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Animation Reviews, News and Interviews No comic escapes the discerning gaze of
Michael Vance and Mark Allen
About Ed's Terrestrials, Michael Vance gushes - "You'll be reminded of the best in animation as you read this well-drawn romp with Ed, who is probably eight or nine years old. The colors are vibrant and perfect for the minimalistic art. The visual storytelling is flawless." He's a bit less enthused about Pizzeria Kamikaze, for which he says - Pizzeria Kamikaze is recommended for adult readers who are tolerant of stories without resolutions.
Mark Allen takes a shot at a new comic titled The Damaged, which he says is well written and ably illustrated. He recommends it for those who enjoy science fiction and mystery. It is for all but the youngest readers. He then winds up reviewing the Captain Clockwork Special about a time-traveling family. Mark says - "Captain Clockwork is one of those projects which appear quite simple on the surface, but contain the pleasant surprise of complex characterization and motivations."
300 Screening Monday, March 5th at 7pm
Colorado Center, I-25 & Colorado Blvd, Denver
Based on the epic graphic novel by Frank Miller, "300" is a ferocious retelling of the ancient Battle of Thermopylae in which King Leonidas and 300 Spartans fought to the death against Xerxes and his massive Persian army. Facing insurmoutable odds, their valor and sacrifice inspire all of Greece to unite against their Persian enemy, drawing a line in the sand for democracy.
The film brings Miller's acclaimed graphic novel to life by combining live action with virtual backgrounds that capture his distinct vision of this ancient historic tale.
This film is rated "R" - You must be at least 17 years of age to play for tickets.
American Graffiti & West Side Story This week's Continental Flashback Series Movies - on the 3-story screen
at The Continental Theater, I-25 & Hampden - all seats just $5
Wednesday, February 28th at 9pm
In 1973 George Lucas made this period movie that launched several careers (including his own) and made Star Wars possible. It starred a very young Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard and introduced a guy named Harrison Ford to film audiences. Where where you in '62?
Saturday, March 3rd at 10am
Released in 1961, West Side Story is a musically extravagant retelling of Shakespeare's classic Romeo and Juliet. In spite of dated dialog, this movie is a must-see experience for either the incredible choreography by Jerome Robbins or the inspired music written by Stephen Sondheim and Leonard Bernstein. You'll walk away from this movie humming one or more of its unforgettable songs.
Wild Hogs Screening Quiz & Contest Thursday, March 1st at 7:30pm
Cherry Creek Cinemas 3000 E 1st Ave
Tim Allen, John Travolta, Martin Lawrence and William H. Macy hit the road in this rollicking comedy-adventure about a group of middle-aged friends who decide to rev up their routine suburban lives with a freewheeling motorcycle trip. Taking a long dreamed-of breather from their stressful jobs and family responsibilities, they can’t wait to feel the freedom of the open road.
Starfest Photo Albums While we are waiting for more Starfest news - let's take
a look at the happenings of Starfest's past
Uploading photos to our website just got a lot easier. I found a database program that does a great job cataloging our convention shots on the website. What used to be a real chore is going to be a lot easier from now on. It's so easy, I added the shots from 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006 to the catalog. I like it so much, I might go ahead and add the shots from alot of our conventions past too.
One of the great features of this photo album is that it allows you to add your comments to the images. This could be a real help - by allowing us to document who is in the photos. Please take a look and add your comments where possible.
The Number 23
Feb 19
Planet of the Apes & Grease This week on the Continental Flashback Series
at The Continental Theater, I-25 & Hampden - all seats just $5
An Earth spaceship containing four astronauts crash lands on a planet in the 40th Century. Soon they find the planet is inhabited by intelligent apes. Charlton Heston and Roddy McDowall star in this classic movie that spawned sequels and even a remake by Tim Burton. Come see the movie on the Continental's 3-story screen for just $5 on Wednesday, Feb 21st.
Grease is the word in this 1978 classic that stars John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John as two kids who's summer crush becomes an embarrasment when they end up going to the same school. Oh come on, tell me more, tell me more. Screening for just $5 on Saturday, Feb 24th at 10am at the Continental Theater, I-25 & Hampden.
The Number 23
Feb 17
The Oscar Bash Sunday, Feb. 25, 1 - 10 pm
Capsule Event Center
560 Santa Fe Drive (in Denver's Art District)
Movie Festival by Day; Oscar Party by Night! Whether you love good movies, bad movies or both, this is where you need to be on Oscar Sunday! Special guest Bash Master, Joe Bob Briggs (drive-in movie critic, author, TV host) will keep everyone laughing! During the day, watch drive in movie classics like Plan 9 From Outer Space, Barbarella and The Terror of Tiny Town (1938 all-midget western!)! Play movie trivia, buy movie memorabilia, jump onto the Challenge Panel to decide what's "The Greatest Movie of All Time," or listen to local experts discuss this year's Oscar contenders. In the evening.... Oscars on the big screen, with special events during commercial breaks. Hosted by Dana Cain.
To win tickets and get additional information click here.
The Number 23
Feb 16
Blayne "The Starfest Intern" Video
Blayne King was recently an intern for Starfest. He's a big Transformers fan and made a little stop motion film for this year's convention that he just sent me. You'll need a plugin to view it - you probably already have it. Check it out.
Feb 12
Kate Vernon Confirmed For Starfest
Genre fans have come to love Kate's hateful protrayal of Ellen Tigh, the scheming wife of Galactic's Executive Officer, on the hit Sci-Fi series Battlestar Galactica. Her character's lust for power and bold power-plays eventually led to her cruel death this season at the hands of her beloved husband.
Who knows her true fate? Will Kate return to the series as one of the mysterious "unseen" cylons? Perhaps we'll find out at Starfest... Read more...
Andee Frizzell Confirmed For Starfest
Andee has been involved in the entertainment industry for over 15 years. She has modelled around the world and has been the face of many high fashion campaigns such as American Elle, Italian Harpers Bizarre and French Marie Claire to name a few.
In 2000, the creative juices were flowing which catapulted her into the Acting World. This 6' 1", Super Hero has a unique diversity found in very few performers, She is a trained Stunt Fighter, Kung Fu Martial Artist, Works with Firearms, Swords, Long Staff, Quarter Staff and is a skilled Flare Bartender. After landing small roles right from the start, in 2003 Andee booked the role of a lifetime, The Queen Wraith in the hit Sci fi Series Stargate Atlantis.
After initially appearing in several episodes of the first season of Stargate Atlantis, Andee has returned repeatedly to harrass the Stargate crew during all three seasons of the show. She tells it this way - "I've played all the female wraith queens on the show and have the great honor of rising from the dead with a new hair do and a better plan of attack each time! (haha)" Read More...
Ghost Rider Screening Quiz & Contest Thursday, February 15th at 7:00pm
Colorado Cinemas Olde Town - 5550 Wadsworth Blvd
From Marvel Comics, creators of Spider-Man, Blade and X-Men, comes a new hero... Ghost Rider. Long ago, superstar motorcycle stunt rider Johnny Blaze made a deal with the devil to protect the ones he loved most: his father and his childhood sweetheart, Roxanne. Now, the devil has come for his due. By day, Johnny is a die-hard stunt rider... but at night, in the presence of evil, he becomes the Ghost Rider, a bounty hunter of rogue demons. Forced to do the devil's bidding, Johnny is determined to confront his fate and use his curse and powers to defend the innocent.
Rachel Luttrell Added To Starfest Lineup Guests are starting to check-in - make sure you do too!
Rachel Luttrell stars on the hit cable TV sci-fi series Stargate Atlantis as Teyla Emmagan. She plays the leader of a hunted, yet proud group of humanoids living on the same world as the ancient city of Atlantis. Her character is a valuable member of the Stargate team and is more than capable in hand-to-hand combat and acts as a guide to the Earthling visitors that have come to inhabited her ancestral home.
Stargate Atlantis is a successful spin-off series from the Stargate SG1 TV show, with millions of its own weekly viewers. The popular series is currently in its third season of production.
The Wizard of OZ Saturday, Feb 10th at The Continental Theater I-25 & Hampden at 10am - Tickets are just $5
Come see this 1939 classic the way it was meant to be seen - on the big screen!
When a nasty neighbor tries to have her dog put to sleep, Dorothy runs away. Before long, a tornado appears and she is swept away to the magical land of Oz. Greeted by strange small people, she soon realizes that she's not in Kansas anymore. With her dog Toto in tow, Dorothy makes her musical way along a twisting gold brick path to find the Emerald City. There she hopes to find a great wizard who will help her return home.
Along the way, she gathers friends to join her, first a Scarecrow who needs a brain, then a Tin Man who wants a heart, and finally a Cowardly Lion who lacks courage. Journeying together for protection they hope to reach the Emerald City before the evil Wicked Witch of the West catches up with them.
This screening is part of the Continental Flashback Series. Be sure to check-out all the other great movies coming to the big screening in the coming weeks! Next week's feature is Casablanca.
The Number 23
Feb 5
It's Time To Register! Even if you have signed up before
The Starland Registration Page has been updated and will now allow you to input your newsletter requests and correct your mailing address for our Starfest mailings. Sometime around the 1st of March, we will be sending out our first Starfest 2007 mailing and we'd like to get it to you.
Please, we really need your help, over the course of a year about 1/4 of you manage to move. Sending out a bunch of mailings to the joker that moved into your old apartment doesn't do either of us any good. Cubby is tired of getting calls from people that keep telling us they aren't getting the convention mailings.
The Number 23 Screening Tuesday, February 20th at 7pm
Colorado Cinemas, 3000 E 1st Ave, Denver
Walter Sparrow stumbles onto a fascinating book titled The Number 23. It’s a peculiar little story about an individual that becomes obsessed with the number “23” and its recurrence in his everyday life. As Walter reads the novel and sees the character surrendering himself to his own paranoia, he too begins to experience similar feelings. In fact with time, Walter begins to spot parallels between the book and the real life situations around him, much to the displeasure of his wife Agatha, who begins to worry about his irrational behavior. His confusion continues to escalate and he begins to believe that the novel is actually based on his own life. When he discovers the main character’s grisly demise in the book, he truly begins to panic. If the story is indeed based on Walter’s life, then he will have to find a way to prevent his own impending doom from ever taking place.
This movie is rated R. You must be at least 17 years of age to play for tickets.
Feb 2
Starfest 2007 Logo Premieres Make it your desktop and start counting the days until Starfest
To make our logo at home on your computer, click on the following link that matches your desktop size. After the picture loads, right click on the image to 'set as background' to make it happen.
We haven't been hiding in a cave - we've just been real busy here at Starland. There has been all-sorts of activity on the guest front and we are starting to get some of the groundwork done in preparation for the big weekend.
The links on the Starfest Menu are starting to work and you'll see a lot more information start to appear on the convention pages over the next couple of weeks. Feel free to browse around and give me some feedback on things that might not be working right.
Since the last convention we've moved our website to an Apache server and I've been slowly updating the code on our site to PHP. For those of you not fluent in HTML - that means we'll have more dynamic pages and features. To be honest, it's taken way to long for this old dog to learn some new tricks. I've now gotten the Starland Classifieds, our new Starland Catalog and our Message Board working right (all PHP driven).
I spent the past week working kinks out of our email system and now all the subscribe/unsubscibe newsletter functions are merged onto one Registration Page. Please, click on that link now and update your information. We hope you'll use the new form to update your email and mailing addresses. We expect to send out our first Starfest postcard mailing around the 1st of March and want to make sure you get a copy at your current mailing address. A lot of you really seem to move around between conventions and we'd like to save the time it takes to input the address changes that come back from the post office each year.
Now that the website seems to be working, I'm really looking forward to having more time to spend giving you more frequent Starfest updates!
300 Screening
Wild Hogs Screening Quiz & Contest
Starfest Photo Albums 
An Earth spaceship containing four astronauts crash lands on a planet in the 40th Century. Soon they find the planet is inhabited by intelligent apes. Charlton Heston and Roddy McDowall star in this classic movie that spawned sequels and even a remake by Tim Burton. Come see the movie on the Continental's 3-story screen for just $5 on Wednesday, Feb 21st.
Grease is the word in this 1978 classic that stars John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John as two kids who's summer crush becomes an embarrasment when they end up going to the same school. Oh come on, tell me more, tell me more. Screening for just $5 on Saturday, Feb 24th at 10am at the Continental Theater, I-25 & Hampden. 
The Oscar Bash
Blayne "The Starfest Intern" Video
Rachel Luttrell Added To Starfest Lineup
Starfest 2007 Logo Premieres 
