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Have you seen the best movies of 2016?

Every year, my fellow movie reviewers and I bemoan the current state of cinema – Too many comic-book flicks! Not enough substance! Where are the musicals/love stories/chick flicks of yore? W...

Carrie Fisher reportedly suffers heart attack on plane

Actress Carrie Fisher suffered a major cardiac episode while on a flight from London to Los Angeles on Friday, and has been rushed to the hospital, according to multiple reports. ...

Hotels in Southwest Colorado vie for spot in Hunter S. Thompson movie

Durango, Silverton and Telluride offer filming locations

Star-studded Rob Reiner movie ‘Shock and Awe’ filming in D.C.

WASHINGTON – Hey, isn’t that ... movie director Rob Reiner, overseeing a shoot of his upcoming politics-and-journalism flick “Shock and Awe” outside the National Press Building? S...

‘Doctor Strange’ satisfactory but not quite strange enough

When it comes to movies, few genres have grown as stale as the superhero variety. It often seems like studios are intent on taking decades of wonderful comic book source material and process...

Forest Whitaker joins ‘Black Panther’ cast

LOS ANGELES – Forest Whitaker is coming to the Marvelverse. Marvel says the Oscar-winning actor is joining the cast of “Black Panther.” Whitaker will portray an elder statesman na...

‘Quiz Show’ examines reality of television

By Nick Gonzales Herald staff writer In the modern wasteland of reality television, I like to think few people would be surprised to find out that their favorite shows ...

How ‘The Girl on the Train’ tries to go deeper than your average mystery thriller

Director Tate Taylor didn’t exactly roll his eyes when he was first approached to adapt the international best-seller mystery The Girl on the Train into a movie, but he wasn’t jumping at the...

Movies playing in Durango Sept. 23-29

Animas City Theatre (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Embrace (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com)(Sunday and Monday only) The globa...

Natalie Portman may be (finally) the Jackie Kennedy fans want

Devotees of former first lady Jackie Kennedy might finally have the onscreen version of their fashionable gal-crush they’ve been waiting for in Natalie Portman, who’s been drawing raves (and...

‘Star Trek’ turns 50: What would Gene Roddenberry think of 2016?

Thursday marks the 50th anniversary of when “Star Trek’s” original “five-year mission” first launched into American households. And next month marks the 25th year since Gene Roddenberry, cre...

Movies playing in Durango Sept. 9-15

Animas City Theatre (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Equity (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com)When senior investment banker Naomi...