'Love, Simon' breaks ground with a radical ordinariness
Monday, 9 April 2018, 09:01
Last update: about 10 years ago
Associated Press
"Love, Simon" is in many ways an ordinary high school film, one of those glossy, endlessly watchable and entertaining romps made in the vein of all those John Hughes classics of the 1980s with a...
Author nails newsroom culture in 'The Echo Killing'
Monday, 9 April 2018, 08:41
Last update: about 10 years ago
Associated Press
Young adult author Christi Daugherty's debut as a writer of adult mysteries launches a series about a Savannah, Georgia, crime reporter haunted by her mother's unsolved murder that shows great...
'Roseanne' revival aims to keep it real, Trump included
Friday, 6 April 2018, 12:18
Last update: about 10 years ago
Associated Press
Roseanne Barr looks spiffier, John Goodman slimmer. But the mass-market plaid couch is a giveaway that ABC's "Roseanne" revival hasn't ditched its roots. The blue-collar Conner family and the...
Ed Sheeran, Gaga, more to cover Elton John across 2 albums
Friday, 6 April 2018, 12:05
Last update: about 10 years ago
Associated Press
Elton John's songs will be reworked by top artists including Ed Sheeran, Lady Gaga, Willie Nelson and Chris Stapleton. John announced on Thursday the April 6 release of two albums. "Revamp" will...
In 'Death of Stalin,' a power vacuum full of comedy
Friday, 6 April 2018, 10:10
Last update: about 10 years ago
Associated Press
Just as history enshrines its heroes, it aggrandizes its villains. The most fearsome perpetrators of evil can become calcified in the horror of their atrocities. It becomes easy to imagine them...
'Dodging and Burning' is riveting debut by John Copenhaver
Friday, 6 April 2018, 09:57
Last update: about 10 years ago
Associated Press
"Dodging and Burning: a Mystery" (Pegasus Books), by John Copenhaver "Dodging and Burning" is a riveting debut by John Copenhaver. It tackles a story that's seldom explored in mysteries —...
Michael Laus performs Haydn, Schubert and Beethoven
Thursday, 5 April 2018, 12:25
Last update: about 10 years ago
Teatru Manoel presents a unique piano recital by the renowned Michael Laus on Wednesday, 11 April at 8pm at Teatru Manoel. Michael Laus is one of Malta's foremost and celebrated musicians both as...
Real stories fuel a 'golden age' of documentaries
Thursday, 5 April 2018, 12:17
Last update: about 10 years ago
Associated Press
You're on the couch. It's been a long day. The remote control is in your hand. What can you watch? There's that new CNN documentary series on the pope. Or maybe you're more in the mood for some...