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Body count out of control in 'Raid 2'

Wednesday, 16 April 2014, 14:56 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Leaving behind the original's grungy Jakarta tenement setting for the luxurious hangouts of Indonesia's organized crime overlords, "The Raid 2" pumps up its production values several...

'Blood Ties' long and anemic

Tuesday, 15 April 2014, 14:54 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Guillaume Canet's attempt to do a Sidney Lumet flatlines in "Blood Ties", an anemic drama about a family split, defined by one brother being a cop, the other a criminal. A remake of the...

'Strangers' not your ordinary rock doc

Tuesday, 15 April 2014, 14:24 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

The new rock documentary "Mistaken for Strangers" is alternately hilarious, cringe-inducing, inspiring, depressing, stupid and profoundly intelligent.   Fans looking to learn...

Aronofsky's 'Noah' is everything _ except boring

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

What to make of Darren Aronofsky's "Noah"? Perhaps that's the wrong question. Indeed, what NOT to make of "Noah"? Because it is so many things.   It is, of...

Lars von Trier's sex epic 'Nymphomaniac'

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

Lars von Trier's four-hour "Nymphomaniac," which is being released in two "volumes," is a sexual odyssey that could be described as thoughtful, provocative, ridiculous,...

Johansson invites us into a baffling dream

Sunday, 13 April 2014, 14:21 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

To say that a movie feels like a dream is not automatically a positive statement. It all depends on the dream.   Some dreams, for example, make sense, at least partly, and others are just...

Aniston says she won't let tabloids steal her joy

Saturday, 12 April 2014, 14:19 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Despite spending nearly half her life under the glare of cameras, Jennifer Aniston admits she's still not used to the baggage that comes with it, from paparazzi to the tabloid...

Emma Watson 'more spiritual' than religious

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

Emma Watson was no believer.   She just couldn't see "Black Swan" director Darren Aronofsky telling the biblical story of Noah.   "Darren does these very dark,...

'Dom Hemingway' lewd, yet heartfelt

Thursday, 10 April 2014, 14:15 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

A temperamental, egotistical, British ex-con with a soft side for the daughter he left behind, Jude Law is magnetic as the title character in "Dom Hemingway," an amusing tale of vengeance,...

Coogan takes his Partridge to big screen

Wednesday, 9 April 2014, 14:14 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Comedian Steve Coogan steps back into his comfort zone with this first feature-length outing for his long-running signature character, Alan Partridge, a satirical creation born over 20 years ago on...

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