'Insidious' sequel delivers scares, laughs
Thursday, 3 October 2013, 15:45
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Three years after "Insidious" introduced moviegoers to the Lambert family and its troubling connection to the spirit world, the stars and filmmakers have reunited for another installment....
De Niro takes over Gandolfini miniseries role
Wednesday, 2 October 2013, 15:44
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
De Niro takes over Gandolfini miniseries role HBO says Robert De Niro will step into a project that was thrown into question by the death of James Gandolfini. HBO said...
'Cloudy 2' _ gorgeous visuals, cheesy puns
Tuesday, 1 October 2013, 15:43
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
The FLDSMDFR lives! It's not too much of a spoiler to tell you that, because without the FLDSMDFR, more precisely known as the Flint Lockwood Diatonic Super Mutating Dynamic Food...
Baggage Claim' lost on arrival
Monday, 30 September 2013, 15:42
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Sometimes you have to travel 30,000 miles just to appreciate the guy who lives down the hall — or so goes "Baggage Claim," a movie about a Flight Attendant Barbie type who runs herself...
'Thanks for Sharing' is funny but shallow
Sunday, 29 September 2013, 15:23
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
With a subject as specific as sex addiction, comparisons to 2011's "Shame" are inevitable. That dark drama was a deep-probe character study, intensely focused on a man consumed by his...
Sturdy Diesel, lousy dialogue in 'Riddick'
Saturday, 28 September 2013, 15:22
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
"Somewhere along the way I lost a step," says Vin Diesel, aka that gravelly voiced, visually impaired, planet-hopping outlaw and badass they call Riddick. "I went and got...
'Salinger' takes a kitchen-sink approach
Friday, 27 September 2013, 15:20
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
"Reclusive." Is that an adjective, or is it actually part of J.D. Salinger's name? The word has been used so often to describe the famous writer, one could be forgiven for thinking it...
'Prisoners' a gripping, smart revenge saga
Thursday, 26 September 2013, 15:19
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Parenting involves countless mundane decisions — dozens a day. But as any parent knows, the potential for tragedy stemming from a wrong decision is never far from the surface of the mind. What...
Populaire' is a love letter to '50s films
Wednesday, 25 September 2013, 15:14
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
"Mad Men" meets "The Artist" in "Populaire," a superbly crafted, finely acted but somewhat shallow retro rom-com about a young French secretary who, with the help of her...
De Niro, Pfeiffer shine in flawed 'Family'
Tuesday, 24 September 2013, 15:05
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Talk about a promising duo for a dark mob comedy: Robert De Niro, whose mob-film pedigree needs no explanation, and Michelle Pfeiffer, who was, after all, "Married to the...