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Zombies, motherhood and Tesla: Filmmaker Alexandre O. Philippe launches Fried Comics
June 12, 2013 in Show and Tell
Clay Adams (left) and Alexandre O. Philippe want you to get Fried.Local filmmaker Alexandre O. Philippe has a passion for pop culture. His work has tackled pop cultural phenomena as...
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Ten milestones in the history of competitive gaming
June 06, 2013 in Show and Tell
Just like they play sports, most people play video games for fun. But also just like they play sports, some people play video games competitively, both professionally and in organized...
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The Source Family is a true story of sex, drugs and rock-and-roll religion
May 31, 2013 in Show and Tell
Isis AquarianThe social upheavals of the 1960s and '70s were fueled by a potent blend of sex, drugs and rock and roll, but only a few select groups elevated that...
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Denver Comic Con founder Charlie La Greca on what makes this con special
May 30, 2013 in Show and Tell
Melody ParkerEven if comics aren't your thing, you'll find something of interest at Denver Comic Con.In just its second year, Denver Comic Con is poised to take the pole position...
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The ten most awkward teens in pop culture
May 24, 2013 in Show and Tell
Nerd. Geek. Dork. By whatever name, these poor, unfortunate souls with bad haircuts, unflattering clothes and few social graces are everywhere. Especially pop culture. Few films have captured the ideal...
So what does Kind of Blue sound like to an admitted jazz novice?
May 23, 2013 in Backbeat
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The eight hottest robots in pop-culture history
May 22, 2013 in Show and Tell
Robots are everywhere. From helping us find cat videos on the Internet to assembling other robots (yeah, that can't end well), they've become almost as ubiquitous in real life as...
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Growing Up Gamer brings world-record video game collector to speak in Aurora
May 15, 2013 in Show and Tell
Aurora History MuseumIn just more than forty years, video games have evolved from technological novelty to cultural staple. That transformation is chronicled in the Aurora History Museum's "Growing Up Gamer",...
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The Watching Hour launches summer series with Requiem for a Dream
May 09, 2013 in Show and Tell
Requiem for a Dream.On the surface, Darren Aronofsky's bleak masterpiece Requiem for a Dream, the screwball musical nun-comedy of Sister Act and a spaghetti Western from Thailand don't have much...
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Joe Hill on NOS4A2's reality-bending horror and his appearance in Denver tomorrow
May 08, 2013 in Show and Tell
A young woman with a supernatural talent for finding things goes looking for trouble and gets it in the form of a monstrous man who uses children for his own...
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Benjamin Percy's Red Moon elevates werewolves to literature
May 06, 2013 in Show and Tell
With Red Moon, noted author Benjamin Percy dives into genre fiction with a story about werewolves that live among us, feared and reviled and relegated to the fringes of society....
Little, dead and hungry: Midget Zombie Takeover comes to the Oriental tonight
May 02, 2013 in Show and Tell
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Bop Skizzum wants to open for the Boss, needs votes in the Hard Rock Rising battle of the bands
April 23, 2013 in Backbeat
Battles of the bands are typically a chance for unknown acts to get in front of larger crowds. That description hardly fits Bop Skizzum. The band has been around for...
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Five surprise stoner movies to light up your 4/20
April 18, 2013 in Show and Tell
Stoners the world 'round will celebrate the highest of all holidays this Saturday -- 4/20, in case you got so baked you'd forgotten -- and the high-minded here in Colorado...
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Five looks inside the Denver Animated Pixelshow
April 17, 2013 in Show and Tell
Denver's animation scene gets a turn in the limelight when the Denver Animated Pixelshow comes to the Bug Theatre Thursday night. More than two hours of locally made animated shorts...
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Go inside The Shining documentary Room 237 with director Rodney Ascher
April 10, 2013 in Show and Tell
Stanley Kubrick's The Shining is a film that inspires strong reactions, and people have been trying to pin down what it's really about almost since the day it was released....
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The Big Lebowski's ten most quotable moments
April 05, 2013 in Show and Tell
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Littleton will host its first-ever Quote-Along tonight, and it's chosen one of the most quotable films of all time to kick things off: The Big Lebowski. For...
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Scary monsters and sideshow freaks in Daniel Crosier's Showdevils
April 01, 2013 in Show and Tell
There are precious few opportunities in life to assist a human puzzle piece and his comely, sword-swallowing sidekick defeat a mutant goldfish. When such an opportunity does arise, it's best...
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Five ways to fill The Walking Dead-shaped hole in your heart
March 27, 2013 in Show and Tell
In just a few days, The Walking Dead will close up shop for another season. The finale airs March 31, and whether you're watching at home alone or attending one...
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First look: Alamo Drafthouse's limited-edition RoboCop poster
March 26, 2013 in Show and Tell
Jay ShawSee the full poster inside.When the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema's Tough Guy Cinema presentation of RoboCop hits on Monday, April 8 fans of the film are in for a treat....
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My Amityville Horror filmmakers on getting personal with America's most famous haunting
March 21, 2013 in Show and Tell
Larry WestlerDaniel Lutz lived the real Amityville Horror.The Amityville Horror is the best-known haunting in American history, spawning multiple films, countless books and speculation to this day about what really...
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Alamo Drafthouse offers bargain movies Friday, Pam Grier Monday, Signature Events in April
March 20, 2013 in Show and Tell
Dedicated fans and curious cinephiles alike don't have much longer to wait -- the Denver area's own Alamo Drafthouse Cinema is opening in a matter of days. The storied theater...
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Former detective Pat Kennedy on The Jeffrey Dahmer Files
March 15, 2013 in Show and Tell
Pat KennedyMore than twenty years after the story broke, America's fascination with cannibal sex killer Jeffrey Dahmer lingers on. In The Jeffrey Dahmer Files, a new documentary on the case...
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Horror films from A to Z: part five
March 14, 2013 in Show and Tell
At The ABCs of Death, in its final night at the Sie FilmCenter, you're going to get the equivalent of horror tapas -- one short, punchy tale for each letter...
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Horror films from A to Z: part four
March 13, 2013 in Show and Tell
At The ABCs of Death, showing now at the Sie FilmCenter, you're going to get the equivalent of horror tapas -- one short, punchy tale for each letter of the...