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'Words' is a witty adult rom-com

Saturday, 31 May 2014, 14:54 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

If it wasn't for the charming top-liners who can make literary dialogue sound sexy in their sleep, the war in Fred Schepisi's "Words and Pictures" would have to be called off after...

Turkish drama 'Winter Sleep' wins Palme d'Or

Friday, 30 May 2014, 14:51 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

The richly ruminative Chekhovian drama "Winter Sleep" was awarded the Palme d'Or on Saturday, bestowing the Cannes Film Festival's top honor on an intimate, wintery epic...

The Immigrant a somber masterpiece

Thursday, 29 May 2014, 14:49 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Floating in past a misty Statue of Liberty, James Gray's "The Immigrant" somberly gathers its majesty as a metaphor-rich story of passage and survival. It's an old tale told with...

'Restrepo' documentarian returns with 'Korengal'

Wednesday, 28 May 2014, 14:45 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Sebastian Junger wants 84 minutes of moviegoers' time, especially civilian moviegoers.   In "Korengal," the filmmaker employs that amount of footage unused in his 2010...

Father: Allman film lawsuit part of 'wake-up call'

Tuesday, 27 May 2014, 14:34 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

The father of a young woman killed by a train on the set of a movie about Gregg Allman said Thursday the family is suing the singer and filmmakers as part of a "wakeup call" to make...

Barrymore can't save Sandler's 'Blended'

Monday, 26 May 2014, 14:14 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

To say that the new Adam Sandler movie, "Blended," is better than some of his other recent work — "Jack and Jill," for example — isn't saying much. After all, some...

Rogen, Efron wage comic war in 'Neighbors'

Sunday, 25 May 2014, 14:18 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

If ever two genres of film were inextricably intertwined, it would seem to be the frat house movie and the gross-out comedy. After all, do frats ever do anything that's NOT gross? Not in the...

'Palo Alto' promising debut for Gia Coppola

Saturday, 24 May 2014, 14:16 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

It took a dark tale of teens and a pedophile in a Northern California suburb for Gia Coppola, the granddaughter of Francis and niece of Sofia, to also become a filmmaker.   "Outsiders...

Jon Hamm's baseball film is corny but fun

Friday, 23 May 2014, 14:15 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Let's face it, there's something about a baseball movie that just invites corniness. The hardest hearts soften at the mere sound of a cracking bat. It's hard for a filmmaker to resist...

Jon Hamm goes wholesome as a sports agent in 'Arm'

Thursday, 22 May 2014, 14:13 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

To portray J.B. Bernstein, the sports agent behind the signing of the first two Indian Major Leaguers, Jon Hamm had to act like a noble guy in Disney's based-on-a-true-story "Million Dollar...

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