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Running Time: 142 minutes

Another Young Adult book-to-film series is set to come to a close this week with Maze Runner: The Death Cure. You’ll be forgiven for having forgotten about the previous features; it has been nearly two and a half years since the last installment in the franchise (due to a horrible on-set accident in 2016 early into the production that put its star out of commission for several months). This finale arrives chock full of action and explosions, although from a story perspective this feels like both a blessing and a curse.

This chapter resumes with Thomas (Dylan O’Brien) having long escaped the mazes, survived travel across a...

Hello again for another look at the latest Blu-rays and DVD arriving on shelves. There’s a good mix this week of awards bait and, well, some not-so-great features. So if you can’t make it out to the movies this week, be sure to give one of these titles a try!

Big New Releases!

Chasing the Dragon - Based on a true story, this Hong Kong/China crime thriller set in 1963 involves a Mainland China immigrant who sneaks his way into the British colony of Hong Kong. Once there, he establishes himself as a ruthless drug kingpin and secures a notorious police detective to help him maintain control. However, when the cop eventually retires and new laws are established, the crook finds his...

GRANTS – The City of Grants will be hosting the New Mexico Film Office in two open meetings, Jan. 25 at 6 pm and Jan. 26 at 8 am. Both will be held at the Cibola County Convention Center, 515 West High Street.

At these meetings participants will be discuss how residents can list homes or businesses for use in the film industry. In a recent meeting, the Film Office stated that when a production comes to a city they try to source locally as much as possible.

Some sources required for the industry are accommodations, catering, dry cleaners, alterations, tires, doctors and dentists, automobiles, CPA’s, beauty and barber services, media services, security, transportation, banners to...

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Running Time: 140 min.

Lately, it seems the early part of the year has been turning into something of a home for crime pictures. In the last couple of years, we’ve seen titles like Triple 9 and Blackhat released to modest fanfare. Den of Thieves certainly falls into this category. It’s a heist picture that aspires to greatness, but doesn’t quite hit the heights hoped. At least there are a few B-movie thrills here and there to make it a diverting if less-than-exceptional entry in the genre.

The focus of the story is Nick Flanagan (Gerard Butler), an LA sheriff obsessed with taking down the city’s most elite gang of robbers. Led by Merrimen (Pablo...