'Jane the Virgin' creator says finale should bring closure
Tuesday, 19 February 2019, 09:49
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
The upcoming final season of "Jane the Virgin" is already drawing tears. The CW show's creator, Jennie Snyder Urman, said she's crying in the editing room as she works on the concluding episodes...
Dave Keuning's solo album has a homemade feel, alas
Tuesday, 19 February 2019, 09:41
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
Dave Keuning, "Prismism" (Thirty Tigers) The Killers' founding member and guitarist Dave Keuning shows off some very different sides of his music on a new solo album. The question is who besides...
'Transformers' gets a great saviour in 'Bumblebee'
Tuesday, 19 February 2019, 09:23
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
The "Transformers" movie universe has lately been leaky and rusted out. It's become shorthand for bad blockbuster moviemaking — male-driven, mindless spectaculars with sophomoric humor. How can...
Ruffin's debut novel is challenging, thought-provoking
Tuesday, 19 February 2019, 09:15
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
"We Cast a Shadow" (One World), by Maurice Carlos Ruffin A fear-driven, racially charged world is the land in which the narrator of "We Cast a Shadow" lives. Half the black community — and...
Gates hopes to enlighten Americans about Reconstruction
Monday, 18 February 2019, 09:47
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
Historian Henry Louis Gates can trace the roots of his upcoming PBS documentary about the Reconstruction to his days in school, when he'd hear about the end of slavery during the Civil War, then...
Gunn adds intimacy to guitar-led folk-rock album
Monday, 18 February 2019, 09:44
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
Steve Gunn, "The Unseen In Between" (Matador) Steve Gunn has teamed up with stellar musicians over the years, from Kurt Vile to Michael Chapman, and his own albums — little gems like "Time...
Deerhunter balances bleak with upbeat on new album
Monday, 18 February 2019, 09:39
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
Deerhunter, "Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared?" (4AD) Leveled, steady, Bradford Cox coaxes, "Come on down from that cloud/And cast your fears aside." That perfect line leads...
Laurel and Hardy movie 'Stan & Ollie' is a joy
Monday, 18 February 2019, 09:21
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
There are lot of movies in theaters right now trying to grab your attention, and dollars, from big superhero spectacles and musical extravaganzas to awards darlings and wannabes. It's easy to...
'Nowhere Child' is Christian White's stunning debut
Monday, 18 February 2019, 09:13
Last update: about 8 years ago
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"The Nowhere Child: a Novel" (Minotaur), by Christian White A young woman's fond memories of her happy childhood and loving parents are turned upside down when she learns she may have been...
All about books: literary events at the Campus Book Fest 2019
Friday, 15 February 2019, 12:54
Last update: about 8 years ago
The Campus Book Festival, organised by the National Book Council in collaboration with Għaqda tal-Malti - Università, is now in its sixth edition, and from its inception it has aimed at...