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The secrets to making a great Stephen King movie

Since the second half of 1983, when “Cujo,” “The Dead Zone” and “Christine” rolled into theaters, one after another, it’s been unofficial Hollywood writ that no Stephen King novel, novella o...

Harley Quinn teams with Batman in new movie

Harley Quinn’s animated homecoming is quite the grown-up affair in Warner Bros. Animation’s latest straight-to-home-video DC Comics movie. Harley Quinn is now a movie star (“Suici...

Movies playing in Durango Sept. 1-7

Animas City Theatre (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) The Only Living Boy in New York (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com)Thomas Web...

Shelley Berman, comedian-bard of everyday life, has died

NEW YORK – Comedian Shelley Berman, who won gold records and appeared on top television shows in the 1950s and 1960s delivering wry monologues about the annoyances of everyday life, has died...

‘Only Living Boy’ starts strong, goes off rails

It’s hard to know what to make of the protagonist of “The Only Living Boy in New York,” a dour but idealistic aspiring writer in his early 20s who, when he learns that his father is having a...

Did ‘Thelma & Louise’ move the needle for female-led films?

NEW YORK – When Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon clasped hands, stepped on the gas and flew over the canyon ridge in that memorable ending to “Thelma & Louise,” many in Hollywood believed they...

No great ‘Leap!’: Tale of an aspiring ballerina falls short by recent animated-fare standards

Anyone who’s ever dreamed of tutus, tights and toe shoes will likely get a kick out of “Leap!” But the Weinstein Co.’s first animated film under the Mizchief banner – the tale of a determine...

Tobe Hooper, ‘Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ director, dies at 74

LOS ANGELES – Tobe Hooper, the horror-movie pioneer whose low-budget sensation “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” took a buzz saw to audiences with its brutally frightful vision, has died. He wa...

Here’s why a Joker movie could work – even without Jared Leto

Why so serious? The Joker may be getting his own movie, that’s why. Deadline and Variety are reporting that “The Hangover” director Todd Phillips is negotiating with Warner Bros. ...

‘Wonder Woman’ director slams James Cameron’s criticism

LOS ANGELES – The director of “Wonder Woman” says James Cameron’s criticism of the film is “unsurprising” because he can’t understand it. In an interview with British newspaper Th...

‘Wind River’ an effective thriller

A harsh, wintry beauty pervades “Wind River,” screenwriter Taylor Sheridan’s modestly assured directorial debut. In this sturdily effective thriller, Jeremy Renner plays Cory, a U.S. Fish an...

Movies playing in Durango Aug. 25-31

Animas City Theatre (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Extraordinary: Stan Lee (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com)(Tuesday only) Hos...