It's said that January is one of the prime months that Hollywood chooses to dump its most embarrassing films and "The Upside" doesn't exactly disprove that notion. Few films in memory have...

"The Killer Collective" (Thomas & Mercer), by Barry Eisler At first blush, Barry Eisler's new thriller resembles one of those cartoonish action movies in which a handful of retired covert...

Lorraine Toussaint welcomed the idea of intimacy coaches on television and film sets, even if the actress wasn't quite sure what the job entails. Informed that such coaches help stage scenes of...

Country superstar duo Brooks & Dunn got back in the studio together for the first time in about a decade to rework their classic songs with the next generation of country stars, including Kacey...

The premise for "Arctic " is so simple it's almost silly to describe: Stranded man tries to survive. It's also been done more than a few times in movies, so it's understandable if hearing that invokes...

"The Lost Man" (Flatiron Books), by Jane Harper The three Bright brothers, bonded by blood, history and the vagaries of the Australian outback, are the true lost men of Jane Harper's engrossing...

"I walked in, and I saw me!" What better accolade to a Led Zeppelin tribute band than the above from the great Robert Plant himself? Letz Zep is not only the best known and most successful...

Portelli's novel is set in Canada, his country of residence, but the major characters are Maltese-Canadians. The story starts with a number of news reports stating that a woman called Fajza has been...

This is a story in two parts, all about the same person. It tells the story of Sheilah Graham, from her poor beginnings in a poor house in London's most poor suburbs, an orphanage, to riches....

Teatru Manoel will be joining forces with local theatre bad boys Unifaun Theatre Productions to offer a unique and exhilarating staging of William Shakespeare's celebrated tragedy, Macbeth. Set...