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Neil Young's 'The Monsanto Years' attacks corporate greed

Thursday, 23 July 2015, 16:24 Last update: about 12 years ago

Neil Young's voice, playing and passion are undimmed, but his lyrical talent is diminished in much of this new album, which - as the title "The Monsanto Years" suggests - is obsessed with what he...

Marvel's 'Ant-Man' is smaller but still not fun size

Thursday, 23 July 2015, 15:34 Last update: about 12 years ago

If ever there was a sworn devotee - a chanting, face-painted worshipper - of the Big, it is Marvel. So the prospect that Ant-Man, the miniscule Mighty Mouse of Marvel's stable of powerhouses,...

Laurent Ropa

Thursday, 23 July 2015, 15:00 Last update: about 12 years ago

The historicity of Maltese seafaring knows its origins from the earliest of times; whether exploring, pirateering or indeed migrating in search of brighter days. The great migratory waves however...

Homophones, synonyms and more from Jason Isbell

Wednesday, 22 July 2015, 16:23 Last update: about 12 years ago

Sometimes Jason Isbell's words work best on paper, because that's how it goes with homophones. "I thought that I was running, too, but I was running from," he sings on a bouncy paean to the pursuit of...

Arnold (but little else) is back in 'Terminator'

Wednesday, 22 July 2015, 15:34 Last update: about 12 years ago

Thirty-one years and counting, and the Terminators keep rolling off the assembly line like new iPhones, upgraded with shape-shifting abilities, rebooted Sarah Conner assassination levels and, one...

X’Aħna Smart/A smart narrator

Wednesday, 22 July 2015, 14:58 Last update: about 12 years ago

For most adults, dealing with the world of teenagers feels like gazing at an abstract work of art of which they cannot make sense. A kind of mystery that retains its cryptic nature, even though it is...

Campbell steps front and center with wife

Tuesday, 21 July 2015, 16:22 Last update: about 12 years ago

Larry Campbell is a highly regarded producer and ridiculously versatile sideman who can play about any instrument you hand him. Even so, like many males, Campbell might have married out of his...

A prequel for the pipsqueaks called 'Minions'

Tuesday, 21 July 2015, 15:31 Last update: about 12 years ago

Sidekicks rarely shine when thrust into the spotlight, but what about a few hundred of them? The Minions, having been the best part of the two previous "Despicable Me" movies, have swarmed the...

Xbihat Fuq It-Tila

Tuesday, 21 July 2015, 14:54 Last update: about 12 years ago

Horizons Communications has published another book written by Salv Sammut, Xbihat fuq it-Tila (Figures in a Landscape). The title instantly implies an element of symbolism and metaphor of imagined...

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