Ski fashion: Rainbow of color headed down slopes
Tuesday, 17 December 2013, 15:01
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Bright is the new black when it comes to colors and styles for snow bunnies to look their best on the slopes. The move to color in winter-sport outerwear follows a trend seen in clothing...
'Gravity,' 'Her' tie for LA Film Critics top honor
Tuesday, 17 December 2013, 14:48
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
The Los Angeles Film Critics Association split between the space odyssey "Gravity" and the futuristic romance "Her," lending no more certainty to an awards season...
Finally, all the Brown Dog novellas together
Tuesday, 17 December 2013, 14:25
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
"Brown Dog: Novellas" (Grove Press), by Jim Harrison In 1990, the novelist, screenwriter and poet Jim Harrison wrote a novella about an unforgettable character named Brown...
Duane Allman "Skydog: The Duane Allman Retrospective" (Rounder)
Monday, 16 December 2013, 15:50
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Dig in and dig it, Duane Allman completists (you know who you are). The seven-CD set "Skydog: The Duane Allman Retrospective" doesn't include every note Allman ever played, but it...
'12 Years' and 'Hustle' top a varied Globes field
Monday, 16 December 2013, 14:46
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Heaping seven nominations on both the con-artist melodrama "American Hustle" and the grimly historical "12 Years a Slave," the Golden Globes nominations set up a showdown of...
Definitive portrait of baseball's greatest hitter
Monday, 16 December 2013, 14:17
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
"The Kid: The Immortal Life of Ted Williams" (Little, Brown and Company), by Ben Bradlee Jr. Ted Williams would have loved to see his Boston Red Sox go from worst to first and...
Sundance reveals 2014 dramatic film lineup
Sunday, 15 December 2013, 16:04
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Ladies will continue to drive the feature lineup at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival as Robert Redford's independent-cinema fair celebrates its 30th anniversary next month in Park City,...
Spike Lee riffs on 'Oldboy' in remake
Saturday, 14 December 2013, 16:02
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Nobody ever accused Spike Lee of an overabundance of subtlety. He's an unapologetically bold filmmaker, one who hasn't shied away from using a tattered American flag or a...
One Direction to the rescue with mom-friendly LP
Friday, 13 December 2013, 17:01
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
One Direction, "Midnight Memories" (Columbia) What's the mother of the average American tween to do as the holidays approach? Miley has twerked her way out of the stocking,...