Author: John Moore The Denver Gazette
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Netflix’s ‘Adolescence’ is every parent’s essential nightmare | John Moore
Warning: This column discusses plot elements of “Adolescence,” including its ending scene. I asked parents of teenagers for their reaction to the new Netflix global phenomenon “Adolescence,” and I can sum up their response in a single sentence: It scared the hell out of them. “It was devastating for me as a parent,” said GerRee…
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New documentary is a feast for Casa Bonita fans
No matter how your stomach churns over the new Casa Bonita, there’s no arguing that a new documentary recounting the rise, fall and miraculous revival of the iconic Lakewood theme-park restaurant is a five-course movie meal. “¡Casa Bonita Mi Amor!,” now available for streaming on Paramount Plus, is a popcorn-munching good time for locals and…
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Former CU football star Reinhardt reaches the end zone after magical run as performer
It’s fourth-and-1 to go for former University of Colorado football star Ed Reinhardt. The hulking, 6-foot-8 tight end, a walking Will Rogers — if Will Rogers walked with a shuffling gait — is about to appear in his 27th and final performance for “Magic Moments.” That’s a massive annual pop-music revue that this week will…
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The Oscars are heading for a best-picture showdown, and nobody cares who wins
As the credits rolled following nearly four hours of “The Brutalist,” my grown godson sat back in his seat, a bit stunned. He wasn’t quite ready to talk about it. Finally, Danny turned to me and said: “I feel like I’ve just experienced ‘cinema’ for the first time.” As someone who has dragged dozens of…
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Historic Oscar nominee ‘Sugarcane’ has local producer
Colorado film producer Sabrina Merage Naim is part of an unprecedented Oscar-nominated documentary that unearths horrible atrocities committed against Indigenous peoples well into the ’90s. Not the 1890s, mind you. The 1990s. The first few minutes of “Sugarcane” shows a group of volunteers venturing into a barn on the grounds of the St. Joseph’s Mission…
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