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‘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...

‘Don’t Breathe’ a scary game of cat-and-mouse

Three friends in Detroit break into a blind man’s home for what they think will be easy cash in the tense thriller “Don’t Breathe.” Fede Alvarez, who directed the 2010 remake of Sam Raimi’s ...

‘Teacher’s Pet’ dodges clichés

Living in an age where romantic comedies are more likely to induce cringing than laughter or pleasant feelings, it’s nice to revisit a time when Hollywood imbued these films with clever humo...

Durango sixth-graders win award by illuminating food waste problems

In honor of Earth Day, two sixth-graders illuminated the challenges and solutions surrounding food waste in mini-documentaries and took first place in a contest open to all Durango middle sc...

‘The Force Awakens’ wins top honors at MTV Movie Awards

Annual show dropped more F-bombs than awards