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Grants welcomes the film industry

Friday, 19 January 2018 09:14 Staff Reports

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...

Cheap thrills delivered in Den of Thieves

Friday, 19 January 2018 09:13 By Glenn Kay For the Sun

Rating: «« out of ««««

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...

DVD/Blu-ray Roundup for Jan. 19, 2018

Friday, 19 January 2018 09:11 By Glenn Kay For the Sun

Welcome back to another edition of new releases coming your way. Once again, there’s plenty of fun stuff to choose from in a variety of genres. 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!

Beyond Skyline - Anyone out there clamoring for a sequel to the 2010 alien-invasion sci-fi flick, Skyline? If so, then today’s your lucky day. This follow-up involves a detective who finds that most humans on planet Earth have been sucked into the spaceships of invaders. He decides to storm his way through a alien craft and free his young son. The original was widely derided but this chapter has earned better notices...

Paddington 2 shines in an era of sequels

Friday, 12 January 2018 07:33 By Glenn Kay For the Sun

Rating: ««« out of ««««

Running Time: 103 min.

A couple of years ago, I was completely taken aback by the family film Paddington. The movie won me over instantaneously as a charming and funny tale of a Peruvian bear immigrating to England after a terrible disaster in his home country. It was easy to empathize with the character and his struggles in transitioning to his new life. In the end, the movie was a critical and financial success, leading to an inevitable sequel. While one might approach such a follow-up with trepidation, this reviewer can report that Paddington 2 is another winner. As sequels go, this is as exceptional as it gets.

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DVD/Blu-ray Roundup for Jan. 12, 2018

Friday, 12 January 2018 07:26 By Glenn Kay For the Sun

Hello. Wow, it’s another incredibly busy edition with a number of new discs arriving. And when there’s a large amount of releases, there’s always a ton of variety. 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!

Bad Day for the Cut - This independent action/thriller is about a docile, middle-aged farmer who lives with his mother in Northern Ireland. When she is murdered by some thugs, the man decides to head out for revenge, searching for the responsible parties in the criminal underworld of Belfast. Reaction to the feature was very positive. Comments stated that while the movie wasn’t perfect, it...