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Big Brother Is Listening, Too

Not only did Germany’s The Lives of Others win the Oscar last week for best foreign film, it also bagged the unofficial prize for biggest upset.
Boulder Weekly  |  Thomas Delapa  |  03-05-2007  |  Reviews

Horror-scope

Working from two books by Robert Graysmith, Fincher and screenwriter James Vanderbilt straightforwardly recreate the case, effacing melodramatic traces of the typical Hollywood production -- the results are intriguing, but not totally arresting.
Boulder Weekly  |  Thomas Delapa  |  03-05-2007  |  Reviews

It's Not Rocket Science

The Astronaut Farmer is a sputtering retro rocket that takes off on October Sky and crash-lands into a Field of Dreams.
Boulder Weekly  |  Thomas Delapa  |  02-26-2007  |  Reviews

A Bridge Too Farnew

An ill wind is blowing through the children's film, and its coming straight out of Walden Media, the Hollywood production company backed by Denver billionaire Philip Anschutz.
Boulder Weekly  |  Thomas Delapa  |  02-19-2007  |  Reviews

Making Wavesnew

Too long out of the movie mainstream, Judy Davis triumphantly surfaces in Swimming Upstream, a powerhouse Australian drama that teams her with the Oscar-winning Geoffrey Rush.
Boulder Weekly  |  Thomas Delapa  |  02-14-2005  |  Reviews

Nixon's the Onenew

With apologies to Arthur Miller, Niels Mueller's thoughtful drama might be advertised as Death of a Furniture Salesman.
Boulder Weekly  |  Thomas Delapa  |  01-28-2005  |  Reviews

Order in the Courtnew

For those in need of an uplifting story in our dumbed-down times, Coach Carter is a slam dunk.
Boulder Weekly  |  Thomas Delapa  |  01-21-2005  |  Reviews

Who's Your Daddy?new

What makes a knockout movie? Astonishingly, if you ask just about every critic in America, here's the winning combination: 1) A rope-a-dope melodrama set in the boxing world; 2) a two-fisted heroine on her deathbed; 3) a punchy veteran director; 4) lots of talk about God.
Boulder Weekly  |  Thomas Delapa  |  01-14-2005  |  Reviews

The Good, Bad and the Uglynew

The latest in Hollywood, art and indie films: Capsule reviews that say, "We're as mad as hell, and we're not going to take it anymore."
Boulder Weekly  |  Thomas Delapa  |  01-05-2005  |  Reviews

Schlock and Awe -- 2004 at the Moviesnew

Whatever your state's color, 2004 was a pale year at the movies, marked by such busts as The Alamo (forgettable) and Alexander, Oliver Stone's not-so-great epic on the Greek conqueror.
Boulder Weekly  |  Thomas Delapa  |  01-05-2005  |  Reviews

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