Movies

‘BlacKkKlansman’ Spike Lee’s best movie in years

Among Spike Lee’s prodigious filmmaking talents, opening sequences are perhaps his most distinctive. He creates ambitious, operatic overtures for his films, mini-movies that introduce viewer...

DATE: Aug 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

‘Queen of Soul’ had feature role in Durangoan’s film

Aretha Franklin played Mother Nature in ‘Snow Monsters’

DATE: Aug 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Music

YouTube criticized for showing terrifying horror movie ad that viewers couldn’t click away from

The YouTube ad begins with a volume sign, its familiar white bar dancing left then right before finally switching to mute. For one second, there is only the mute sign against a black backgro...

DATE: Aug 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Movies playing in Durango Aug. 17-23

Animas City Theatre (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Yerma (1 p.m. Sunday only) A young woman is driven to the unthinkable by her desperate desire to have a ...

DATE: Aug 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

This rom-com for dog lovers is entertaining, but it has some fleas

A galumphing comedy offered as a balm for the late summer doldrums, “Dog Days” crossbreeds romantic clichés with cute canines and inspired bits of offbeat humor. As a mutt, it possesses a ce...

DATE: Aug 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

‘Meg’ is big but has no teeth

Notwithstanding its obvious similarities to a certain summer-of-’75 blockbuster about a great white shark, the new “Jaws”-on-steroids thriller “The Meg” – about a 75-foot shark – may remind...

DATE: Aug 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

A revamped Oscars

LOS ANGELES – The Oscars are adding a new category to honor popular films and promising a brisk 3-hour ceremony and a much earlier air date in 2020. John Bailey, the newly re-elec...

DATE: Aug 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

A ‘tantalizing’ theory from Stephen King’s son: Shark thriller ‘Jaws’ holds the clue to an unsolved 1974 murder

The worlds he conjures are full of terror and mischief. One of the novellas in his latest book, “Strange Weather,” tells of a gun massacre. Another recounts a bout of inclement weather that ...

DATE: Aug 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: Books

Movies playing in Durango Aug. 10-16

Animas City Theatre (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) NTLive: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (1 p.m. Sunday only.) Christopher, 15 years ol...

DATE: Aug 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

ABC to celebrate 90 years of Mickey Mouse

LOS ANGELES – Mickey Mouse is getting the full star treatment as the iconic character turns 90 this year. ABC on Tuesday announced “Mickey’s 90th Spectacular,” a two-hour prime-ti...

DATE: Aug 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Demi Lovato breaks silence after apparent drug overdose: ‘I will keep fighting’

In Demi Lovato’s first public statement since being hospitalized for an apparent drug overdose, the pop star says she is focused on her sobriety and “road to recovery.” “I have al...

DATE: Aug 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: Music

Kate McKinnon and Mila Kunis made a spy comedy, and somehow it’s really not funny

To understand the experience of watching “The Spy Who Dumped Me,” it is first necessary to understand the Cheesecake Factory. Allow me to explain: You enter the restaurant with a ...

DATE: Aug 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

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