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Category: Reviews

Boulder Weekly, Film Festival

NICKEL BOYS

October 17, 2024October 31, 2024 Michael J. Casey

Destined to be the most talked about movie at the 47th Denver Film Festival—if not the 2024 award season—Nickel Boys is a textbook example of how the telling of a story can sometimes be more significant than the story itself. … Continue reading NICKEL BOYS

Boulder Weekly, Home Video

The Project A Collection

October 10, 2024October 24, 2024 Michael J. Casey

There were action comedies before Jackie Chan, and there were action comedies after Jackie Chan. The ones that come after are better. Technically, the ones with Chan are the best. He’s the Fred Astaire of his genre, a transformative presence … Continue reading The Project A Collection

Boulder Weekly, Reviews

A DIFFERENT MAN

October 3, 2024October 22, 2024 Michael J. Casey

Edward is a man alone. He lives a solitary life in a decaying New York apartment with a rotting ceiling. He’s an actor on an industrial short, the kind new hires have to watch as part of their diversity, equity, … Continue reading A DIFFERENT MAN

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BLINK

October 3, 2024October 2, 2024 Michael J. Casey

The world is closing in on the Pelletier family, and retinitis pigmentosa is the cause. An incurable disease, retinitis pigmentosa slowly erodes the vision into a closing iris of tunnel vision. Three of the four Pelletier children have it, and … Continue reading BLINK

Boulder Weekly, Film Festival

Locally Grown: Previewing the 2024 Denver Film Festival

October 3, 2024November 7, 2024 Michael J. Casey

These movies may take you as far away as a dilapidated house deep in the heart of Texas, a disappearing glacier in Iceland, or even as close as a wildlife refuge in Rocky Flats. But they all have one thing … Continue reading Locally Grown: Previewing the 2024 Denver Film Festival

Must-See Westerns, Reviews

THE DEAD DON’T HURT

October 2, 2024October 2, 2024 Michael J. Casey

The young girl has a vision. A knight in shining armor riding a horse in a forest approaches. But the vision ends there. “I never wanted to be rescued,” the woman says much later in life. She is Vivienne Le … Continue reading THE DEAD DON’T HURT

Reviews

SLEEP (잠)

September 27, 2024September 27, 2024 Michael J. Casey

They’re a young couple, and they’re in love. He’s a background actor working his way up, and she’s expecting their first child any day now. They have a yippy little Pomeranian, a beautiful apartment, and a life so idyllic that … Continue reading SLEEP (잠)

Boulder Weekly, Reviews

MY OLD ASS

September 26, 2024October 10, 2024 Michael J. Casey

It’s a typical fantasy: the desire to go back and tell the younger version of yourself something. Steer yourself in one direction over another, maximize pleasure and minimize pain. Do this, don’t do that, and you won’t have to experience … Continue reading MY OLD ASS

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MEGALOPOLIS

September 25, 2024September 25, 2024 Michael J. Casey

As the story goes, writer/producer/director extraordinaire Francis Ford Coppola started working on Megalopolis in the early 1980s. Back then, Coppola was coming off one hell of a decade. The Godfather, The Conversation, The Godfather: Part II, Apocalypse Now… He was … Continue reading MEGALOPOLIS

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