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Theateam_smallteaser Grownups_smallteaser Telluride's Nugget Theatre is screening two films for the week of Friday, July 9 through Thursday, July 15, both rated PG13.

"Grown Ups" concerns a group of school friends who won a basketball championship getting together 30 years later. Kids, wives and a lake house all figure. Not the kind of movie likely to garner a lot of favorable critical review, but a lot of movie goers enjoyed it. Give it a shot for some easy laughs.

"The A Team" is back, and they've been framed, convicted for a crime they didn't commit. Jailed, they bust out, rejoin, and mayhem follows. Critics weren't too impressed, but "The A Team" seems to be an audience hit. Lots of action, violence; don't search too hard for the message.

See below for movietimes, the Nugget website for reviews and trailers.

07 July, 2010 /

In addition to the 3 films already scheduled for tonight's Montainfilm in Telluride fundraiser, there is screening of "Bag It", all the stuff about plastics we have conveniently ignored. The program at Telluride's Historic Sheridan Opera House includes "Making the Crooked Straight", "Alone on the...

05 July, 2010 /

The 9545 Bar at the Inn at Lost Creek is right next to the Sunset Plaza in the Mountain Village above Telluride. Sunset Plaza is the venue for the Wednesday evening Summer Concert Series, starting at 6:00 pm. The first concert of this...

05 July, 2010 /

As can be seen in this video, training is happening all the time at Cottonwood Ranch and Kennel. A lot of that training is informal, on the surface. But Louis is learning to adapt to a new situation, in this case, a hike...

03 July, 2010 /

Princeofpersia_smallposter Thesecretofkells_smallposter For the week of Friday, July 2 through Thursday, July 8 Telluride's Nugget Theatre is presenting two movies, "The Secret of Kells" and "Prince of Persia."

"The Secret of Kells" was nominated for an Oscar as Best Animated Feature. We have come to think of animation as a 3D concept, but properly done, flat drawings can engage at least as well as the "Transformer" variety. From the trailers, I would say that "Kells" does that. The art work is beautiful: Remember "The Man Who Planted Trees"? That movie was what I thought of when I watched the clips of "The Secret of Kells." The story is about a young Irish monk and a magical book, a hero's quest, and is rated PG.

Another hero's quest, a magical dagger, a rogue prince, a mysterious princess (always about to be kissed), the sands of time: "Prince of Persia" promises plently of action, a fair amount of violence, and is rated PG13. Your Gameboy playing 14 year old will probably love it.

See the Nugget website for trailers and reviews, and below for showtimes.

01 July, 2010 /

Honey is a young Golden Retriever staying with Ted Hoff at Cottonwood Ranch and Kennel. When I see videos like this one, I understand why Gina the Dog gets so excited when we get close to Cottonwood Ranch and Kennel: it's...

26 June, 2010 /

Gethimtothegreek_smallposter Poster The Nugget Theatre in Telluride is showing two movies during the week of Friday, June 25 through Thursday, July 1.

The early movie each evening is "Marmaduke" when the kiddies are still up. Adults can probably have a good time too if they can get their heads around computer-generated mouth movements to illustrate the animals' talking. The movie is rated PG, probably for the inclusion of bodily function gags on the part of the dogs.

The title "Get Him to the Greek" refers to the task a nerd has to make sure a down-spiraling rock star gets to L.A.'s Greek Theatre for his comeback concert. Naturally there are substance abuse, rock 'n' roll groupies, the normal things a rock star gofer is likely to encounter. Roger Ebert says the level of humour recalls "Hangover" and there probably are reasons the movie gets an R rating.

See below for movietimes and the Nugget website for trailers and reviews.

24 June, 2010 /