Movies - The Durango Herald

‘La La Land’: Homage to the musical

“La La Land,” Damien Chazelle’s exuberant, thoughtful ode to bygone movie musicals, begins with two bravura gestures. After a retro-looking CinemaScope logo announcing the film’s big-screen ...

DATE: Feb 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Movies playing in Durango Feb. 3-9

Animas City Theatre (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com)(For movies, visit www.animascitytheatre.com) Gaslight Theatre (102 Fifth St. Next to the rai...

DATE: Jan 31, 2017 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Pioneering TV actress Mary Tyler Moore dies at 80

NEW YORK – Mary Tyler Moore, the star of TV’s beloved “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” whose comic realism helped revolutionize the depiction of women on the small screen, died Wednesday. She was...

DATE: Jan 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Oscar nominations 2017: Complete list of nominees; ‘La La Land’s’ 14 ties all-time record

The Academy Award nominations were announced in Los Angeles on Tuesday morning, kicking off the most prestigious award-show frenzy of them all. The Oscars will air Feb. 26 on ABC....

DATE: Jan 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

A movie about three black female mathematicians is beating Affleck and Scorsese at the box office

There are no guarantees in life, least of all in the movie business. Megastars Ben Affleck and Martin Scorsese have reliably provided hits before. But both men’s films bombed at t...

DATE: Jan 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

‘The Founder’ spins the sordid success story of McDonald’s mogul Ray Kroc

‘The Founder” is a wink of a title. It’s about Ray Kroc, the man who turned a California hamburger stand called McDonald’s into a global empire, although the original restaurant wasn’t even ...

DATE: Jan 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Brie Larson and Jennifer Hudson to announce Oscar nominees

LOS ANGELES – Oscar winners Brie Larson and Jennifer Hudson will help announce this year’s Academy Award nominees. The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences on Friday revea...

DATE: Jan 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

William Peter Blatty, author of ‘The Exorcist,’ dies at 89

William Peter Blatty, an author whose novel The Exorcist and his later screenplay for the 1973 film about a demonic possession became a phenomenon and stirred fierce public debate about the ...

DATE: Jan 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Movies playing in Durango Jan 13-19

Animas City Theatre (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Lion (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com)Five-year-old Saroo gets lost on a tr...

DATE: Jan 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Natalie Portman says co-star Kutcher paid 3 times as much

Natalie Portman says Ashton Kutcher was paid three times as much as her for co-starring in 2011’s “No Strings Attached.” Portman tells Marie Claire she knew about the pay differen...

DATE: Jan 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Golden Globe predictions 2017

Who will win at the Golden Globe Awards on Sunday night? Who should? Who could surprise everyone? Here are our predictions in the major categories: Best picture, drama “Hacksaw Ri...

DATE: Jan 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

‘Hidden Figures’ is terrific

One of the many reasons I’m so grateful for “Hidden Figures,” Theodore Melfi’s terrific movie about three African-American women who made integral contributions to the U.S. space program, is...

DATE: Jan 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming