Jolie, Marvel superheroes bewitch Disney expo
Wednesday, 14 August 2013, 16:21
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Angelina Jolie cast a spell on the crowd at the D23 Expo. The star of the upcoming film "Maleficent" appeared on stage at the Disney extravaganza for a Saturday presentation...
Burke's latest novel is a superb crime story
Wednesday, 14 August 2013, 15:57
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
"Light of the World" (Simon & Schuster), by James Lee Burke The themes in James Lee Burke's lyrical, allegorical crime novels rarely change, but each new book delves more...
Tunstall eloquently contemplates mortality
Tuesday, 13 August 2013, 16:41
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
K.T. Tunstall, "Invisible Empire/Crescent Moon" (Blue Note) "We are fighters in our prime," K.T. Tunstall sings to her father on her new album, and the words resonate...
'Elysium' is imaginative but falls short
Tuesday, 13 August 2013, 16:20
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Of all the movie villains we've met lately, few are stranger than Delacourt, Jodie Foster's evil, white-blonde, power-suited and power-hungry defense official in "Elysium," the...
Book explores the lives of the world's paramedics
Tuesday, 13 August 2013, 15:55
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
"Paramedico: Around the World by Ambulance" (The Friday Project, an imprint of HarperCollins), by Benjamin Gilmour Benjamin Gilmour's book "Paramedico" explores the...
This boy just wants to have fun: Thicke loosens up
Monday, 12 August 2013, 16:40
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Robin Thicke is enjoying a pop culture moment with the upbeat Marvin Gaye-esque single "Blurred Lines," but the song didn't click with his record label when he previewed it last...
Aniston, Sudeikis have comedic chemistry together
Monday, 12 August 2013, 16:16
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
It doesn't take much to get Jennifer Aniston and Jason Sudeikis going on a good comedic riff. Just the mention of some random subject and the two engage in banter like they're reading...
A novelist's pub crawl across the Muslim world
Monday, 12 August 2013, 15:53
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
"The Wet and the Dry: A Drinker's Journey" (Crown), by Lawrence Osborne Looking to deal with a serious drinking problem, British novelist and travel writer Lawrence Osborne...
Glen Campbell reimagines some of his hits
Saturday, 10 August 2013, 15:47
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Glen Campbell, "See You There" (Surfdog) At 77 and stricken with Alzheimer's disease, Glen Campbell looks back at a lifetime of work on "See You There." He revisits...