WEEKEND LIVE!
Monstrous mayhem
David Taylor Dance Theater presents “Medusa” with the Colorado Chamber Players. Tonight, 7:30, at the Performing Arts Complex at Pinnacle Charter School, 1001 W. 84th Ave., and Sunday (without the CCP), 7 p.m., at Kim Robards Dance Theater, 1387 S. Santa Fe Drive. Tickets are $15-$21. Details at or 303-789-2030
Double dare you
Fright Fest at Elitch Gardens is tonight and Sunday from 5 to 10 p.m. Dare to enter the haunted houses, groove with DJ Ghoul and the Gang, and spin the Wheel of Misfortune. And don’t forget the rides. Admission prices vary. 2000 Elitch Circle. Info: elitch or 303-595-4386
AT THE MOVIES
Outrageous but true
Matt Damon narrates “Inside Job,” which scrutinizes events that resulted in the global financial meltdown of 2008. The film is based on full-scale research and interviews with key players in finance, politics, journalism and academiia. PG-13.
Revenge is best served . . .
The rogue Swede Lisbeth Salander is at it again in “The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest,” the final film based on Stieg Larsson’s best-selling crime trilogy. This movie finds Salander struggling to recover from a gunshot wound. Does she survive to plot the ultimate revenge? Count on it. R.
HOMEBODIES
Sex outside the city
The foursome return in “Sex and the City 2,” out on DVD. More sex, shopping and travel greet viewers as Miranda, Charlotte, Carrie and Samantha head to Abu Dhabi. R.
A creepy code of silence
In “Winter’s Bone,” a dirt- poor Ozark teenager struggles to keep her siblings together with little help from her drug-addicted father. R.
Monnie Nilsson, The Denver Post
