Too bad this 'Nut Job' isn't nuttier
Friday, 24 January 2014, 13:21
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Not all rats look exactly alike, even animated ones. But there's a real resemblance between a rat in "The Nut Job," the new film by Peter Lepeniotis, and Remy, the main character in...
Book on the refugee experience in Malta
Thursday, 23 January 2014, 13:40
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Ir-Refuġjati f’Ħajti (Refugees in My Life) - by Charles Buttigieg the first Refugee Commissioner in Malta – was launched this week on the occasion of World Day of Migrants and...
Superb action scenes anchor 'Survivor'
Thursday, 23 January 2014, 13:19
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
With all the talk about fact-based films and how accurate they should or shouldn't be, it's worth noting that some stories are best brought to screen as simply and purely as...
'Pieces' author Frey has multibook, media deal
Thursday, 23 January 2014, 12:53
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
The author of the discredited memoir "A Million Little Pieces" has a multibook, multimedia deal with HarperCollins for a young-adult series called "Endgame." The...
Rosanne Cash explores her Southern roots
Wednesday, 22 January 2014, 14:22
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Rosanne Cash, "The River & The Thread" (Blue Note) The songs on "The River & The Thread" rock like a cradle, and the rhythm rings true while Rosanne Cash...
'Ride Along' offers laughs along the way
Wednesday, 22 January 2014, 13:13
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Joining the ranks of odd-couple police comedies, "Ride Along" delivers laughs over action, with loudmouthed funnyman Kevin Hart driving the hilarity. Stepping into the role of...
'Fear Nothing' is vivid psychological narrative
Wednesday, 22 January 2014, 12:51
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
"Fear Nothing" (Dutton), by Lisa Gardner Nobody writes about the psychological aspects of working in law enforcement better than Lisa Gardner. She can take potentially disturbing...
Ramshackle R&B from Cebar on new album
Tuesday, 21 January 2014, 14:21
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Paul Cebar Tomorrow Sound, "Fine Rude Thing" (Groovesburg Joys) Within the narrow confines of 1960s R&B, Paul Cebar throws a lot at the wall. And most of his shtick...
Reeves comes off bogus in 'Ronin'
Tuesday, 21 January 2014, 13:11
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
In Japan, the story of the 47 ronin is so central to the country's national identity that a special word exists for the act of retelling it: Chushingura. But despite this long tradition of...