Gallup Sun

 

Rating: 2 out of 4 * *



Running Time: 114 min.

By Glenn Kay

For the the Sun



It seems as though the secret agent genre has been undergoing something of a resurgence recently, with titles like Kingsman: The Secret Service, Spy, The Man From U.N.C.L.E., Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, Spectre and Bridge of Spies hitting cinemas over the past year. Central Intelligence is the latest effort to hit the big screen. It has its moments, but compared to the others listed, opts to pick lower-hanging fruit from the branch.



Calvin (Kevin Hart) was once the shining star of his high school, destined for greatness. Now a mild-manned accountant, he can't help but feel disappointed at...

Event free for the public to attend

Walt Eddy is not your typical promoter full of bluster and noise. Nevertheless, the unassuming idea-man of Gallup’s Best of the Best Timed Event Rodeo gets the job done.

“I was born into the Western lifestyle,” Eddy said in a recent interview. “My mom had started Trice’s Western Wear (1954 - 2000) before I was born. One of my first promotions was a customer appreciation roping event where our prizes were donated by suppliers. By 1988, I was involved in the National Team Roping Competition at Red Rock Park, which continues today. We had around a thousand participants this year from outside the area.”

Eddy also manages similar...

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — Reconnecting Navajo families through self-reliance, food sovereignty, and organic gardening is hard work.

Navajo Nation Vice President Jonathan Nez knows firsthand about the intensive labor of farming. Each year, his family gathers to plant crops on the family farm.

This family activity provides unity, exercise, empowerment and self-sufficiency, he said.

On June 4, the Navajo Nation Gardening Challenge was launched, beginning with a garden planted at Vice President Nez’s residence in Window Rock.

Volunteers from the Northern Arizona University Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals, Tolani Lake Enterprises, Little Colorado River Watershed...

Hello! We’ve got another impressive edition of highlights coming your way on Blu-ray and DVD. Several of these releases are critically acclaimed, suggesting many are worth a look. 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!

10 Cloverfield Lane - This sequel to the 2008 sci-fi/horror film Cloverfield introduces a new environment and completely different characters. After getting into a traffic accident, a young woman wakes up in an underground bunker. She’s told by her gruff host that the world has come to an end, and she must determine how much of what he says is true. Reviews were strong for...