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Jon Stewart's friends, enemies and frenemies through the years

Jon Stewart is famous for a lot of things after 16 years on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show,” but one legacy will certainly be — his takedowns. It quickly became clear after Stewart took ov...

DATE: Aug 3, 2015 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Movies playing in Durango July 31-Aug. 6

Animas City Theatre (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Jaws (Wednesday only) Based on Peter Benchley’s best-selling novel, Steven S...

DATE: Jul 30, 2015 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Review: Mission Impossible – Rogue Nation

With “Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation,” we’re getting the best Bond movie since “Casino Royale” in 2006. OK, so Ethan Hunt isn’t James Bond and the Impossible Missions Force is...

DATE: Jul 30, 2015 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Review: Vacation

Few comedy franchises in film history have a more bizarre saga than the “National Lampoon’s Vacation” series. Yup, the original Harold Ramis/John Hughes film from 1983 was a low-r...

DATE: Jul 30, 2015 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

In pop culture, knowing when to pull the plug on a show or franchise

In an interesting story in the Hollywood Reporter last week, Pamela McClintock took a look at the calculations that studios make as they consider whether or not to keep ongoing franchises al...

DATE: Jul 28, 2015 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

What do we want from Amy Schumer?

Amy Schumer has become the latest entertainer to be burdened with the hopes and dreams of progressive pop culture fans. The reaction to “Trainwreck,” the romantic comedy she wrote and that J...

DATE: Jul 28, 2015 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Review: Southpaw

Even with the searing, ear-splitting hip-hop soundtrack featuring Eminem and Bad Meets Evil and Action Bronson & Joey Bada$$, even with the edgy camerawork and the 21st-century setting, “Sou...

DATE: Jul 23, 2015 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Review: Pixels

We’re nearly an hour into “Pixels” before we get a good look at the arcade video game-inspired attackers that have invaded Earth and are gobbling up humans and famous landmarks alike. ...

DATE: Jul 23, 2015 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Review: Infinitely Polar Bear

We veer close to the edge of Precious, Indie-Hipster Clich– every so often in “Infinitely Polar Bear,” but thanks to a gifted filmmaker and two brilliant lead performances, the voice-over na...

DATE: Jul 23, 2015 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Movies playing in Durango July 24-30

Animas City Theatre (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Tommy Boy (Wednesday only) Tommy, the bungling son of a prominent factory ow...

DATE: Jul 23, 2015 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Review: Testament of Youth

In “Ex Machina,” Alicia Vikander displayed a combination of flintiness and femininity as the cyborg Ava, a humanlike form of artificial intelligence that was learning about the way the world...

DATE: Jul 16, 2015 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Review: Ant-Man

The problem with the “Ant-Man” movie is they made an “Ant-Man” movie. Not that it would be impossible to make an entertaining big-screen version of a pretty fascinating comic-book...

DATE: Jul 16, 2015 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming