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Jess Glynne to perform at this summer's Isle of MTV concert

Tuesday, 19 May 2015, 15:12 Last update: about 12 years ago

MTV and the Malta Tourism Authority said that British singer-songwriter and Grammy award winner Jess Glynne will this summer perform at the Isle of MTV Malta music festival. Marking its...

Dazzling 'Mad Max: Fury Road' is a can't miss thrill

Tuesday, 19 May 2015, 14:37 Last update: about 12 years ago

The moments are few and infrequent, but it's not until the fiery roar of the engines and the thrashing of the guitars are suddenly stripped away that you can fully feel how deeply the film has flooded...

'The Fall' is tantalizing legal thriller

Tuesday, 19 May 2015, 14:10 Last update: about 12 years ago

John Lescroart has written a terrific courtroom mystery as the main series characters take a backseat to defense attorney Rebecca Hardy, daughter of regular Dismas, who takes on a case involving Greg...

Having said goodnight

Monday, 18 May 2015, 14:44 Last update: about 12 years ago

Each of his literary outings has been a huge hit, both with critics but also - especially - with readers who even when not fans of Maltese literature flocked to his inimitable style of evocative,...

Il-leġġenda ta’ San Ġorġ u d-Dragun

Monday, 18 May 2015, 14:40 Last update: about 12 years ago

St George is one of the most revered saints in the Maltese islands, and the legend of St George slaying the dragon has been recounted to generation after generation. Yet, to date there was no local...

Vjoletta: Merlin’s latest picture book

Monday, 18 May 2015, 14:38 Last update: about 12 years ago

Picture books are great fun in themselves, but when they also help to encourage children towards a practical skill, then the book becomes twice as desirable. And which parent of young children hasn't...

Witherspoon and Vergara crash in 'Hot Pursuit'

Monday, 18 May 2015, 14:31 Last update: about 12 years ago

"Hot Pursuit" has all the trappings of a buddy comedy except that whole comedy part. The pairing of Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara, like the recent Will Ferrell, Kevin Hart comedy "Get...

Plus ça change…

Monday, 18 May 2015, 14:27 Last update: about 12 years ago

Murder, conspiracy, blackmail, kidnapping, and a coup d'état are the order of the day in Wayne Flask (aka Satiristan)'s black comedy 'Sibna z-Zejt'. Also featuring the Church and various other...

A colorful account of the birth of modern art in Paris

Monday, 18 May 2015, 13:52 Last update: about 12 years ago

At the dawn of the 20th century the Parisian district of Montmartre was still largely rural, a hillside village dotted with windmills, vineyards and tumbledown shacks. There, a ragtag band of...

Wiig captivates in funny, disturbing 'Welcome to Me'

Sunday, 17 May 2015, 14:58 Last update: about 12 years ago

There's dark comedy, and then there's take-no-prisoners, dare-you-to-keep-looking dark comedy. Kristen Wiig's "Welcome to Me" falls decidedly in the latter category, making us laugh but feel deeply...

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