Neeson keeps 'Non-Stop' from crashing
Wednesday, 5 March 2014, 15:53
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Settling in for a film that takes place almost entirely on an airplane, as does the latest Liam Neeson action flick "Non-Stop," one's instinct is to search for the nearest sleeping...
Miyazaki explores beauty, ambition, dreams
Tuesday, 4 March 2014, 15:52
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but few could justifiably question the beauty of a Hayao Miyazaki film. A revered master of animation, the Oscar-winning director/writer makes something...
An epic battle gets blockbuster treatment
Monday, 3 March 2014, 15:45
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Big screen. Big effects. Big budget. Big box office. It's clear that Russian director Fedor Bondarchuk was going for something, well, big, with "Stalingrad," the first-ever...
Elaine Stritch undimmed in documentary
Saturday, 1 March 2014, 15:52
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
For a documentary subject as forceful as Elaine Stritch, filmmakers may need to turn to nature — a typhoon might do it — to find anything approximate. Even the camera must warily keep its...
Could 'Wolf' mark end of DiCaprio's Oscar drought?
Friday, 28 February 2014, 15:50
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Leonardo DiCaprio is poking his head out of a poolside room at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. It's afternoon, and a swarm of media outlets is lined up outside, chatting with Oscar...
Charting the McConaissance, film by film
Thursday, 27 February 2014, 15:49
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Six years ago, Matthew McConaughey was starring in a movie called "Surfer, Dude," a film about as good as its title implies. He played a shirtless surfer plunged into an...
A miracle couldn't save 'Winter's Tale'
Wednesday, 26 February 2014, 15:43
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
"Miracles can happen," says the trailer for "Winter's Tale," starring Colin Farrell and based on the 1983 novel of the same name. Fair enough. But not long into the...
60 years an actor, June Squibb takes a bow
Tuesday, 25 February 2014, 15:42
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
June Squibb recently ducked into a Times Square office above the theaters she spent decades knocking about, taking any decent part she could get. "We ran around," she recalls....
'3 Days' a fatally compromised spy tale
Monday, 24 February 2014, 15:38
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Even international spies have trouble balancing work and family life, according to "3 Days to Kill," the latest lightweight action pic from writer-producer Luc Besson, here forming an...
For Winslet, motherhood mingles with 'Labor Day'
Thursday, 20 February 2014, 15:05
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Before a reporter has barely entered the room, Kate Winslet has defused any formality. After shedding her heels, she announces her exasperation about actors (especially herself) talking about...