'About Last Night' redo tempers melodrama
Monday, 17 February 2014, 14:21
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
There can never be too many tales about a one-night stand turned long-term love affair. Perhaps the allure comes from the hope that anyone can fall hard, despite the lack of a courtship....
‘That Awkward Moment' average at best
Sunday, 16 February 2014, 14:39
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
As Zac Efron tears up and professes his love to a pert blonde who gave it up on the first night, it's clear the story line of romantic comedy "That Awkward Moment" has gone too...
'Monuments Men' a misstep for Clooney
Saturday, 15 February 2014, 14:36
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
George Clooney, movie director, started out with so much promise. He began with two stories about television's power, both to distort reality ("Confessions of a Dangerous...
'Lego Movie' built to be a better toy film
Friday, 14 February 2014, 14:33
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
Toy movies occupy a spot on the respectability meter somewhere between talking dog films and "Showgirls." Even in a business not always known for the most honorable of...
Labor Day,' as mushy as a warm peach pie
Thursday, 13 February 2014, 14:31
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
If you've seen the trailer for "Labor Day," Jason Reitman's film based on the novel by Joyce Maynard, then you've caught a glimpse of a new breakout star, who threatens to...
Jesse Eisenberg cast as Lex Luthor
Wednesday, 12 February 2014, 14:29
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
Warner Bros. says Jesse Eisenberg will play Lex Luthor in the studio's planned Superman-Batman film. The casting of the 30-year-old Eisenberg was met with a wave of surprise on...
'Infinitely Polar' about director's troubled youth
Tuesday, 11 February 2014, 14:23
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
At the beginning of Maya Forbes' directorial debut, "Infinitely Polar Bear," we meet two young sisters who are locked inside a car with their mother as protection from their father...
'Lone Survivor' a brutal tribute to Navy SEALs
Friday, 31 January 2014, 15:27
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
Marcus Luttrell, the former Navy SEAL whose deadly mission in Afghanistan has been turned into the film "Lone Survivor," strides into a hotel room for an interview, trailed by his...
Growing up in Africa impacts "Walking Dead" actor
Thursday, 30 January 2014, 15:23
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
Growing up in Zimbabwe and visiting South Africa as a young woman helped forge Danai Gurira's passion for producing theater in Africa. As a young girl, she saw how females could be...
'Grace of Monaco' to open Cannes Film Festival
Wednesday, 29 January 2014, 15:20
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
The big-budget biopic "Grace of Monaco" will hold its world premiere at the opening of the Cannes Film Festival in May, after its original release date was twice...