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Sundance names competition films

LOS ANGELES – Films in next month’s Sundance Film Festival’s competitive categories feature such stars as Sarah Silverman, Michael Fassbender, Chris Pine, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Nicole Kidman....

Strayed to try screenplays after ‘Wild’ experience

LOS ANGELES – When she hiked more than 1,000 miles through California and Oregon wilderness, Cheryl Strayed didn’t expect to end up in Hollywood. The author of Wild, opening this ...

Fans go wild over 88-second ‘Star Wars’ teaser

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, a helmetless storm trooper appeared in frame, panicked and sweaty in the middle of vast desert landscape, kicking off the first official look at "S...

Review: Horrible Bosses 2

The characters of the modern workplace comedy, like the rest of us, don’t know how to make a living anymore. Having haplessly tried to murder their bosses in the first “Horrible ...

Review: Penguins of Madagascar

For a movie that’s more paint by numbers than Picasso, “Penguins of Madagascar” begins with something completely unexpected: a Werner Herzog voiceover. Parodying his own work and...

Movies playing in Durango Nov. 28-Dec. 4

Animas City Theatre (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Birdman. A black comedy that tells the story of an actor (Michael Keaton) – f...

Witherspoon goes on a soul-baring ride in ‘Wild’

NEW YORK – Once she’d decided to take on her gritty new role in “Wild,” there were a few things Reese Witherspoon knew she DIDN’T want to hear from movie studio executives: “We wa...

‘Birdman’ leads Spirit Awards nominations

LOS ANGELES – “Birdman,” a dark comedy about show business, took flight Tuesday with a leading six nominations for the 30th Film Independent Spirit Awards. Star Michael Keaton and...

Movies playing in Durango Nov. 21-Nov. 27

Animas City Theatre (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Pride It’s the summer of 1984, Margaret Thatcher is in power and the National...

‘Pelican Dreams’ strikes gold with big birds

Charming doc is nature film with a personal entry point

Review: Mockingjay – Part I

LOS ANGELES – All is not well in Panem. At the conclusion of “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire,” Katniss’ (Jennifer Lawrence) force-field shattering arrow left the society in turmoil. The des...

Mike Nichols, crafter of films, plays, dies at 83

AP Film Writer Mike Nichols, the director of matchless versatility who brought fierce wit, caustic social commentary and wicked absurdity to such films, TV and stage hits as “The ...
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