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Author: Michael J. Casey

KGNU: Metro Arts
July 2, 2022July 2, 2022 Michael J. Casey

On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about two new comedies out in theaters, Minions: The Rise of Gru, available everywhere, and Official Competition, out now in limited release. And if that … Continue reading

Boulder Weekly, Reviews

OFFICIAL COMPETITION

June 30, 2022August 1, 2023 Michael J. Casey

Don Humberto (José Luis Gómez) has turned 80. He’s the head of a pharmaceutical company that has made him filthy rich. Still, he gets no respect. He knows this because he knows how others see him: obscenely wealthy with no … Continue reading OFFICIAL COMPETITION

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MINIONS: THE RISE OF GRU

June 30, 2022June 28, 2022 Michael J. Casey

Every little boy has a dream. And for Gru, it’s been to join the Vicious 6. They’re a band of super villains led by Wild Knuckles, Gru’s hero since he was 10. Now he’s 11 and three-quarters, and through a … Continue reading MINIONS: THE RISE OF GRU

KGNU: Metro Arts
June 25, 2022June 25, 2022 Michael J. Casey

On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about Neptune Frost and Crimes of the Future—two tales of techno-futures that feel perfectly lived-in and broken down. Listen to After Image, Fridays at 3:00 … Continue reading

Boulder Weekly, Reviews

NEPTUNE FROST

June 23, 2022August 1, 2023 Michael J. Casey

It opens in an African coltan mine. Black bodies dig through the rocks for precious metals. “Metal precious currency,” the narrator intones. “Third and First world currency. Black market currency… That old black-bodied currency.” Men with guns demand the workers … Continue reading NEPTUNE FROST

KGNU: Metro Arts
June 18, 2022June 25, 2022 Michael J. Casey

On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about the new documentary, Bitterbrush (playing theatrically in limited release on On Demand through all the usual providers), Cha Cha Real Smooth (also in limited … Continue reading

Boulder Weekly, Must-See Westerns, Reviews

BITTERBRUSH

June 16, 2022August 8, 2024 Michael J. Casey

Hollyn Patterson was born ready. And, as she jokes, premature, but that’s neither here nor there. Not yet, at least. Today she’s rustlin’ some beef across the Idaho hinterlands. And with Colie Moline at her side and a dozen dogs … Continue reading BITTERBRUSH

Boulder Weekly, Reviews

CRIMES OF THE FUTURE

June 9, 2022July 30, 2023 Michael J. Casey

Plastics. They’re everywhere. They’re in our homes, our cars, our food and waste streams. They’ve formed islands in the middle of the Pacific and infiltrated every last habitat on Earth. If you’ve had a knee or hip replacement, you’ve got … Continue reading CRIMES OF THE FUTURE

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JURASSIC WORLD DOMINION

June 9, 2022June 9, 2022 Michael J. Casey

I have a hard time buying that dinosaurs and humans could live together in any kind of harmony. Food would be an issue: How hard would it be for a Brontosaurus to knock over a grain silo and go nuts? … Continue reading JURASSIC WORLD DOMINION

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