us a profound sense of how the blues has blossomed over the years -- and the far corners it has reached.
Fans Chill As the NHL Season Is Icednew
Who the hell cares about the hockey lockout? Not many. Except for the good citizens of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, the people who brew Molson's and 11 hermits in northern Minnesota wearing Elmer Fudd hats who've just hooked up to the Dish Network.
Tags: sports & fitness
Puppet Mastersnew
The creators of this raunchy action farce made with prancing marionettes open fire on American militarism, French indifference, Peter Jennings, Hollywood blockbusters, Nebraska football and left-leaning movie stars who think they have interesting things to say about politics.
Like Moths to a Flamenew
Jay Russell's action-packed, flame-broiled Ladder 49 is an all-out valentine to the firehouse fraternity. While it's good with mayhem, it's pretty weak in terms of actual human behavior.
Silver City Stands Out in Season of Political Intriguenew
The new John Sayles movie, set and shot in Colorado, is downright bracing, and it has the kind of dramatic acumen the blunt propagandists can only dream about. There's no mistaking its liberal, or progressive, stance, but it's neither a bag of tricks nor a self-righteous rant.
