Tag: movies
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Earth-centered film festival to offer short films, “Dr. Strangelove” in Colorado Springs
What does it mean to live on this planet right now? That’s the question the daylong film festival Radiant Blue Marble will ask and ponder through short films by six Colorado arts, film and academic organizations at the Ent Center for the Arts. The event will conclude with a screening of the 1964 political satire…
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Film festival celebrates 15 years with 40 films and a new Colorado Springs home
There’s something about sitting in a dark theater with a room full of strangers. For a little while, the outside world fades, the lights dim and the only thing that matters is what’s unfolding on screen. And for a couple of hours, everyone in the room agrees to be transported somewhere else. But what if…
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Hoping to binge this week? 5 streaming options await
Season three of Taylor Sheridan’s espionage and military action series, “Lioness,” returns on Paramount+. Zoe Saldaña stars as a CIA operative who takes on a huge conspiracy posing a dire threat to national security and her friends and family. A lot of big names are returning, including Nicole Kidman and Morgan Freeman. — Jennifer Mulson…
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‘Around the World in 80 Toys’ brings old movie magic to Millibo Art Theatre
Before computer-generated dinosaurs came to life in “Jurassic Park” and lightsabers from “Star Wars” transitioned to CGI, the visual effects behind movie magic started with one man: Georges Méliès. Long before Hollywood became the technology-run film capital of the world, the late 19th-century French filmmaker was dubbed the “father of special effects,” with little more…
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Film festival will screen 150 Colorado-connected movies to celebrate state anniversary
Robert Redford, Samuel L. Jackson, Jane Fonda, Kevin Bacon, Jim Carrey and Christie Brinkley all have at least one thing in common: They have graced the streets, mountains and plains of Colorado while filming movies. To celebrate the state’s 150th anniversary and the nation’s 250th anniversary, the CO150 Film Festival this year will feature 150…
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Box Office: ‘Mandalorian and Grogu’ tops charts and ‘Obsession’ grows in second weekend
After nearly seven years away from the big screen, a new Star Wars movie drew healthy but not record-breaking crowds to global theaters this weekend. According to studio estimates on Sunday, “Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu” made $82 million in ticket sales from 4,300 theaters in the U.S. and Canada. By the end of…
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Meet Ginger, Colorado Springs beaver turned Pixar film influencer
Ginger the beaver was robbed of her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The geriatric rodent, who ironically harbored a tree allergy, died at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in 2022 at nearly 14 years of age, but not before serving as inspiration for Pixar’s animated sci-fi comedy “Hoppers.” In the film, college student Mabel…
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Back on the big screen: Catch ‘Sinners,’ ‘F1’ and other Oscar-nominated films at Cinemark this week
The red carpet isn’t the only place to catch this year’s Oscar buzz. Before Hollywood crowns its winners, Cinemark is bringing the celebration to the big screen nationwide. Starting Monday and continuing for a week, movie lovers can experience this year’s most acclaimed films again in Cinemark auditoriums. Presented as part of the annual Oscars…
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Robert Carradine, ‘Revenge of the Nerds’ and ‘Lizzie McGuire’ star, dies at 71
Robert Carradine, the youngest of his prolific Hollywood family and whose biggest hit was the 1984 comedy “Revenge of the Nerds,” has died at 71. In a Tuesday statement, his family said he lived with bipolar disorder for two decades. His brother told Deadline that Carradine died by suicide. “We want people to know it,…
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Robert Duvall, Oscar-winning actor and ‘Godfather’ mainstay, dead at 95
LOS ANGELES — Robert Duvall, the Oscar-winning actor of matchless versatility and dedication whose classic roles included the intrepid consigliere of the first two “Godfather” movies and the over-the-hill country music singer in “Tender Mercies,” has died at age 95. Duvall died “peacefully” at his home Sunday in Middleburg, Virginia, according to an announcement from…