Movies - The Durango Herald

Faced with losses, MoviePass discount ticket service increases fee

NEW YORK – MoviePass, the discount service for movie tickets, is raising prices by 50 percent and barring viewings of most major releases during the first two weeks. The new $15-a...

DATE: Jul 31, 2018 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Movies playing in Durango Aug. 3-9

Animas City Theatre (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Won’t You Be My Neighbor? From Academy Award-winning filmmaker Morgan Neville (“20 Feet from Stardom”), ...

DATE: Jul 31, 2018 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

‘It hasn’t stopped my life at all’: Alan Alda reveals he has Parkinson’s disease

Actor Alan Alda, known for his roles on “M.A.S.H.,” “The West Wing” and “The Aviator,” announced on Tuesday that he has Parkinson’s disease. Speaking on “CBS This Morning,” Alda s...

DATE: Jul 31, 2018 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

The new season of ‘Orange Is the New Black’ proves it’s time for the show to end

Since it premiered in 2013, “Orange Is the New Black” has helped shine a light on the inherent injustices of the American criminal justice system. The Netflix prison dramedy continues that t...

DATE: Jul 31, 2018 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Next ‘Star Wars’ film to use unreleased Fisher footage

LOS ANGELES – Carrie Fisher is not done with “Star Wars” after all – Lucasfilm says unreleased footage of the actress will be used in the next installment of the “Star Wars” saga to draw her...

DATE: Jul 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

The fun ride of ‘M:I – Fallout’

In “Mission: Impossible – Fallout,” the sixth installment of the espionage-action franchise, Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt receives his latest instructions by way of an old-fashioned tape recorder...

DATE: Jul 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

La Plata County Humane Society goes to the movies

Bow Wow Film Festival benefits local shelter

DATE: Jul 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

The goodness of ‘Won’t You Be My Neighbor?’

The reviews are correct. “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?,” the new documentary about pioneering children’s host Fred Rogers, is very good. Technically good, but also capital-G Good: The sort of h...

DATE: Jul 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

John Waters, others celebrate the anniversary of ‘Hairspray’

LOS ANGELES – Ricki Lake never in her wildest dreams thought she’d be celebrating the 30th anniversary of the film “Hairspray” at the lofty Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. ...

DATE: Jul 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

#WeAreGroot: How Hollywood is reacting to James Gunn’s Disney firing

In the weekend after writer-director James Gunn was ousted from Disney/Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3,” stars from his $1.6 billion film franchise and other Hollywood colleagues ha...

DATE: Jul 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Celebrities offer singer Demi Lovato support after reports of hospitalization for apparent overdose

Several celebrities, including recent collaborators, publicly offered support for Demi Lovato amid reports that the pop singer had been hospitalized after an apparent overdose. Si...

DATE: Jul 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Music

Movies playing in Durango July 27-Aug. 2

Animas City Theatre (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Won’t You Be My Neighbor? From Academy Award-winning filmmaker Morgan Neville (“20 Feet from Stardom”), ...

DATE: Jul 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming