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NOPE

July 21, 2022July 21, 2022 Michael J. Casey

For Ricky Park, it all started when the balloon popped. The year was 1998, and Park was the child star of a hit network sitcom opposite a chimpanzee. Then a balloon popped, and unspeakable carnage followed. But the lesson Park … Continue reading NOPE

Denver Film Critics Society1 Comment

And the nominees are…

January 13, 2021January 18, 2021 Michael J. Casey

On Tuesday, Jan. 12, the Denver Film Critics Society—16 writers and broadcasters working in and around the Mile High City, of which I am one—announced their nominees for the best of 2020. In total, 42 movies received nominations with Minari … Continue reading And the nominees are…

Film Festival, Reviews

MINARI

October 24, 2020August 5, 2023 Michael J. Casey

The Yi family has come to Arkansas. Immigrants from Korea by way of California, they’ve relocated in hopes of discovering the American Dream. What exactly that dream will look like is still a mystery to everyone but father Jacob (Steven … Continue reading MINARI

Boulder Weekly, Film Festival

The Best is Yet to Come: Dispatches from the 43rd Denver Film Festival

October 15, 2020July 27, 2023 Michael J. Casey

Neither wind nor rain nor sleet nor snow stopped the Denver Film Festival before—though the blizzard of 1997 tried when it dropped 21 inches and shut the city down. That year Jack Palance received DFF’s Lifetime Achievement Award, and the … Continue reading The Best is Yet to Come: Dispatches from the 43rd Denver Film Festival

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I ORIGINS

August 5, 2014November 14, 2021 Michael J. Casey

Dr. Ian Grey (Michael Pitt) is a cute scientist with tousled hair, tortoise print glasses, and a wardrobe he must have picked up from Scientists-R-Us. He is a man obsessed with studying patterns in eyes, looking for some proof that … Continue reading I ORIGINS

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