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Movies playing in Durango March 1-7

Animas City Theatre (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com)(For showtimes, visit www.animascitytheatre.com). Gaslight Theatre (102 Fifth St. Next to the...

DATE: Mar 2, 2019 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

‘Greta’ is a psychological thriller with a regrettable, pseudo-feminist twist

The psychological thriller “Greta” gets off to a promising start: As a camera discreetly follows Isabelle Huppert and Chloë Grace Moretz through a New York City subway, Julie London sings a ...

DATE: Mar 2, 2019 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

‘Who’s the Boss?’ and ‘Soap’ actress Katherine Helmond dies

LOS ANGELES – Actress Katherine Helmond, an Emmy-nominated and Golden Globe-winning actress who played two very different matriarchs on the ABC sitcoms “Who’s the Boss?” and “Soap,” has died...

DATE: Mar 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Andre Previn, Oscar-winning composer, has died at 89

Andre Previn, the pianist, composer and conductor whose broad reach took in the worlds of Hollywood, jazz and classical music, always rejecting suggestions that his bop ’n’ blues moonlightin...

DATE: Feb 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Music

Thompson won’t work with John Lasseter

NEW YORK – In a letter to Skydance Media, Emma Thompson outlined why she refused to work with former Pixar executive John Lasseter and was withdrawing from the animated film “Luck.” ...

DATE: Feb 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Michael Jackson brothers say accusers’ film neglects facts

LOS ANGELES – The family of Michael Jackson had a feeling the years-old child molestation allegations against the pop superstar would resurface at some point. So they say they weren’t entire...

DATE: Feb 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Oscar predictions: Who will win?

Ahead of Sunday’s 91st Academy Awards, Associated Press Film Writers Lindsey Bahr and Jake Coyle share their predictions for a ceremony that has few sure things. Best Picture The ...

DATE: Feb 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Stanley Donen, director of ‘Singin’ in the Rain,’ dies at 94

LOS ANGELES – Director Stanley Donen, a giant of the Hollywood musical who through such classics as “Singin’ in the Rain” and “Funny Face” helped give us some of the most joyous sounds and i...

DATE: Feb 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Durangoan to screen film about epic river journey during Durango Independent Film Festival

Annual movie extravaganza to start Wednesday

DATE: Feb 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Movies playing in Durango Feb. 22-28

Animas City Theatre (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) NTLive: I’m Not Running (Saturday only) Pauline Gibson has spent her life as a doctor, the inspiring lea...

DATE: Feb 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

‘Isn’t It Romantic’ is a rom-com parody for people who hate rom-coms (but also secretly love them)

The comic actress Rebel Wilson makes any movie better – and frequently steals the show. She did it in “Pitch Perfect,” among many other films in which she plays the second lead, with a combi...

DATE: Feb 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

‘Happy Death Day 2U’ keeps the ‘Groundhog Day’ premise and goes back to the future

The 2017 thriller “Happy Death Day” took a “Groundhog Day”-like concept – a young woman must relive the same day, over and over – and put it in service of a largely uninspired college-set ho...

DATE: Feb 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming