'Armstrong Lie' tracks his rise and fall
Wednesday, 13 November 2013, 12:50
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Lance Armstrong didn't just repeatedly lie about doping during his seven Tour de France wins, but he maintained and even flaunted those lies through ill-gotten power — and he still believes...
Book celebrates StoryCorps' 10-year anniversary
Wednesday, 13 November 2013, 12:41
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
"Ties That Bind: Stories of Love & Gratitude From the First Ten Years of StoryCorps" (The Penguin Press), by Dave Isay Ten years ago this month a small sound studio opened in...
Gyptian brings the heat on 4th album
Tuesday, 12 November 2013, 13:27
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Gyptian, "Sex, Love & Reggae" (VP Records) After the Nicki Minaj-assisted 2010 hit, "Hold You," reggae star Gyptian returns with his fourth album, which is a subtle...
'5th Estate' stimulating but too frenetic
Tuesday, 12 November 2013, 12:49
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Ripped from headlines that still feel wet, "The Fifth Estate" dramatizes the fast, controversial rise of anonymous-whistleblower website WikiLeaks and its figurehead, Julian...
Author traces harrowing US nuclear near misses
Tuesday, 12 November 2013, 12:30
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
"Command and Control" (The Penguin Press), by Eric Schlosser Three days after John. F. Kennedy's inauguration, a B-52 went into an uncontrolled spin above North Carolina,...
Thor takes a hit for womankind
Saturday, 9 November 2013, 12:15
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Natalie Portman says hitting Chris Hemsworth was "one small slap for womankind." The actress, who reprises her role as Jane Foster in "Thor: The Dark World," gives the...
The distilled survival tale 'All Is Lost'
Friday, 8 November 2013, 12:14
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
What floats your boat? Do you like your movies with dialogue, multiple characters, complex story lines — you know, stuff? Or can a film without the benefit of such things fill your...
'The Goldfinch' is a tale of art and loss
Friday, 8 November 2013, 12:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
"The Goldfinch" (Little, Brown & Co.), by Donna Tartt This absorbing novel begins when an ordinary excursion to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City by 13-year-old...