On a fundamental level, I don’t understand art. Movies, as you unfortunately know, are something I can talk about all day. I can feel deep in my bones when they work, and my cringe factor will rocket off the charts when they don’t. Time, experience, and passion took me to a place where I understand […]

One of my most admired humans is Rick Steves. If you’re not familiar with him, he’s the Seattle-based creator of a travel empire. Since the late 1970s, he’s written guidebooks on affordable and thoughtful European travel. Since the early 1990s, he’s produced numerous television series that mostly focus on where, how, and why one should […]

When you break it down, there are ultimately two categories of film director – journeymen and artists. As you might have guessed, there’s a vast chasm of difference between them. With the first batch, these are filmmakers like Doug Liman, Ron Howard, Don Siegel, Martin Campbell, and Ernest Dickerson. Instead of a particular stylistic flourish […]

Do you love movies?  Wait a minute, let’s break down what I mean by that. By “movies,” I don’t just mean disposable entertainment you can idly watch while folding laundry. I mean a cinematic experience that grabs you, forces your ass to focus, says Pay attention to me. By “love,” I don’t mean a fun […]

I’m okay with movies that feature time travel in them. Avengers: Endgame is not a time-travel movie, but it does feature people bopping back and forth along multiple timelines. Cool, nothing wrong with that. Movies specifically about time travel, though, tend to be very much a mixed bag. I’m talking more about films that specifically […]

Making a spoof movie is hard, fiendishly so. Don’t believe me? Think you can just throw together a bunch of jokes about pop culture and guys getting hit in the nuts, and your movie will recoup a tidy profit? Not so much, and I’ve come with proof. Exhibits A and B are Jason Friedberg and […]

Rightly or wrongly, my son Liam and I have seen every film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.* It’s not an exaggeration to say that’s a lot of movies. Along with that is a lot of television. In total we have hundreds of hours of people in billion dollar combat armor, super-soldiers, gamma irradiated folks, a […]

We’re not so far away from the outbreak of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic that I don’t remember how it felt. The itchy, pain in the ass masks. The six foot social distancing. The closure of movie theaters, restaurants, essentially anything that took place inside.* The gnawing uncertainty, the feeling that the virus could be virtually […]

It’s entirely possible that your only exposure to Superman is from the movies. You’ve almost certainly seen the 1978 film starring Christopher Reeve, and you may have seen the 2006 Superman Returns, as well as the 2013 Man of Steel. If so, you know the basics. Doomed planet. Desperate scientists. Last hope. Kindly couple.* The […]

Tim Brennan’s Rise from Boulder Critic to National Film Authority For over a decade, Tim Brennan has been one of the most important voices not only on AboutBoulder.com, but across our entire media network. With thousands of loyal readers and a Rotten Tomatoes–certified critic badge to his name, Tim has shaped the way Coloradans — […]