Latest 'Maze Runner' lacks urgency of original
Sunday, 4 October 2015, 14:16
Last update: about 10 years ago
Wes Ball's adaptation of the first book from James Dashner's "Maze Runner" young adult novels, about a group of teens consigned to a mysterious labyrinth, yielded a feature that proved it could...
'Hotel Transylvania 2' is scarily unfunny
Saturday, 3 October 2015, 14:15
Last update: about 10 years ago
The second feature in as many months to contain animated zombies (and Tim Burton's "Frankenweenie" lurking just around the corner), "Hotel Transylvania 2" checks in as an anemic example of pure...
'Everest,' a harrowing spectacle that lacks emotion
Friday, 2 October 2015, 14:13
Last update: about 10 years ago
The truly breathtaking spectacle and technical achievements can make you feel like you too are on a vertical slope at 29,000 feet. But this awe-inspiring movie is also one that's laced with dread,...
Chilling Depp, expert ensemble in 'Black Mass'
Thursday, 1 October 2015, 14:12
Last update: about 10 years ago
Shakespeare had his tortured Hamlet, his ambitious Macbeth, his malevolent Iago, his warring Montagues and Capulets. But what would the Bard have done with the tale of James "Whitey" Bulger, and...
'99 Homes' leaves the burner on
Wednesday, 30 September 2015, 14:07
Last update: about 10 years ago
Ramin Bahrani's "99 Homes" throbs with the public fury and private horror of the real-estate collapse. Set in the Orlando, Fla., suburbs, Bahrani plunges into the ugly, contentious dramas of...
'The Visit' marred by canned scares, flat humor
Monday, 28 September 2015, 15:55
Last update: about 10 years ago
A family get-together starts out strange and quickly enters nightmare territory in "The Visit," a horror-thriller that turns soiled adult diapers into a motif. Told from a camera-equipped...
'Sleeping With Other People' modernizes the rom-com
Sunday, 27 September 2015, 15:54
Last update: about 10 years ago
"They're not as good as they used to be," we moan, yearning for some purer time when we didn't know the time-tested beats, the inevitable outcomes, and the dynamics seemed more attuned to How We Date...
'Transporter' a cinematic bumpy ride
Saturday, 26 September 2015, 15:53
Last update: about 10 years ago
If nothing else, this reboot of the Transporter franchise should do wonders for Audi sales, not to mention car safety. Every passenger who sets foot in the tricked-out, gleaming German automobile...
Gere, quiet and moving in portrait of a homeless man
Friday, 25 September 2015, 15:52
Last update: about 10 years ago
"Spare change? Any spare change?" The man holding the cup in the street looks, from a distance, like just some guy in a wool cap, formless parka and rumpled pants. Only this is Richard Gere, and...
Bank of Valletta supports concert commemorating 90 years of film
Wednesday, 23 September 2015, 13:32
Last update: about 10 years ago
The Malta Film Commission will be hosting a concert to commemorate Malta's contribution to the film industry over the past 90 years. The Malta Philharmonic Orchestra, under the artistic direction of...