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The premise of ‘Tall Girl’ was widely mocked, and the actual movie doesn’t help matters

There’s a new movie on Netflix called “Tall Girl,” which, as you might have guessed, is about a girl who is tall. Jodi (Ava Michelle) is just over 6-foot-1 and often reminds the a...

‘Ghostbuster’ sequel to focus on a family of original film

LOS ANGELES – The upcoming “Ghostbuster” sequel will focus on the descendants of the original ghost-catchers who rushed around New York City in proton packs and jumpsuits. Ivan Re...

J-Lo makes commanding comeback in ‘Hustlers’

In a year of spectacular comebacks – from Brad Pitt and Renée Zellweger to Jamie Foxx and Eddie Murphy – none is as purely, sensationally pleasurable as Jennifer Lopez’s commanding lead perf...

New film explores legacy of Puerto Rican actor Raúl Juliá

ALBUQUERQUE – Members of Generation X may know Raúl Juliá for his energetic and playful role as Gomez Addams in the 1991 movie adaptation of “The Addams Family.” Others may think of Juliá in...

Movies playing in Durango Sept. 13-19

Animas City Theatre (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) The Peanut Butter Falcon Zak is a young man with Down syndrome who runs away from a residential nursing home t...

Groundbreaking photographer Robert Frank dies at age 94

NEW YORK – Robert Frank, a giant of 20th-century photography whose seminal book “The Americans” captured singular, candid moments of the 1950s and helped free picture-taking from the boundar...

Review: ‘It: Chapter Two’ proves more isn’t always more when it comes to horror movies

The heroes of “It” are known as the Losers Club. “It: Chapter Two” features the same group of talented young actors as the original 2017 film, and also adds older versions of these character...

‘Crazy Rich Asians’ writer says she’s leaving sequel because of pay disparity

A female screenwriter for the popular film “Crazy Rich Asians” has left the Warner Bros. sequel over what she alleges was a pay disparity with a white male counterpart. Adele Lim,...

New ‘It’ film portrays painful true chapter of LGBT history

BANGOR, Maine – Moviegoers from Maine who watch the film “It: Chapter Two” this weekend might recognize a scene that draws on a painful event from the state’s history. The scene i...

Movies playing in Durango Sept. 6-12

Animas City Theatre (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) The Peanut Butter Falcon Zak is a young man with Down syndrome who runs away from a residential nursing home t...

‘Joker’ early reviews are mostly raves – does it reinvent the superhero movie?

“Joker” is shaping up to be a savvy move: By simultaneously lowering the stakes and raising expectations, the latest screen depiction of Batman’s most creatively fertile villain is already s...

For Timothée Chalamet, becoming ‘The King’ was terrifying

VENICE, Italy – Timothée Chalamet is already one of the most acclaimed young actors working today, but he says that the prospect playing young Henry V in “The King” was terrifying. ...