'42' is classy but tame Robinson tale
Monday, 22 April 2013, 15:43
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
Jackie Robinson was the ideal class act to break the barrier and become the first black player in Major League Baseball. Writer-director Brian Helgeland's Robinson biopic...
'Last Exorcism' lacks genuine scares
Sunday, 10 March 2013, 12:59
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
This sequel to the breakout horror-film hit finds its young heroine once again undergoing the titular ritual. Instantly rendering the title of its first installment moot, "The Last...
'Snitch a well-made yarn about drug world
Saturday, 9 March 2013, 12:52
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
Although it sometimes accompanies fine films such as "Zero Dark Thirty" and "Argo," the phrase "inspired by a true story" tacked onto the front of a movie too often warns...
Park Chan-wook's lurid melodrama 'Stoker'
Friday, 8 March 2013, 12:50
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
A spider crawls up the leg of 18-year-old India Stoker (Mia Wasikowska) early in Park Chan-wook's English-language debut, "Stoker," and she regards it passively,...
Movie 43
Thursday, 7 March 2013, 12:31
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
From the twisted minds of producers Peter Farrelly (Hall Pass, Shallow Hal) and Charles Wessler (There’s Something About Mary, Dumb & Dumber), comes Movie 43 -- the outrageous new ensemble...
I Give It A Year
Thursday, 7 March 2013, 12:30
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
I Give It A Year is a brand new comedy from the writer of Borat and Bruno that lifts the veil on the realities of the first year of marriage. Since they met at a party, ambitious...
A lively, detailed 'Giant Slayer'
Wednesday, 6 March 2013, 15:11
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
A big-budget, effects-laden, 3-D retelling of the Jack and the Beanstalk legend may seem like the unlikeliest pairing yet of director Bryan Singer and writer Christopher McQuarrie, but "Jack the...
'21 & Over' an all-night rager
Tuesday, 5 March 2013, 15:21
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
If you liked "The Hangover" but felt like it needed more projectile vomit, stampeding buffaloes and naughty sorority pledges being spanked, then "21 & Over" is the feel-good,...
Young Afghan actor's family proud of Oscar nod
Wednesday, 27 February 2013, 16:05
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
Relatives of the young Afghan star of "Buzkashi Boys" expressed more pride than disappointment upon learning on Monday that the Oscar-nominated movie didn't win. Fawad...
'Sugar Man' finds documentary prize at Oscars
Tuesday, 26 February 2013, 14:10
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
"Searching for Sugar Man," the heartwarming chronicle of a forgotten musician's rediscovery, has won the Academy Award for best documentary feature. Directed by the Swedish...