'Cha Cha' is poignant, surprising coming-of-age tale
Thursday, 4 May 2023, 11:01
Last update: about 3 years ago
Associated Press
The glow sticks. The neon lanyards. DJs playing wildly inappropriate songs. The mocktails, the tipsy grown-ups, the awkward adolescent kisses in photo booths. Finally, a feature film set on the...
Adam Sandler basketball drama, 'Hustle,' has game
Thursday, 4 May 2023, 11:00
Last update: about 3 years ago
Associated Press
By now you'd think you know what you're getting with an Adam Sandler sports movie. "Happy Gilmore" and "The Waterboy" have conditioned us to expect silly voices and left hooks from irritated game show...
A prison experiment gone wrong in 'Spiderhead'
Thursday, 4 May 2023, 10:59
Last update: about 3 years ago
Associated Press
George Saunders' short story "Escape from Spiderhead" is not, you might say, an obviously cinematic piece. It's the kind of subtly unsettling work — stark, moody and dialogue heavy — that...
Ken Follett's 'The Armor of Light' to come out September 26
Thursday, 4 May 2023, 10:54
Last update: about 3 years ago
Associated Press
Ken Follett is ready to wrap up his epic fictional chronicle of Western civilization. Viking announced Wednesday that the British author's "The Armor of Light" will be published Sept. 26,...
'Making Black America' details thriving while excluded
Tuesday, 2 May 2023, 12:16
Last update: about 3 years ago
Associated Press
America slammed the door in the face of Black progress time after time, and time after time African Americans responded by thriving in a society of their own making. When Black doctors were...
K-pop's NCT127 adds neo-chill hop to album repackage
Tuesday, 2 May 2023, 12:15
Last update: about 3 years ago
Associated Press
"Ay-Yo — The 4th Album Repackage" NCT127 (SM Entertainment) NCT127 should be credited as inventors of a new genre: neo-chill hop. Their upcoming repackage "Ay-Yo" of their fourth...
A deep dive into Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah'
Tuesday, 2 May 2023, 12:14
Last update: about 3 years ago
Leonard Cohen was deep in his career when he finally finished "Hallelujah." Well, the first version of "Hallelujah" — there would be many, many versions when all was said and done. He'd toiled...
New Orleans cocktail book shows city's elegant drink side
Tuesday, 2 May 2023, 12:09
Last update: about 3 years ago
Associated Press
If your idea of a New Orleans cocktail is a Kool-Aid colored, alcohol-heavy concoction served in a plastic hand grenade or a novelty glass resembling a hurricane lamp, stop thinking like a college...
An archaeology of the Maltese language
Sunday, 30 April 2023, 09:03
Last update: about 3 years ago
Noel Grima
If there exists five absolutely essential books about Malta, this must be one of them. It is often stated that our language is our DNA. We need to continually remind ourselves of this, especially...