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 Starfest
Friday PhotosLots of people having a fun and freaky Friday! I've finally started posting our "Official" photos from Starfest. Jon Taylor delivered a CD full of shots from the show that I'll start loading to the site over the next few days. Jon's graciously offered to make 8x10 photo prints available to anyone who wants them for just $5.00 each. Frankly, that's pretty cheap considering the coordination and effort Jon will have to go through to make it for you. I've set up the photos for our shopping cart and no matter how many photos you want, we'll just charge you $5.00 for shipping per order to pay for postage and packaging (cardboard envelope). Click here to check them out! |
 Cruise
Time Comes QuicklyHave some fun sailing the high-seas with the Stars! One of the greatest things about traveling to conventions throughout the '80s and 90's was getting to go on the Star Trek cruises. Starfest guest Stephen Austin just let me know about a cruise he's got coming up in the Caribbean called, interestingly enough, The Caribbean Comedy Cruise. Check it out. There are also two other cruise operators that we've worked with before that we can recommend: Seatrek and Cruise Trek they both have trips coming up soon. Just remember, if you wait until the weather turns cold, you'll usually end up paying more for your trip than if you book it in the summer. It's always great to escape the cold in the Tropics! |
 America's
Heart and Soul ScreeningScreening Tuesday, June 29th at the Westminster Prominade America is a vast country -- three thousand miles from end to end. But it¹s not the land that makes America so special -- it¹s the people. Filmmaker Louis Schwartzberg packed up his camera and hit the road, with a goal of capturing both the unparalleled beauty of the land and the incomparable sprit of the people. Through his movie, America¹s Heart and Soul, you¹ll have the chance to meet ordinary Americans with extraordinary stories. Louis¹s gift is his ability to connect with people, honestly capturing their values, dreams, and passion in an awe-inspiring journey that reveals the stories - unusual, captivating, inspiring and emotional - that make us into something more than a collection of individuals. America¹s Heart and Soul is a celebration of a nation told through the voices of its people. Click here to play for tickets to see the movie. This movie is rated PG. |
 Starfest
Main Events Room SlidesThe Big-Screen images from Starfest 2004 The Main Events staff was tasked with keeping people entertained between events in our Main Events room at Starfest. One of the great ideas that Brooke, Barrie and John came up with was to show humorous slides on our big screens. From the positive response we've received, we'll just have to double their pay for next year. Before you start planning your next vacation guys, remember that two times zero is still zero. Click here to view the Starfest 2004 slides. |
 David
Franklin ImagesKevin Atkins' stage shots from Starfest David Franklin was one a polite and cordial guest at Starfest. I'm sure a lot of fans were surprised that we had two Farscape guests at SF04. It just so happens that after we booked Lani Tupu for the show, his agent mentioned that David was also in the U.S. and would be willing to come to Denver as a guest as well. I was not aware of the extent of his resume when we booked him, but glad to add an additional guest to our lineup from what I considered one of the best SF shows in the last decade. Click here to view David's Starfest Bio - Click here to view Kevin's photos of David at the show. |
 Sequential Animation
Reviews, News and
InterviewsNo comic escapes the discerning gaze of Michael Vance and Mark Allen Valor - "...something like this makes me wish there was a law that required every comics fan to read a quota of classic Golden Age work." Felix the Cat: House of 1,000 Ha Ha's! - "...recommended for pre-literate and young kids for nice art and story and because he is fun." Styx Taxi: Pastrami for the Dead #1 - "Dialog and characterizations are believable, but there are some clumsy scene transitions that make readers work to suspend disbelief." |
 Spider-Man
2 Screening Quiz/ContestScreening Monday, June 28, 7:00PM at the Continental 6 Theater In Spider-Man 2, the latest installment in the blockbuster Spider-Man series, based on the classic Marvel Comics hero, Tobey Maguire returns as the mild-mannered Peter Parker, who is juggling the delicate balance of his dual life as a college student and a superhuman crime fighter. The entertaining adventure escalates and Spider-Man's life becomes even more complicated when he confronts a new nemesis, the brilliant Otto Octavius, who has been reincarnated as the maniacal and multi-tentacled "Doc Ock." This film is rated PG-13. Click here for details. |
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Sequential Animation
Reviews, News and
Interviews No comic can escape the discerning gaze of Michael Vance and Mark Allen Daredevil, The Man Without Fear - "...a great introduction to Daredevil for new readers." Para #1 - "...if you are uninterested in intriguing plot and characterization, crisp dialog, and flawless storytelling, then this new title is not for you." The Bristol Board Jungle - "...well done characterization..." |
 Lani
Tupu ImagesMore of the Kevin Atkins collection from Starfest Lani Tupu proved to be a very cordial guest at Starfest... one that wanted to do much more than just the usual Q&A from stage. He worked closely with our Main Events staff to demonstrate an actual looping session during his presentation. It was both informative and entertaining. One of those things that reminds you why it is always better to see your favorite actors live. It involved having a scene projected on the big screens in the Main Events room while Lani was simultaneously matching the dialog to the film. Thank you Lani for going that extra mile to make Starfest special. I personally got a big case of down-under home sickness just talking to him. Several years ago we used to used to produce Starfest conventions in Australia and hearing his accent made me realize how much I missed those annual trips to that land so far away. Click here to view the photos. |
 White Chicks Screening Quiz/ContestScreening Monday, June 21st at 7pm, Denver Pavilions Theater Two African-American men trying to pass themselves off as very, very, very white women? Sounds preposterous. But with the help of an FBI friend, who just happens to be a genius with make-up, that's exactly what the hapless Marcus and Kevin Copeland do when they go undercover as Hamptons' socialites Tiffany and Brittany Wilson. The idea for White Chicks came from Shawn Wayans, says his brother, director Keenen Ivory Wayans. "We were sitting around reading magazines and one of them had a story about Hamptons socialites. Shawn was reading the interview and laughing. "Me and Marlon should play girls like these,' he said. I thought it was a brilliant idea. Now it's not a movie about anyone specifically but about that world of seeing and being seen. I knew if we did it, it would be hysterical. But I wanted to be sure that they looked convincing. That was the real challenge." In the film, the first test Marcus and Kevin encounter is with Tiffany and Brittany's best buddies - Karen, Lisa and Tori. The trio's suspicions are immediately aroused. In the year since they saw Tiffany and Brittany they've grown taller and their lips are fuller. Hmmm. "Wait a minute... Oh my God... collagen!," their friends conclude. "It's totally obvious. And knee surgery? You can do that? Cool." This film is rated PG-13. |
 Napoleon
Dynamite Screening Quiz & ContestWin tickets to our Wednesday, June 16th Screening in Westminster, CO. From Preston, Idaho comes Napoleon Dynamite, a new kind of hero complete with a tight red 'fro, some sweet moon boots, and skills that can’t be topped. Napoleon lives with his Grandma and his 30-year-old, unemployed brother Kip, who is looking for love in every internet chat room he can find. When Grandma hits the road on her quad runner, Napoleon and Kip are stuck with their meddling Uncle Rico who comes to stay with them and ruin their lives. Napoleon spends his days trying to impress the chicks with his drawings of magical beasts while making sure to feed Grandma’s pet llama, until his new best friend Pedro decides to run for class president. Launching a campaign to make the student body’s wildest dreams come true, the two must rely on Napoleon’s secret talent if Pedro is to beat the stuck-up Summer Wheatley. The film premiered at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival and won the 2004 U.S. Comedy Arts Festival’s award for Best Feature Film. This film is rated PG. |
 The
Terminal Screening Quiz & ContestWin tickets to our Tuesday, June 15th Screening in Aurora, CO. The movie is the story of Viktor Navorski, a visitor to New York from Eastern Europe, whose homeland erupts in a fiery coup while he is in the air en route to America. Stranded at Kennedy Airport with a passport from nowhere, he is unauthorized to actually enter the United States and must improvise his days and nights in the terminal¹s international transit lounge until the war at home is over. As the weeks and months stretch on, Viktor finds the compressed universe of the terminal to be a richly complex world of absurdity, generosity, ambition, amusement, status, serendipity and even romance with a beautiful flight attendant named Amelia. But Viktor has long worn out his welcome with airport official Frank Dixon, who considers him a bureaucratic glitch, a problem he cannot control but wants desperately to erase. |
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Sequential Animation
Reviews, News and
Interviews Michael Vance and Mark Allen weigh in on five comics in this week's reviews Conan, The Legend - "Cary Nord's artwork on Conan is possibly the best seen since the character's first comic incarnation..." Batman - "...some of the best material the title has enjoyed for the last couple of years." Young GODS and friends - "So is Smith's meandering, purple prose and stilted dialogue homage to Kirby or simply Smith at his best?" Pistolwhip: The Yellow Menace - "...some readers will find Kindt's work less than palatable." Castle:The Man of Cinder-Blocks - "This adventure is drenched in style and humor and deserves a slick package." |
 Gary
Graham - Anything But StoicKevin Atkins photos from Starfest 2004 Science fiction fans probably got their first glimpse of Gary as the star of the groundbreaking TV series Alien Nation. He played the flippant detective, Matthew Sikes, who was paired with an alien partner to fight crime. The show was smart and thought provoking in the way it used it's storylines to draw parallels to life's bigotry and intolerance - and did it with a good dose of humor often at the cost of embarrassment to Gary's character. Gary has an impressive resume of guest starring roles in both film & television. He currently has a recurring role on Star Trek Enterprise as the cantankerous Vulcan Ambassador Soval and is listed in the cast of Alpha Male X, a science fiction series currently in pre-production. |
 The
Notebook
Screening Quiz/ContestDAYTIME Screening Tuesday, June 8th at 10:00am, Denver CO The Notebook stars Academy Award nominees James Garner, Joan Allen and Gena Rowlands opposite newcomers Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams. As a man reads from a faded notebook to the woman he regularly visits at a nursing home, his words bring to life the story of a young couple who are separated by World War II, then reunited 14 years later after their lives have taken different paths. Adapted by Jeremy Leven (Don Juan De Marco) from the acclaimed novel by Jeremy Sparks, The Notebook reveals an epic story of love lost and found, of new beginnings and second chances. This film is rated PG-13. Click here to play for tickets. |
 Around the World in 80 Days
Screening Quiz/ContestThursday, June 10th at 7:00pm, Denver CO Fabulous adventures, hilarious predicaments, and exhilarating action await an all-star international cast as three unlikely heroes attempt to settle an outrageous wager in Disney/Walden¹s new spectacle for the whole family, Around the World in 80 Days. An eccentric London inventor, Phileas Fogg, has come up with the secrets to flight, electricity, and even rollerblades, but the world has dismissed him as a crackpot. Desperate to be taken seriously, Fogg makes an outlandish bet with Lord Kelvin, the head of the Royal Academy of Science: to circumnavigate the globe in no more than 80 days! With his two sidekicks Passepartout and femme fatale Monique Fogg is headed on a frantic, heart-pounding round-the-world race that takes our heroes to the world¹s most exotic places by land, sea, and air. Along the way, our heroes face many adventures and obstacles. The all-star cast includes: Jim Broadbent, Jackie Chan, Steve Coogan, Cecile de France, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kathy Bates, Owen and Luke Wilson, and Rob Schneider. This movie is rated PG. Click here to play for tickets. |
 The
Chronicles of RiddickStarland Screening on June 8th at the UA Continental This movie is a prequel to the very-scary 2000 movie Pitch Black. Riddick has spent the last five years on the move among the forgotten worlds on the outskirts of the galaxy, eluding mercenaries bent on collecting the price on his head. Now, the fugitive finds himself on planet Helion, home to a progressive multicultural society that has been invaded by the Lord Marshal, a despot who targets humans for subjugation with his army of warriors known as Necromongers. This movie is rated PG-13. Click here to play for tickets to the screening. |
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