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GI Joe Fest 2012 canceled!
September 11, 2012 in Show and Tell
Gio TonineloThe vicious international terrorists of COBRA could never stop GI Joe, but he's finally met his match, at least temporarily. This year's GI Joe Fest -- an annual film...
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Atom the Amazing Zombie Killer co-director Richard Taylor on bringing a Troma-esque sensibility to Denver film
August 31, 2012 in Show and Tell
Atom the Amazing Zombie Killer, the debut feature film from Bizjack FlemCo, features zombies, bowling and a seriously weird twist, all wrapped up in a gore-splattered, over-the-top sensibility that should...
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Zombikini car wash puts walking dead in swimwear at last
August 30, 2012 in Show and Tell
In the midst of our current zombie renaissance, we've just about seen it all: running zombies, Nazi zombies, classic-lit zombies, even singing and dancing zombies. It seems like every day...
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The Revenant's writer-director D. Kerry Prior on how going back to undead basics made his movie work
August 30, 2012 in Show and Tell
Director D. Kerry Prior on set of THE REVENANT (Image courtesy of Lightning Entertainment) In The Revenant, a soldier dies in Iraq, only to awaken back home as a member of...
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Eight things every horror movie needs, according to Bruce Kawin
August 28, 2012 in Show and Tell
Lise MennDo you like scary movies? Bruce Kawin, a professor of English and film at the University of Colorado Boulder, likes them so well he's written a book, Horror and...
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Yeasayer at the Ogden Theatre, 8/26/12
August 27, 2012 in Backbeat
Cory Casciato YEASAYER @ OGDEN THEATRE | 8.26.12 See also: Anand Wilder of Yeasayer on being from Baltimore but making a name in New York As soon as the lights dimmed for Yeasayer's...
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Colorado vampire author Jeanne Stein on her latest Anna Strong novel and the future of the series
August 27, 2012 in Show and Tell
Forget Edward Cullen and his sparkly friends: If you want a modern take on vampires with a dash of romance and some real bite, check out Jeanne Stein's Anna Strong...
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Elitch Gardens now hiring zombies
August 16, 2012 in Show and Tell
Garrett W. EllwoodNow hiring dead thingsHow's your unearthly moan? What about your awkward, broken shuffle? Do you feel comfortable working while covered in blood (okay, fake blood)? Elitch Gardens is...
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Five 48 Hour Film Project Denver films
August 10, 2012 in Show and Tell
A scene from last year's winner "Unfurnished"Last weekend, more than fifty teams of local filmmakers wrote, shot and edited entire film in 48 hours. Oh, and in case that wasn't...
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Found Footage Festival's Nick Prueher on how-to-masturbate videos and the death of VHS
August 10, 2012 in Show and Tell
Nick Prueher (left) and Joe Pickett have some strange videos to show you.There's a lot of weird shit captured for posterity on videotape. Nick Prueher and Joe Pickett have been...
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Denver County Fair Geek Pavilion: "Stormtroopers, zombies, steampunks ... it's going to be pretty dang cool"
August 08, 2012 in Show and Tell
Steampunks and more await within the Geek Pavilion.Fear not, geeks (and geek-curious): The Geek Pavilion at the second annual Denver County Fair, which runs from Friday, August 10 through Sunday,...
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Denver County Fair Freakshow Pavilion: "You can't call it a freakshow unless you have a freak"
August 06, 2012 in Show and Tell
Brinny D. PhotographyYou want a freak? I got your freak right here.Ukulele Loki knows a thing or two about what makes a freakshow a freakshow. He's been active in the...
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A brief cinematic history of Mars
August 03, 2012 in Show and Tell
Total Recall reminds you the air is thin on Mars. This Sunday, the most ambitious mission to Mars thus far will land on the red planet. The Curiosity Rover is on...
Tune up your novel-writing skills at MWA University
August 01, 2012 in Show and Tell
Kevin O'Brien on the These Things Matter podcast and Mile High Sci Fi
July 27, 2012 in Show and Tell
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The six most memorable dancing robots from pop culture
July 25, 2012 in Show and Tell
If there's one thing that pop culture has taught us, it's that robots fight. From Terminator to Transformers, robots are duking it out everywhere. But maybe it doesn't have to...
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Ten best Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes
July 23, 2012 in Show and Tell
Star Trek: The Next Generation fans will get a special treat tonight, when National CineMedia brings two episodes of the classic series (complete with newly polished special effects) to the...
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Breaking Bad's 10 greatest scenes (so far)
July 13, 2012 in Show and Tell
For four seasons, Breaking Bad has chronicled the journey of Walter White from "Mr Chips to Scarface," as creator Vince Gilligan puts it. The end of the last season saw...
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Five zombie movies that will prepare you for Run For Your Lives
July 12, 2012 in Show and Tell
This Saturday, when the Run For Your Lives 5K race comes to Denver, the fast and wary will survive. The rest will be zombie fodder. That's right -- at long...
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Christopher Leppek and Emanuel Isler talk Abattoir and what makes great horror
July 09, 2012 in Show and Tell
Shari ValentaChristopher Leppek (left) and Emanuel IslerIn Abattoir, the new novel by local horror authors Christopher Leppek and Emanuel Isler, an aging building gets renovated into trendy lofts, but its...
