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Octavia Spencer as a horror-movie villain? Yes, and she’s actually really good

As a movie villain, the titular mischief-maker of the psychological horror film “Ma” – an unhinged middle-aged enabler whose house becomes Party Central for a gaggle of teens looking for a p...

Movies playing in Durango May 31-June 6

Animas City Theatre (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Amazing Grace Concert footage from 1972 of Aretha Franklin performing songs from the best-selling gospel album...

The ‘Sonic the Hedgehog’ movie has been pushed to next year because of the teeth debacle

Making Valentine’s Day plans can be stressful, so how lucky for us that Paramount has already come up with a suggestion for next year by pushing the release date of “Sonic the Hedgehog” to F...

‘Aladdin’ remake charms, in a clumsy sort of way

Right off the bat, you can tell that Disney’s live-action “Aladdin” has avoided some of the missteps of the original animated film. The lyrics of the song “Arabian Nights,” which is sung in ...

Theme park to star ‘Hunger Games,’ ‘Twilight’

LOS ANGELES – Some of Lionsgate’s most popular film franchises from “Hunger Games” to “Twilight” will be brought to life when the studio opens what it calls the world’s first vertical theme ...

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...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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...

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

Noir-esque mystery will appeal to several generations of fans

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...