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'Lincoln,' 'Les Miz' look for big Oscar haul

Friday, 11 January 2013, 11:40 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Best-picture favorites for Thursday morning's Oscar nominations include "Lincoln," Steven Spielberg's portrait of the great emancipator who abolished slavery and reunified the United...

Here Comes The Boom

Thursday, 10 January 2013, 09:30 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

In the comedy Here Comes the Boom, former college wrestler Scott Voss (Kevin James) is a 42-year-old biology teacher in a failing high school. When cutbacks threaten to cancel the music program and...

Great Expectations

Thursday, 10 January 2013, 09:28 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Pip, a 10-year old orphan boy from a working class family, is surprised one winter's day by an escaped convict who demands food and tools to remove his chains. Terrified, Pip does as he's...

Gangster Squad

Thursday, 10 January 2013, 09:25 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Los Angeles, 1949. Ruthless, Brooklyn-born mob king Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn) runs the show in this town, reaping the ill-gotten gains from the drugs, the guns, the prostitutes and—if he has his...

Alex Cross

Thursday, 3 January 2013, 08:34 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

High-stakes game   Alex Cross follows the young homicide detective/psychologist (Tyler Perry), from the worldwide best-selling novels by James Patterson, as he meets his match in a serial...

Parental Guidance

Thursday, 3 January 2013, 08:30 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Bringing a family together   Artie Decker (Billy Crystal), who is accustomed to calling the shots, meets his match when he and his eager-to-please wife Diane (Bette Midler) agree to babysit...

Silver Linings Playbook

Thursday, 27 December 2012, 15:31 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Life doesnt always go according to planPat Solatano (Bradley Cooper) has lost everything -- his house, his job, and his wife. He now finds himself living back with his mother (Jacki Weaver) and father...

Pitch Perfect

Thursday, 27 December 2012, 15:30 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Beca (Oscar®- and Tony-nominated actress Anna Kendrick of Up in the Air, ParaNorman) is that girl who’d rather listen to what’s coming out of her headphones than what’s coming...

Jack Reacher

Thursday, 27 December 2012, 15:28 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

On a mundane morning in an average town, five people are randomly shot dead while going about their everyday lives. All of the evidence points to one man: A sharp-shooting assassin who also is...

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