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Movies playing in Durango May 24-30

Animas City Theatre (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Farmer of the Year When Hap Anderson, a widowed 83-year-old Minnesota farmer who thinks he’s still quite the l...

DATE: May 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Book World: John Waters wants to wrap you in his filthy embrace

On a grimy peninsula off the mainland of good taste, in a Baltimore far from the threatening realism of “The Wire,” still reigning over his own personal filthdom, lives the original Pope of ...

DATE: May 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Books

Review: ‘A Dog’s Journey’ will make you cry, but it does not earn those tears

“A Dog’s Journey” tries to prove that it’s possible to make an uplifting movie in which a dog dies – repeatedly. That’s not a spoiler; it’s literally the plot of the film. “Journe...

DATE: May 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

The new John Wick movie does what John Wick movies do best, beautifully and brutishly

“Do what you do best, John.” That tidbit of wisdom – delivered late in the film “John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum” to the title character – is good advice for anyone, really, if ...

DATE: May 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Movies playing in Durango May 17-23

Animas City Theatre (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) The River and the Wall Five friends go on an immersive adventure through the unknown wilds of the Texas border...

DATE: May 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Review: ‘Detective Pikachu’ is a dark jaunt into the world of Pokemon

Noir-esque mystery will appeal to several generations of fans

DATE: May 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

The new Tolkien movie is about fellowship, but that’s not quite as fun as lords and rings

By virtue of its marketing campaign (and, um, its name), the film ‘Tolkien” suggests that it is a portrait of the formative years of J.R.R. Tolkien, the English author of “The Hobbit” and “T...

DATE: May 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Disney’s blockbuster 2019 will be followed by year of unknowns

Walt Disney Co. is barreling toward a record-setting year in 2019, with “Avengers: Endgame” already poised to become the biggest blockbuster of all time. A live-action “Aladdin” w...

DATE: May 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

It’s a long shot that rom-com ‘Long Shot’ will entertain you

“Long Shot,” a fantasy-fueled romantic comedy starring Seth Rogen and Charlize Theron, establishes its reality-adjacent ethos from the jump: In its tensely amusing opening scene, Rogen’s cha...

DATE: May 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Movies playing in Durango May 10-16

Animas City Theatre (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) The River and the Wall Five friends go on an immersive adventure through the unknown wilds of the Texas border...

DATE: May 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Netflix’s ‘Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile’ feels weirdly in awe of Ted Bundy

In the first trailer for Netflix’s “Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile,” Hollywood heartthrob Zac Efron struts around as Ted Bundy, the infamous serial killer responsible for the sex...

DATE: May 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Movie inspired by plush toys delivers a beautiful message

The story behind UglyDolls – the toys, not the new animated movie about them – is a real charmer. Aspiring artist/storytellers David Horvath and his then-girlfriend Sun-Min Kim created the f...

DATE: May 5, 2019 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming