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Oscar Rules
Ever since the nominations came out for Sunday's 79th Academy Awards, even voters were asking themselves, "Who stopped the music?"
Boulder Weekly |
Thomas Delapa |
02-19-2007 |
Movies
March of the Oscars
Come Sunday, the stars will line up in Hollywood for the annual Oscar bash, which is shaping up as a head-on collision between Brokeback Mountain and the dark-horse Crash.
Boulder Weekly |
Thomas Delapa |
03-01-2006 |
Movies
Tags: The Oscars
Monkey See, Monkey Donew
Sure, Love Monkey is a rip-off of High Fidelity, but that's petty theft compared to the greater crimes committed by this show.
Boulder Weekly |
Vince Darcangelo |
01-30-2006 |
TV
Tags: TV
All He Wants for Xmas Is to Be on TVnew
A critic looks at three television shows absurd enough to warrant that he make a guest appearance on them in 2006.
Boulder Weekly |
Vince Darcangelo |
12-19-2005 |
TV
Tags: TV
Year of the Aqua Teensnew
Aqua Teen Hunger Force creators Matt Maiellaro and David R. Willis are the reigning kings of late-night cartoons. With plans for world domination in 2006, they discuss the new season and the upcoming Aqua Teen movie.
Boulder Weekly |
Vince Darcangelo |
12-12-2005 |
TV
Tags: TV
Hollywood, We Have a Problem
The typical Hollywood release wasn’t simply mediocre this year; it was downright miserable. In the ongoing war between intelligent design and dumb and dumber writing, the latter is way ahead on points.
Boulder Weekly |
Thomas Delapa |
11-29-2005 |
Movies
Tags: Various Directors, Various Films
Least Valuable Facial Hair and Other Cheap Shotsnew
The road to pop absurdity takes many detours -- especially if your tour guides are ESPN Classic's clown princes of sports comedy, Randy and Jason Sklar.
Boulder Weekly |
Vince Darcangelo |
09-19-2005 |
TV
Geek Chicnew
Arrested Development director Paul Feig talks sex, nerds and Hollywood.
Boulder Weekly |
Joel Warner |
09-19-2005 |
TV
Tags: TV
Cyber Maniacsnew
A new form of interactive media debuts with ManiaTV!
Boulder Weekly |
Daniel Boniface |
09-02-2005 |
TV
Tags: TV
Pop-Culture Apocalypsenew
VH1’s "pop-stalgia" programming has turned the popular music video station into the History Channel for Generation X. But could the endless recursion of pop culture create a rift in the time-space continuum?
Boulder Weekly |
Vince Darcangelo |
08-01-2005 |
TV
Tags: TV
High Decibel: Of Romance and Music Videosnew
In just under four minutes, the music video for The Killers' "Mr. Brightside" encapsulates the entirety of human romance. Along the way it inspires reconciliation fantasies and causes an identity crisis of Jungian proportions.
Boulder Weekly |
Vince Darcangelo |
05-02-2005 |
TV
Tags: TV
Rogue Philosophynew
Joe Rogan is a TV star, stand-up comedian, host of Fear Factor... and philosopher?
Boulder Weekly |
Vince Darcangelo |
04-25-2005 |
TV
Tags: TV
The Tao of Fear Factornew
Fear Factor and Playboy have joined forces in print and with a new DVD. In the theater of the absurd that is popular culture, it's a storybook marriage--and we can't help but throw rice.
Boulder Weekly |
Vince Darcangelo |
03-24-2005 |
TV
Tags: TV
'New Hollywood' Down for the Count
If the re-election of George W. Bush proved once and for all that the 1960s are dead, look no further than last Sunday night's Academy Awards for the polished nails in the coffin.
Boulder Weekly |
Thomas Delapa |
03-08-2005 |
Movies
Tags: The Oscars in Review
Hollywood's Main Event
The movies of 2004 could muster only a few streaks of brilliance, among them Jamie Foxx's stellar performance as Ray Charles in Ray. In Sunday’s main event, The Aviator, Sideways and Million Dollar Baby will slug it out for best picture.
Boulder Weekly |
Thomas Delapa |
02-23-2005 |
Movies
