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A deglamorized Aniston in the drab 'Cake'

Monday, 26 January 2015, 19:43 Last update: about 11 years ago

Ah, to de-glam. It's one of the surest shortcuts to newfound artistic appreciation: a bedraggled deviation into dowdy drama by a beautiful star. Acclaim by way of sweatpants. "Cake," in which...

Book balances funny, fragile times of Bob Hope

Monday, 26 January 2015, 19:28 Last update: about 11 years ago

At one time, Bob Hope was the hottest thing in comedy, a fresh face with a fresh delivery. Really. He was cutting edge in the 1930s, practically inventing the monologue as a delivery system for jokes....

New book for young adults

Monday, 26 January 2015, 15:29 Last update: about 11 years ago

At the age of 12 or so - even younger, at times - children stop identifying themselves as children and begin their search for their own identity, somewhere between childhood and adulthood. This is...

Malta Poema Viżiva – new style

Monday, 26 January 2015, 15:28 Last update: about 11 years ago

Horizons, the local publishers, have just released a new-style book entited Malta Poema Viżiva  by Victor Fenech. The book is a paean to the Maltese islands through selected episodes from...

The nine lives of the tugs

Monday, 26 January 2015, 15:25 Last update: about 11 years ago Noel Grima

Noel Grima There are, I expect, two ways how to approach the history of anything. One way is to list the bare facts. The other is to describe the context.When this book was launched, at the...

Greek singer Demis Roussos dies, aged 69

Monday, 26 January 2015, 13:26 Last update: about 11 years ago

Greek singer Demis Roussos, who sold more than 60 million albums worldwide, has died aged 69, the Hygeia Hospital in Athens has said. He was best known for his solo hits in the 1970s and 80s,...

Time is bent _ and gender, too _ in 'Predestination'

Sunday, 25 January 2015, 16:28 Last update: about 11 years ago

Time travel. There's hardly a more alluring fantasy in our pop culture, from the simplest depictions - children's cartoons, comic strips, romantic comedy films -to the "Interstellar" kind that you...

'Transformers' sequel leads Razzies 'worst-of' list

Sunday, 25 January 2015, 16:25 Last update: about 11 years ago

"Transformers: Age of Extinction" is rolling out with the most nominations at this year's Golden Raspberry Awards. The action sequel starring Mark Wahlberg alongside morphing robots led all films...

'The Girl on the Train' has realistic plot

Sunday, 25 January 2015, 16:13 Last update: about 11 years ago

How many times have you been on a train and wondered about the people who live near the tracks and leave their curtains open so that passersby can watch them? That voyeuristic view of lives as...

Ridley Scott talks religious casting, themes

Saturday, 24 January 2015, 16:22 Last update: about 11 years ago

Ridley Scott did not originally want to make "Exodus: Gods and Kings." "It's biblical, and I was afraid of all those associations," the 77-year-old filmmaker said. The script convinced him,...

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