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'Barrymore' a showcase for Plummer

Tuesday, 20 November 2012, 09:25 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Fourteen years' passage is no great obstacle for Christopher Plummer in "Barrymore," which recreates the quasi-one-man show that earned him a Tony in 1997. If the play itself (by William...

'The Twilight Saga' ends with real bite

Tuesday, 20 November 2012, 09:14 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Finally — finally! — the "Twilight" franchise embraces its own innate absurdity with the gleefully over-the-top conclusion, "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part...

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2

Thursday, 15 November 2012, 10:21 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Every moment has led to this.   The highly anticipated final installment of The Twilight Saga, directed by Academy Award® winner Bill Condon, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn –...

As mom to Bond, Dench reflects on her 007 reign

Tuesday, 13 November 2012, 08:34 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Nothing is so much of a boys' club as a James Bond movie. That is, except when Judi Dench is on screen.   As MI6 head M, Dench has been the Bond matriarch: the strong-willed, no-nonsense...

In 'Chasing Ice,' climate change gets its close up

Tuesday, 13 November 2012, 08:31 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

There is a scene in the documentary "Chasing Ice" that shows the edge of the massive Ilulissat glacier in Greenland collapsing — or "calving" — and violently crashing...

Lawless

Thursday, 8 November 2012, 12:44 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

‘We control the fear, you understand? Without the fear, we are all good as dead.’   Acclaimed director John Hillcoat (The Road, The Proposition) delivers a thrillingly vivid...

Hope Springs

Thursday, 8 November 2012, 12:38 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Kay (Meryl Streep) and Arnold (Tommy Lee Jones) are a devoted couple, but decades of marriage have left Kay wanting to spice things up and reconnect with her husband.  When she hears of a...

Frankenweenie

Thursday, 8 November 2012, 12:33 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

    From Disney comes acclaimed filmmaker Tim Burton’s “Frankenweenie,” a visually stunning, black-and-white, stop-motion animated film in 3D, featuring the talented...

Disney to realize vision of 9 'Star Wars' episodes

Tuesday, 6 November 2012, 09:23 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

One of the many intriguing sub-plots in "Star Wars" lore is just how many sequels moviemaker George Lucas originally wanted to make.   The most popular conception is that Lucas...

Can 'Cloud Atlas' survive Hollywood reincarnation?

Tuesday, 6 November 2012, 09:20 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Susan Sarandon reported for work on "Cloud Atlas" midway through the shoot, in time to see a collection of far-flung film scenes that the cast and crew were viewing.   There were...

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