Look out, Buzz. There's another good toy movie out
Monday, 12 August 2019, 11:02
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
There are two movies opening this weekend that feature iconic anthropomorphic dolls. Be very careful which one you choose. "Toy Story 4" has the usual gang of lovable toys led by Woody and Buzz....
Super sleuth Harry Hole at his sharpest in 'Knife'
Monday, 12 August 2019, 11:01
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
"Knife," by Jo Nesbø (Alfred A. Knopf) Full disclosure: I am not a Harry Hole junkie. I saw the movie version of "The Snowman," the seventh in the now dozen novels featuring Michael...
Documentary series examines cost of small-town vigilantism
Thursday, 8 August 2019, 14:23
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
It's been 38 years since a man named Ken Rex McElroy was shot to death by an angry crowd in the dusty farming community of Skidmore, Missouri. And for 38 years, the case has remained...
K.Flay celebrates all her sides on CD 'Solutions'
Thursday, 8 August 2019, 14:21
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
K.Flay, "Solutions" (Night Street Records/Interscope) It's always been hard to pin down K.Flay's music. She's a bit of a sonic chameleon, mixing elements of hip-hop, rock and indie pop with moods...
Florence Pugh goes down a dark rabbit hole in 'Midsommar'
Thursday, 8 August 2019, 14:16
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
How does one willingly, even eagerly, walk into a sunlit nightmare like Ari Aster's "Midsommar"? For Florence Pugh, the motivation came while watching the camera zoom between Toni Collette's legs in a...
'Last Witnesses' offers children's memories of WWII
Thursday, 8 August 2019, 14:13
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
"Last Witnesses: An Oral History of the Children of World War II," by Svetlana Alexievich (Random House) Does anyone suffer more in wartime than a child? All they know is at risk — parents,...
MPO premieres The Rite of Spring for the first time in Malta
Wednesday, 7 August 2019, 10:18
Last update: about 8 years ago
The Malta Philharmonic Orchestra will be performing Stravinsky's revolutionary work The Rite of Spring for the first time in Malta on Saturday 14 September. Commissioned by Diaghilev, the work...
Boogie down at Gianpula to Save Valletta’s Skyline
Wednesday, 7 August 2019, 10:16
Last update: about 8 years ago
The 1970s are set to return to Gianpula Main Room on 9 November, in a one-night-only disco-tastic event that follows last year's astoundingly successful ABBA Revival concert. In support of the...
Difrejn Il-Falkun
Wednesday, 7 August 2019, 09:05
Last update: about 8 years ago
Author: Richard Attard. Published by Horizons Difrejn Il-Falkun is Richard Attard's fourth novel. This thriller opens with Louis Briffa's poem Falco peregrinus / Lill-falkun Gustav -...