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Chinese company demands edits to 'Transformers'

Wednesday, 25 June 2014, 15:35 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

A Beijing property developer said Saturday it has terminated cooperation with the new "Transformers" movie, wants Paramount Pictures to make edits to it and is asking China to suspend...

An unlikely harmony for Eastwood in 'Jersey Boys'

Tuesday, 24 June 2014, 15:29 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Amid the swirl of an early 1960s party scene in Clint Eastwood's latest, an adaptation of "Jersey Boys," the hit Broadway musical about Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, a...

'Rover' an intense look into near future

Friday, 20 June 2014, 16:08 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Guy Pearce and Robert Pattinson star in this Australian dystopian crime drama from director David Michod.   Fusing a number of quasi-apocalyptic influences into a hybrid work with a pungent...

You thought it was tricky to train a dragon?

Thursday, 19 June 2014, 16:07 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

It's even trickier to take a much-admired animated film and make a sequel that feels satisfying and worthwhile. And it's harder still to balance the competing needs of stretching the story in...

Josh Trank to direct stand-alone 'Star Wars' film

Wednesday, 18 June 2014, 16:02 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Josh Trank will direct one of the planned stand-alone "Star Wars" films.   Lucasfilm announced Wednesday that the 30-year-old filmmaker will helm one of the two announced...

Inspired comic chemistry in '22 Jump St'

Tuesday, 17 June 2014, 16:01 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Things are always worse the second time around, the deputy police chief warns the buddy-cop team of Jenko and Schmidt in "22 Jump Street."   He's talking about their next...

'Edge of Tomorrow' the right kind of rerun

Monday, 16 June 2014, 15:58 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

The time-shifting sci-fi thriller "Edge of Tomorrow" has perfectly encapsulated what it is to be a summertime moviegoer. We're dropped into a battlefield of digital effects with the fate...

Oliver Stone to write, direct Edward Snowden film

Saturday, 14 June 2014, 14:56 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Oliver Stone will write and direct a film about Edward Snowden, one of two high-profile films in the works about the National Security Agency leaker.   Stone announced...

'Mensch' affectionate tribute to manager

Friday, 13 June 2014, 14:54 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Making his debut as a documentarian with a subject obviously close to his heart, Mike Myers plants a sloppy kiss on an entertainment industry maverick whose management savvy boosted the careers of an...

Blunt reveals new toughness in 'Edge of Tomorrow'

Thursday, 12 June 2014, 14:51 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

What's more scary, fighting aliens with Tom Cruise or singing in front of Meryl Streep and Johnny Depp?   Both brought butterflies to Emily Blunt's stomach, which is how the...

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