Glutton for punishment? Then see '50 Shades Darker'
Thursday, 23 February 2017, 15:29
Last update: about 8 years ago
In all the kinked knots and twists of satin that adorn "Fifty Shades Darker," none is more worthwhile to uncoil than the tangled absurdities of its central dominator, Christian...
Pagan's latest is love story told from different viewpoints
Thursday, 23 February 2017, 14:51
Last update: about 8 years ago
"Forever is the Worst Long Time" is a love story told from several very different points of view. Camille Pagan unpacks a complicated relationship among a struggling novelist named James; his best...
Elbow loses a member and become more accessible
Wednesday, 22 February 2017, 16:30
Last update: about 8 years ago
Less, it turns out, is more for the British band Elbow. On their seventh studio album, the art-rockers have lost a founding member, but the music they deliver is some of the best they've made in...
"Hamilton" author Chernow has Grant bio coming in fall
Wednesday, 22 February 2017, 14:51
Last update: about 8 years ago
Ron Chernow, the historian who helped inspire the musical "Hamilton," has a biography of Ulysses S. Grant coming out in October. Penguin Press is calling the book "Grant" and plans to...
Nismagħhom jgħidu by Joe Friggieri
Wednesday, 22 February 2017, 12:48
Last update: about 8 years ago
'Nismagħhom jgħidu', is the latest book of short stories written by Prof Joe Friggieri and published by Kite Group. The stories feature a gallery of characters from different walks of life....
Chuck Prophet at his best on 'Bobby Fuller'
Tuesday, 21 February 2017, 16:29
Last update: about 8 years ago
The song titles suggest this is an album worth hearing. They're Prophetic. Along with the title cut, there's "Bad Year for Rock and Roll," ''Jesus Was a Social Drinker," ''If I Was Connie...
Ben Affleck is not directing Batman, but will produce, star
Tuesday, 21 February 2017, 15:28
Last update: about 8 years ago
In a statement Monday, Affleck said it "has become clear that I cannot do both jobs to the level they require" and that he and the studio are looking for a new director. "There are certain...
A poet on the run in startlingly great 'Neruda'
Tuesday, 21 February 2017, 15:24
Last update: about 8 years ago
Chilean director Pablo Larrain is on a hero's quest to destroy the conventional biopic it seems. He turned the post-assassination days of Jacqueline Kennedy into an atmospheric examination of...
'Rush of Blood' is absorbing psychological thriller
Tuesday, 21 February 2017, 14:53
Last update: about 8 years ago
It's a common situation - strangers meet on vacation, strike up a quick friendship and promise to keep in touch once everyone returns home. But how many people keep the relationship going...
Drabble confronts old age in 'The Dark Flood Rises'
Tuesday, 21 February 2017, 14:49
Last update: about 8 years ago
A car races along a British motorway. The driver, Fran Stubbs, is gainfully employed in her 70s - in fact, an expert in her field - on her way to a conference on housing for the elderly. She is...