movies, newspapers, and periodicals

I've gotten a few questions asking about movies and newspapers in Costa Rica.

Yes there are movie theaters. I haven't been to one but there is one right down the street from my apartment. It's small and only has like one showing a night, but it does have a popcorn machine. I'm not sure if he plays the movies in English or Spanish. He plays the movies on his laptop which is connected to a projector.

From what I've heard his laptop has hundreds of movie downloads and he accepts requests.

There are several nationally distributed newspapers.

The Tico Times is their English language newspaper.

La Nacion is their big Spanish newspaper. 

There are also many local newspapers in various cities.
In Tamarindo, there are two monthly periodicals, The Howler and The Pothole.

The Howler is just for fun though it does have ads and tide info. All its new articles are fake.
For example, one was Jack Kevorkian winning the Nobel Peace Prize.
Another was about a surfer who became so cool his ego became so large it outgrew his body and became a floating cloud.
The articles are written seriously as if the story was fact.
The Pothole features local news articles and has a section of pictures from different events in the city. I'm not sure but I think there may be more editions in other cities.

The nationally tabloid alDia is a favorite read among taxi drivers. It usually features a thong clad woman on the front page. From what I could tell most of the articles were about sports and entertainment.

SoHo is like Colombia's version of Playboy. I see these wrapped in plastic near the checkout line at the grocery store. Costa Rica has their own editions. It allegedly has a warning that says "Prohibido para mujeres" - prohibited to women.

Recently, Costa Rica and Nicaragua were having a border dispute. Nicaragua didn't like Costa Rica's small passenger airplanes or boats going into the disputed territory. Diplomacy is the only option here since Costa Rica abolished its military in the 60's.  The Nicaraguan government did however send some soldiers to the disputed land.  I believe the case is going to be heard before a world court.