Movies - The Durango Herald

‘John Wick: Chapter 2’: Stylish, hyperviolent and almost irrationally satisfying

John Wick, as fans of the eponymous 2014 hit about a ruthlessly efficient assassin already know, once killed three people in a bar, using only a pencil. That legend gets repeated in the new,...

DATE: Feb 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Movies playing in Durango Feb. 10-16

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: Feb 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

American Humane: Third-party report clears ‘A Dog’s Purpose’

LOS ANGELES – Leaked video showing a frightened dog being forced into churning water during filming of “A Dog’s Purpose” was misleadingly edited and the German shepherd was unharmed, accordi...

DATE: Feb 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

‘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

Photos: Local girls high school wrestling at La Plata TriDurango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Durango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Photos: Fort Lewis College women’s and men’s basketball take on Westminster UniversityBoth Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Both Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Photos: An afternoon in 2004 with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell as he works on Capitol HillDurango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Durango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Photos and video: ICE protests return to DurangoAbout a dozen protesters tried to block federal agents from leaving with a detainee on Thursday