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Polanski and 'Venus in Fur' are a match

Saturday, 28 June 2014, 15:41 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Roman Polanski. Sadomasochism. What could possible go wrong?   The combination of director and subject material in "Venus in Fur" is wickedly perverse, just as it should be....

More is less in overstuffed 'Think' sequel

Friday, 27 June 2014, 15:38 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Based on Steve Harvey's best-selling, comic relationship advice tome "Act Like a Lady," ''Think Like a Man," was a box-office hit two years ago, so it's not surprising...

Eastwood's 'Jersey Boys' catchy but uneven

Thursday, 26 June 2014, 15:37 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

You don't have to be middle-aged, or even an adult, to know songs like "Sherry," ''Big Girls Don't Cry," and "Walk Like a Man." Sure, they're '60s-era...

Chinese company demands edits to 'Transformers'

Wednesday, 25 June 2014, 15:35 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

A Beijing property developer said Saturday it has terminated cooperation with the new "Transformers" movie, wants Paramount Pictures to make edits to it and is asking China to suspend...

An unlikely harmony for Eastwood in 'Jersey Boys'

Tuesday, 24 June 2014, 15:29 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Amid the swirl of an early 1960s party scene in Clint Eastwood's latest, an adaptation of "Jersey Boys," the hit Broadway musical about Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, a...

'Rover' an intense look into near future

Friday, 20 June 2014, 16:08 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Guy Pearce and Robert Pattinson star in this Australian dystopian crime drama from director David Michod.   Fusing a number of quasi-apocalyptic influences into a hybrid work with a pungent...

You thought it was tricky to train a dragon?

Thursday, 19 June 2014, 16:07 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

It's even trickier to take a much-admired animated film and make a sequel that feels satisfying and worthwhile. And it's harder still to balance the competing needs of stretching the story in...

Josh Trank to direct stand-alone 'Star Wars' film

Wednesday, 18 June 2014, 16:02 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Josh Trank will direct one of the planned stand-alone "Star Wars" films.   Lucasfilm announced Wednesday that the 30-year-old filmmaker will helm one of the two announced...

Inspired comic chemistry in '22 Jump St'

Tuesday, 17 June 2014, 16:01 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Things are always worse the second time around, the deputy police chief warns the buddy-cop team of Jenko and Schmidt in "22 Jump Street."   He's talking about their next...

'Edge of Tomorrow' the right kind of rerun

Monday, 16 June 2014, 15:58 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

The time-shifting sci-fi thriller "Edge of Tomorrow" has perfectly encapsulated what it is to be a summertime moviegoer. We're dropped into a battlefield of digital effects with the fate...

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