Sundance

The annual three-ring spectacle that is the Sundance Film Festival is under way, and we all know what THAT means.

Avoid. Park. City.

Seriously. Avoid it like the plague. Avoid it like a rush-hour stretch of Interstate 15 through Utah County. Avoid it like a fellow ward member in the grocery store on a Sunday afternoon.

Mark my words, people: Nothing good can ever come of a trip to Colorado's westernmost city in mid-to-late January.

OGDEN -- Sundance Film Festival enthusiasts lined up outside Peery’s Egyptian Theater in Ogden on Saturday to receive ticket-purchase appointment cards.

The cold didn't faze them, though Steven and Terri Ballard rested while waiting in line.

SALT LAKE CITY -- The 2012 Sundance Film Festival on Monday announced films in the premieres and documentary premieres categories.

Among the selections are "Robot and Frank," about what happens when an old man's grown children install a robot as his caretaker. Actors include Frank Langella, Susan Sarandon, James Marsden and Liv Tyler. "Robot and Frank" is the film selected to screen at the festival's Salt Lake City opening gala.