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Hemsworth leads a solid wartime film in '12 Strong'

Friday, 2 March 2018, 14:18 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

In the days and months following the Sept. 11 attacks, a small U.S. Special Forces unit led an offensive against the Taliban and Al Qaeda in Afghanistan. They worked in harsh conditions alongside a...

Domestic thriller melds with spy novel in 'Need to Know'

Friday, 2 March 2018, 14:09 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

"Need to Know" (Ballantine Books), by Karen Cleveland The domestic thriller melds with the spy novel in Karen Cleveland's entertaining and quite plausible "Need to Know." Espionage novels...

Supreme Court asked to review 'Making a Murderer' confession

Thursday, 1 March 2018, 14:49 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Lawyers for a Wisconsin inmate featured in the "Making a Murderer" series on Netflix asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to review a federal appeals court decision that held his confession was...

Tom Jones among artists singing Elmore James' blues

Thursday, 1 March 2018, 14:45 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Various Artists, "Strange Angels: In Flight With Elmore James" (Sylvan Songs) Elmore James has been dead 54 years, and the blues aren't doing too well either. This lively tribute album gives both...

Documentary looks back wistfully look at Obama-era diplomacy

Thursday, 1 March 2018, 14:15 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Greg Barker had assembled nearly all his footage for "The Final Year," a behind-the-scenes look at President Barack Obama's globe-trotting foreign policy team, when something unexpected happened...

Burke's 'The Wife' is solid domestic thriller

Thursday, 1 March 2018, 14:06 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

"The Wife" (Harper), by Alafair Burke The issue of sexual harassment and assault gets a new spin in Alafair Burke's gripping new novel, "The Wife." With a fine eye for believable characters and...

Unique concert of Mozart’s Sacred Music

Thursday, 1 March 2018, 13:30 Last update: about 10 years ago

As part of this season's Teatru Manoel BOV Opera Week, Teatru Manoel presents a concert by Maltese soprano Miriam Gauci with the Goldberg Ensemble conducted by Michael Laus on 10th March at 7.30pm at...

West End leading lady for Malta’s ‘Mamma Mia’

Thursday, 1 March 2018, 10:56 Last update: about 10 years ago

Local theatre fans are in for a huge treat when West End leading lady Charlotte Gorton takes to the stage in Mamma Mia later this year, as part of FM Theatre's mammoth 20th anniversary theatrical...

The Royal Opera presents ‘Carmen’ live at Eden Cinemas

Wednesday, 28 February 2018, 11:02 Last update: about 10 years ago

The Royal Opera presents Georges Bizet's Carmen - one of the most famous and popular operas ever written - live at Eden Cinemas on Tuesday, 6 March at 7.45pm in a new production by Australian director...

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