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Colorado Springs Independent | December 18, 2007

By limiting itself to precisely one fart joke and one poop joke, Alvin and the Chipmunks is pretty highbrow in today's kiddie-flick environment.

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Tags: Alvin and the Chipmunks, Tim Hill

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'Lakeview Terrace': Suburban Nightmarenew

Oh, to live to see such a rarity: a horror movie for grown-ups!

Colorado Springs Independent | Maryann Johanson | 09-23-2008 | Reviews

Tags: Neil LaBute, Lakeview Terrace

'American Teen' Asks 'Do We Ever Grow Up?'new

Some of the things the kids do on camera are the kinds of things they'd never, ever do if they thought their parents were watching. And, some of the things they say on camera are the kinds of things they'd never, ever say to a parent's face. That's why adults would get more out of this film than teenagers.

Colorado Springs Independent | MaryAnn Johanson | 07-29-2008 | Reviews

Tags: teenagers, teens, American Teen, Nanette Burstein

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There are several theories floating around the Internet purporting to explain why Penelope is finally being released now. It did, after all, make its debut at the 2006 Toronto Film Festival.

Colorado Springs Independent | Maryann Johanson | 03-04-2008 | Reviews

Tags: Mark Palansky, Penelope

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Spiel Time with Bill Mahernew

"My audience is the first to tell me if they think something is out of line."

Colorado Springs Independent | Bill Forman | 07-18-2012 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Bill Hicks

Conductor Kynan Jones on Australia's Copland, Russian Repertoire, and Tyler Clementi's Last Daynew

One of the six candidates being considered for outgoing Colorado Springs Philharmonic music director Lawrence Leighton Smith's position, the 36-year-old conductor spent years apprenticing under the famed Zubin Mehta and has conducted more than 60 orchestras and opera companies around the world.

Colorado Springs Independent | Bill Forman | 04-07-2011 | Movies

Holiday Film Previewnew

There's nothing like a bad economy to boost ticket sales for the movies. Here are some reasons to hit theaters this season.

Colorado Springs Independent | Matthew Schniper | 11-22-2010 | Movies

Fighting Gravitas: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1new

This Potter falls somewhere between ambitious and momentous in its own way, yet never quite as powerful as it wants to be.

Colorado Springs Independent | Scott Renshaw | 11-18-2010 | Reviews

Tags: Harry Potter, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1, Deathly Hallows

Chaos Contained: Review of 'Green Zone'new

As long as you don't enter Paul Greengrass' Green Zone expecting Bourne 4 or a totally accurate history lesson, you should emerge sufficiently entertained and possibly even enlightened with regard to the real reasons behind America's involvement in the Iraq war.

Colorado Springs Independent | Jeff Sneider | 03-16-2010 | Reviews

Tags: Green Zone, Paul Greengrass

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