Christian Toto

MOVIES: ‘Connor’ nearly earns your vote

Young filmmaker Luke Eberl is rocking the vote in his own pugnacious fashion.

October 31, 2008

Director Smith meets mainstream halfway

Bad-boy writer-director Kevin Smith's career is back on solid, albeit more familiar, ground.

October 31, 2008

A sacrifice for new son

Our dog, Haley, runs with a joy I find impossible to describe. She comes back from every vet visit with a sparkling bill of health. The Grinch's heart would swell another three sizes if he stared at Haley's beautiful face too long.

October 26, 2008

MOVIES: ‘The Unknown Woman’ worth knowing

Irena will do anything, even push an old lady down the stairs, to get closer to an affluent family in the new Italian thriller "The Unknown Woman." But why?

October 24, 2008

Quaid snags nuanced roles

Dennis Quaid always considered himself a character actor, but he admits Hollywood had a different plan for him in the 1980s.

October 10, 2008

Refreshing dip into ‘The Pool’

The story behind "The Pool" is nearly as engaging as the on-screen drama.

October 10, 2008

Filming for the right

Secular conservatives remain an unreliable box-office constituency, if the returns for "An American Carol" are any indication.

October 7, 2008

MOVIES: Menace on the ‘Terrace’

Samuel L. Jackson's cop character in "Lakeview Terrace" takes the "protect and serve" part of his job seriously on - and off - duty.

September 19, 2008

MOVIES: ‘Burn After Reading’ torches Beltway bureaucracy

"Burn After Reading," Joel and Ethan Coen's follow-up to their Oscar-approved "No Country for Old Men," is an equally dark tale tinged with humor and teeming with Oscar winners.

September 12, 2008

MOVIES: ‘England’ serves rich social satire

"I Served the King of England" is as emotionally dynamic as its hero, a simple waiter who longs to become a millionaire in prewar Europe.

September 12, 2008

Film raps Obama as ‘Hype’

The conservative group Citizens United will greet Democrats arriving for their convention this week in Denver with a new documentary skewering the party's presidential nominee, Sen. Barack Obama.

August 25, 2008

Recreate 68 protesters gather in Denver

The list of grievances protesters hauled up the steps of the state Capitol on Sunday wouldn't fit on any one placard.

August 25, 2008

Red state, blue party, green city

Residents and local officials alike take living green seriously around these parts. Denver's largest taxi service, Metro Taxi, introduced its first hybrid cars last year.

August 22, 2008

Things to do in Denver

All the talk about "Recreate '68" and Sen. Barack Obama's historic presidential run shouldn't distract conventioneers from checking out the less political enticements that Denver has to offer.

August 22, 2008

MOVIES: ‘Clone’ of a fabled franchise

A long time ago in our very own galaxy, the opening of a new "Star Wars" movie was an Event. No longer.

August 15, 2008

MOVIES: Mystery lurks in ‘Transsiberian’

"Transsiberian" proves there's still plenty of mischief to be made by throwing strangers together on a train.

August 15, 2008

Ferrell site joins the campaign

Will Ferrell's funnyordie.com seemed like a goofy vanity project until this week, when Funnyordie.com's Paris Hilton energy plan clip revealed Mr. Ferrell's modest Web investment to be a brilliant way to expand his comic reach.

August 8, 2008

MOVIES: Documentary at new heights

No special effect or stunt team can replicate the tension of watching someone walk across a high wire without a net.

August 8, 2008

Arquette revists ‘Song’

Rosanna Arquette was the first of her siblings to find steady work as an actor. It might not have happened without her performance in "The Executioner's Song."

August 5, 2008

MOVIES: Ferrell, Reilly’s ‘Brother’-ly love and hate

Some comedies make us laugh with precise physical timing, clever tweaking of social mores or dialogue requiring a nimble mind to untangle. Not "Step Brothers."

July 25, 2008