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Movies playing in Durango Dec. 29-Jan. 4

Animas City Theatre (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Lady Bird Christine “Lady Bird” McPherson (Saoirse Ronan) fights against – but is exactly like – her wil...

DATE: Dec 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Review: Downsizing

You know how Hollywood doesn’t make original movies anymore? Well, “Downsizing” is here to fix that. Weird and wonderful, zigging where it should zag and zagging where it should zig, this wi...

DATE: Dec 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Review: Pitch Perfect 3

I started to have a bad feeling about “ The third installment in the popular comedy franchise about an all-female vocal group begins with an explosion aboard a yacht, as characters played b...

DATE: Dec 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Review: Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

Twenty-two years later – and many leaps forward in video game and movie technology – comes a sequel to “Jumanji.” “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle,” a souped-up follow-up to the 19...

DATE: Dec 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Movies playing in Durango Dec. 22-28

Animas City Theatre (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Lady Bird (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com)Christine “Lady Bird” McPherson ...

DATE: Dec 20, 2017 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Porgs are the latest entry in the ‘Star Wars’ aimed at hearts and wallets

In a toy meeting far, far away ... So the story goes for how some of the creatures that inhabit the world of “Star Wars” came to life. The popular movie franchise has another chap...

DATE: Dec 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Spurlock’s ‘Super Size Me’ sequel pulled from Sundance fest

LOS ANGELES – Morgan Spurlock’s latest documentary will not premiere at the Sundance Film Festival as planned. The remaining partners in his production company said Friday that th...

DATE: Dec 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Review: Star Wars: The Last Jedi

If 2015’s “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” had one fault, it was that it was an almost beat-for-beat retelling of the original, “A New Hope.” (Don’t get me wrong – it was still very enjoyable....

DATE: Dec 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Durango middle-schooler makes his directorial debut

Aiden Hurley takes film ‘18 Frames’ to the big screen

DATE: Dec 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

‘Super Size Me’ director Morgan Spurlock wonders ‘when will they come for me’ and confesses sexual misdeeds

For weeks, women have come forward with allegations of sexual harassment against powerful men. On Wednesday evening, one man went against the grain and admitted his own long history of sexua...

DATE: Dec 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Movies playing in Durango Dec. 15-21

Animas City Theatre (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Lady Bird (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com)Christine “Lady Bird” McPherson ...

DATE: Dec 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

‘Billboards’ didn’t need racist officer

When I saw it, I didn’t expect the year-end debates about “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” to become so vehement, in part because it didn’t occur to me that the movie would arouse...

DATE: Dec 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming