Author: John Moore The Denver Gazette
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Kylie Minogue’s Ball Arena concert canceled in favor of Denver Nuggets
There is no truth to the rumor that Kylie Minogue will be singing the national anthem at Ball Arena on Tuesday (April 29) when the Denver Nuggets host the Los Angeles Clippers in Game 5 of their tense NBA playoff series. Even if they are — make that “were” — both scheduled to be performing…
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Why audiences have turned tail on ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’
There was a time when “The Handmaid’s Tale” was the biggest (cultural) thing on the planet. And it was a popularity fueled by fear and dread. Imagine, if you even possibly could, a time in the near-distant past – let’s say April 2017, when Hulu dropped the first season on an unsuspecting public. It’s three months into…
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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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