Planes

Thanksgiving week is finally upon us. On Thursday, many Idaho families will reunite in living rooms and dining rooms to get caught up on life, work, relationships, sports trash-talking, and family movies.

For those that want to stay in the area and enjoy the many events you can only go to this time of year, here are some of the events taking place in Twin Falls and around the state this weekend.

For many, they want to get out of the house and have a fun time, and there is much to do, not only in Twin Falls but all over southern Idaho.

In a weekend with four new major releases but no definitive frontrunners, the Matt Damon sci-fi action flick 'Elysium' snagged the top spot over some seemingly powerful competition. Director Neill Blomkamp's film continues this summer's trend of R-rated fare opening big ('The Purge,' 'The Conjuring,' '2 Guns') and proves that there's plenty of box office success to be had in the typically slow fin

On top of the news about two untitled Marvel movies, Disney has updated their calendar, and changed the title of 'The Muppets' sequel, which is now going by the name 'The Muppets Most Wanted.'

Disney has released the first full trailer for 'Planes,' their spin-off of Pixar's 'Cars,' in which Dane Cook plays a crop duster plane named Dusty (obviously), who has big dreams of competing in an air race. But he's a crop duster plane! Shenanigans ensue!

The flat hilltops and gullies of western Idaho may be suited for airplanes, but hunters are apparently using the aircraft-friendly landscape to exploit a loophole in state law that forbids aerial hunting.