Movies

Review: ‘Alpha’ is a boy-meets-wolf love story

Kodi Smit-McPhee, right, plays an young Ice Age man who befriends a wolf in “Alpha.”Alan Markfield/Sony Pictures Entertainment But calling…

August 21, 2018

Film

Movies playing in Durango Aug. 24-30

Melissa McCarthy stars in “The Happytime Murders.”Hopper Stone/STX Entertainment via AP (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) NTLive: Macbeth (1…

August 21, 2018

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‘Crazy Rich Asians’ is an escapist rom-com delight, but it’s also a lot more than that

From left, Michelle Yeoh, Henry Golding and Constance Wu star in “Crazy Rich Asians.”Sanja Bucko/Warner Bros. Pictures On the surface,…

August 18, 2018

Film

‘BlacKkKlansman’ Spike Lee’s best movie in years

Adam Driver, left, and John David Washington star in Spike Lee’s “BlacKkKlansman.”David Lee/Focus Features via AP The introductory sequence to…

August 17, 2018

Music

‘Queen of Soul’ had feature role in Durangoan’s film

Franklin played Mother Nature in ‘Snow Monsters’

August 16, 2018

Film

YouTube criticized for showing terrifying horror movie ad that viewers couldn’t click away from

The jump-scare ad was over in an instant, but it’s apparently so startling to many who’ve seen it that their…

August 14, 2018

Film

Movies playing in Durango Aug. 17-23

Constance Wu, left, and Awkwafina star in the film “Crazy Rich Asians,” which is opening this week in Durango.Warner Bros.…

August 14, 2018

Film

This rom-com for dog lovers is entertaining, but it has some ﬂeas

Although structured by screenwriters Elissa Matsueda and Erica Oyama like the now-classic rom-com anthology “Love Actually,” “Dog Days” lacks the…

August 10, 2018

Film

‘Meg’ is big but has no teeth

Both films center on superlatives: the world’s tallest skyscraper; the world’s biggest shark. (In this case, it’s a living specimen…

August 10, 2018

Film

A revamped Oscars

The Oscars are adding a new category to honor popular films and promising a brisk 3-hour ceremony on a much…

August 9, 2018

Books

A ‘tantalizing’ theory from Stephen King’s son: Shark thriller ‘Jaws’ holds the clue to an unsolved 1974 murder

A three-dimensional plaster reconstruction of the face of “Lady in the Dunes,” (left) and a composite sketch.Town of Provincetown Joe…

August 7, 2018

Film

Movies playing in Durango Aug. 10-16

There’s a new threat in the water in “The Meg.”Warner Bros. Entertainment via AP (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com)…

August 7, 2018

Arts and Entertainment

ABC to celebrate 90 years of Mickey Mouse

ABC on Tuesday announced “Mickey’s 90th Spectacular,” a two-hour prime-time special, will air on Nov. 4. The program will feature…

August 7, 2018

Music

Demi Lovato breaks silence after apparent drug overdose: ‘I will keep fighting’

“I have always been transparent about my journey with addiction,” Lovato wrote in a letter posted on her Instagram. “What…

August 7, 2018

Film

Kate McKinnon and Mila Kunis made a spy comedy, and somehow it’s really not funny

You enter the restaurant with a few dishes in mind, only to have so many offered to you that the…

August 3, 2018

Film

‘Christopher Robin’ a sweet tale

The title character of Disney’s gently charming new live-action/CGI hybrid, played by an earnest and winsome Ewan McGregor, is a…

August 3, 2018

Film

Faced with losses, MoviePass discount ticket service increases fee

MoviePass, the discount service for movie tickets, is raising prices by 50 percent and barring viewings of most major releases…

July 31, 2018

Film

Movies playing in Durango Aug. 3-9

Ewan McGregor is a man who has lost his way in “Christopher Robin.”Laurie Sparham/Disney via AP (128 E. College Drive,…

July 31, 2018

Arts and Entertainment

‘It hasn’t stopped my life at all’: Alan Alda reveals he has Parkinson’s disease

Actor Alan Alda says he has Parkinson’s disease. Appearing Tuesday on “CBS This Morning,” the former “M.A.S.H.” star said he…

July 31, 2018

Film

The new season of ‘Orange Is the New Black’ proves it’s time for the show to end

Badison (Amanda Fuller) torments Piper (Taylor Schilling) in Season 6 of “Orange Is the New Black.”JoJo Whilden/Netflix Season 6 finds…

July 31, 2018

Film

Next ‘Star Wars’ film to use unreleased Fisher footage

The studio and writer-director J.J. Abrams announced Friday that footage of Fisher shot for 2015’s “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”…

July 27, 2018

Film

The fun ride of ‘M:I – Fallout’

It’s a quaint nod to the 1960s TV show on which the “Mission: Impossible” movies are based – movies that…

July 27, 2018

Film

La Plata County Humane Society goes to the movies

Wow Film Festival benefits local shelter

July 26, 2018

Film

The goodness of ‘Won’t You Be My Neighbor?’

“Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” is opening this weekend at Animas City Theatre.Courtesy of Rotten Tomatoes Director Morgan Neville, with…

July 26, 2018