Gallup Sun

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Running Time: 90 minutes

Over the past couple of years, there have been plenty of coming-of-age comedies about kids growing up, dealing with conflict and strife in their personal relationships and coming away with strengthened bonds. Good Boys veers in a slightly different direction, taking its tween leads and putting them in increasingly exaggerated, over-the-top and, well, gross situations. Along the way, they find themselves broaching the barrier into, if not adulthood, then adolescence. Thankfully, there are enough big laughs to earn it a recommendation.

Max (Jacob Tremblay), Lucas (Keith L. Williams) and Thor (Brady Noon) are 12-years-old...

The summer’s really heating up not just at cinemas, but also with new Blu-ray and DVD releases. There’s plenty to choose from once again (including the highest grossing film of the year) and all the highlights are included below. 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!

All is True - Shakespeare is the subject of this biographical drama from actor/director Kenneth Branagh. This picture is set in 1613, when the playwright had become incredibly successful. After the Globe Theatre burns down and he is forced to return to Stratford, the writer must deal with past relationships and issues that have...

Little ones share culture while having fun

“Hard work pays off” were the encouraging words of one child’s father to help her win in the 2019 Gallup Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial Tiny Tots Pageant program held Aug. 5 at the El Morro Theatre.

This year’s 2019 Tiny Tots contestants included five little girls ranging in age from 5 to 7 years old all competing to be “Little Princess”; Contestant #1  5-year-old Maya Faith Morez, of Gallup; #2 6-year-old Samiya Sage Curley, of Window Rock, Ariz.; #3 6-year-old Shanoah Largo, of Gamerco; #4 6-year-old Kimora Liah Hannaweeke, of Waterflow; and #5 5-year-old Destany Jaklyn Lutsie, of Gallup.

In the past couple pageants...