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Williams in talks to reprise 'Mrs. Doubtfire' role

Sunday, 27 April 2014, 14:49 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Fox 2000 is developing the sequel to the 1993 hit comedy "Mrs. Doubtfire," which starred Robin Williams.   The follow-up will be penned by "Elf" writer David Berenbaum,...

Walker's brothers to help finish 'Fast & Furious'

Saturday, 26 April 2014, 14:47 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Paul Walker's brothers are stepping to help finish filming on "Fast & Furious 7," the film Walker was in the midst of making when he died in...

Turturro's 'Gigolo' is an oddball charmer

Friday, 25 April 2014, 14:46 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

We'll totally forgive you if, as "Fading Gigolo" begins, you're mistakenly convinced you're watching a Woody Allen movie. There are those familiar white-on-black titles, the...

'Heaven Is for Real' heartfelt but dull

Thursday, 24 April 2014, 14:45 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Continuing the recent trend of faith-based films, including "Noah" and "Son of God," ''Heaven Is for Real" is a sweet tale based on a 4-year-old boy's account of...

Dreyfuss loves acting, but his passion is politics

Wednesday, 23 April 2014, 14:43 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Politically, Richard Dreyfuss describes himself as "intensely pre-partisan, and even more intensely anti-shmuck."   The 66-year-old Oscar winner almost immediately injected...

Critic's Notebook: Spring movies offer surprises

Tuesday, 22 April 2014, 14:42 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Sandwiched between the chest-thumping ambition of awards season and the swaggering spectacle of summer, spring movie-going is usually an afterthought, a limbo for films not bankable enough...

Cameron Diaz talks new film, Paltrow breakup

Monday, 21 April 2014, 14:40 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

If you count yourself among those who've never been cheated on, Cameron Diaz has these words of wisdom: It will happen, or it's already happened and you just don't know it.   The...

Shape-shifting Cage and Green unite on 'Joe'

Saturday, 19 April 2014, 15:06 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

For the haunted, hard-living Texas ex-con of "Joe," David Gordon Green was looking for a modern-day Robert Mitchum, someone with an old-fashioned kind of rugged masculinity with an...

'Rio 2' dazzling but overloaded

Friday, 18 April 2014, 15:03 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

A vivid and delightful animated spectacle, "Rio 2" is chock-full of colorful 3-D wonder and jubilant musical numbers set against a tale of family dynamics and environmental...

'Only Lovers' a moody vampire movie

Thursday, 17 April 2014, 14:58 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

"The Thin Man" with blood cocktails, an ode to hipsterism through the ages, a mainline shot of cool and a playful tribute to artistic fetishism, Jim Jarmusch's vampire romance "Only...

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