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‘Deadpool 2’ has subversive power

In a recent interview, the star of “Deadpool 2” joked that his character probably wouldn’t like the actor who plays him very much, saying, “I feel like Deadpool can’t stand Ryan Reynolds.” A...

Redmesa native explores imagination in ‘The Thunderbird’

New film features actors on autistic spectrum

Movies playing in Durango May 18-24

Animas City Theatre (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) RBG At the age of 84, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has developed a breathtaking legal ...

Can Melissa McCarthy make a good movie anymore?

When Melissa McCarthy, as the newly divorced, 40-something mom Deanna in “Life of the Party,” decides to re-enroll in college, my seatmate at a recent screening turned to me with a question ...

‘Avengers’ gives females their due

You probably started this story to read about a certain fight scene, and we’ll get there shortly. But first, we need to talk about behinds. Yes, that kind. In the individual chara...

Film Academy expels Bill Cosby and Roman Polanski

LOS ANGELES – The governing body of the film academy has voted to expel Bill Cosby and Roman Polanski from its membership. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Thu...

Movies playing in Durango May 4-10

Animas City Theatre (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Love, Simon Everyone deserves a great love story. But for 17-year-old Simon Spier, it’s a little more co...

Eric Idle looks at the bright side of (his own) life

NEW YORK – Eric Idle is writing a memoir, and Monty Python fans can guess the title: Always Look on the Bright Side of Life. “We used to be babe magnets. Now we’re fridge magnets,...

‘Infinity War’ wildly entertaining

What does Thanos want? That question lies at the heart of “Avengers: Infinity War,” the at-once dark, maddeningly open-ended yet fiercely entertaining new chapter in the Marvel Ci...

Movies playing in Durango April 27-May 1

Animas City Theatre (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Outside In (Monday-Thursday only) After serving 20 years for the crime of essentially being in the wrong...

Verne Troyer, Mini-Me from ‘Austin Powers’ films, has died

LOS ANGELES – Verne Troyer, who played Dr. Evil’s small, silent sidekick “Mini-Me” in the “Austin Powers” movie franchise, has died. He was 49. A statement provided by Troyer’s re...

‘Super Troopers 2’ is a sequel stuck in permanent adolescence

In the sequel “Super Troopers 2,” a highway patrolman (Kevin Heffernan) shoots and kills a bald eagle intentionally. That’s the level of satire in a lowbrow comedy so irreverent i...