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Sometimes paradise can be a bit shabby

"The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" is a retirement destination in India for "the eld ...
Scarlett Johansson, left, as Black Widow, and Jeremy Renner, as Hawkeye, are shown in a scene from “The Avengers.” The green screen work was done at Albuquerque Studios. (Courtesy of Marvel Studios/Zade Rosenthal)

NM Pays $22M in Tax Credits to ‘Avengers’

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico shelled out millions in movie tax credits to have a co-starring role in “The Avengers.” KRQE-TV reports the state Taxation and Revenue Department says the... Read more »
Tilda Swinton garnered an Oscar nomination for her role in “We Need To Talk About Kevin.”

‘Kevin’ full of twists and turns

It must be something like this to have a nervous breakdown. We find ourselves inside the mind of a w ...
Johnny Depp plays Barnabas, who was turned into a vampire by a jealous witch, in “Dark Shadows.”

Just another vampire-out-of-the-box tale

Tim Burton's "Dark Shadows" is all dressed up with nowhere to go, an elegant produ ...
Jean Dujardin, left, and Bérénice Bejo star in the Oscar-winning “The Artist,” which is being rereleased in theaters.

A golden era tribute in glorious B&W

Is it possible to forget that "The Artist" is a silent film in black and white, and simp ...
Thor (Chris Hemsworth, left) and Captain America (Chris Evans) join forces against Loki in “The Avengers.”

Superpowers aplenty to please any nerd

One of the weapons Marvel used in its climb to comic book dominance was a willingness to invent new ...
Pirate with a Scarf, voiced by Martin Freeman, left, and Pirate Captain, voiced by Hugh Grant, check out the wanted posters in “The Pirates! Band of Misfists.”

Jokey pirates an admirable feat of clay

Aardman Animations' distinctively charming brand of Claymation returns to the big screen at la ...

Rolling the dice

Summer cinema is always a minefield of movies that somebody thought were a good idea — that ma ...
Edgar Allan Poe (John Cusack) helps investigate real-life murders patterned on those in his books in “The Raven.”

Once upon a costume thriller dreary …

It is widely known that on Oct. 3, 1849, Edgar Allan Poe was found wandering the streets of Baltimor ...
Violet (Emily Blunt) and Tom (Jason Segel) keep getting tripped up on the long walk down the aisle in “Five-Year Engagement.”

Please, just call off the wedding already

"The Five-Year Engagement" plays like a five-episode, R-rated story arc from "How ...

‘The Host’ Filming in N.M.

Movie Based On Novel by Meyer
Zac Efron plays Logan, a Marine who believes Beth (Taylor Schilling) brought him luck in battle in “The Lucky One.”

Luck strains credulity, but who cares?

A Marine sees a photograph almost buried in rubble in the middle of a combat scene. He steps over to ...