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'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...

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