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Fleet Foxes return with impressive single

March 20, 2017

Six years ago Fleet Foxes released their sophomore album “Helplessness Blues," an album that built upon the baroque folk framework they established on their self-titled, first full-length album. Less...

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Wolverine’s last ride turns out to be his best in ‘Logan’

James Wyatt March 7, 2017

The year is 2029 and mutants are nigh extinct as Wolverine takes care of an elderly professor away from the rest of the world. Long gone are the days of the X-Men and fighting evil, the world of “Logan”...

Uncertainty rises amidst Nintendo’s Switch launch

March 3, 2017

The Switch is officially here and the console has already been met with extreme levels of hype and skepticism.   At a retail price of 299 dollars, the system comes with the portable tablet, dock...

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With a new lease on life, Jonwayne releases his most personal album to date

James Wyatt March 2, 2017

On the night of May 25th, 2014 Jonwayne awoke in state of panic. He was drunk and his throat felt like fire. He threw his head under the faucet of the sink in the hotel room and drank as much water he...

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Jordan Peele’s ‘Get Out’ uses horror and hilarity to examine a truly terrifying subject: racism

James Wyatt February 28, 2017

When I heard that Jordan Peele’s directorial debut was being labeled as “anti-white” and “racist towards white people,” I could not have been more excited to see it. Peele’s social thriller...

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Dirty Projectors are back with possible last album

February 26, 2017

With what might be the most experimental break-up album in a long time, David Longstreth's Dirty Projectors are back with a self-titled album after five long years. In 2012 Dirty Projectors released "Swing...

Bad Movie Nite at the Lyric Cinema Cafe keeps the art of bad movies alive

February 21, 2017

What does six dollars on Saturday night get you at the Lyric Cinema Café? Well, a really bad movie. See, on one Saturday night of every month, Fort Collins’ very own Lyric Cinema Café hosts Bad Movie...

“Rings” fails to bring horror into the social media age

February 13, 2017

When “Ring Two” came out in 2005 I don’t think anyone figured there would be another American or Japanese “Ring” film coming out anytime soon. In a way they were right. It’s been 12 years and...

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Super Bowl movie trailers promise another year of sequels, reboots and remakes

February 6, 2017

Besides being an opportunity to eat copious amounts of junk food and watch grown men in tights knock heads together the Super Bowl is a time where Hollywood releases a slew of trailers for upcoming blockbusters...

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‘La La Land’ whitewashes jazz, repeats an exhausted storyline

February 6, 2017

Damian Chazelle’s musical “La La Land” has been nominated for a stunning 14 Oscars, tying the record with “All About Eve” and “Titanic." The film has been incredibly lauded by critics and filmgoers...

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‘The Room’ displays the power of movies with cult followings at monthly screening in Denver

January 30, 2017

Hollywood’s elites gather every year to celebrate the successes of the film industry in a night of elegance. Not so similarly, normal people gather once a month to celebrate perhaps the industry’s...

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