A lively, detailed 'Giant Slayer'
Wednesday, 6 March 2013, 15:11
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
A big-budget, effects-laden, 3-D retelling of the Jack and the Beanstalk legend may seem like the unlikeliest pairing yet of director Bryan Singer and writer Christopher McQuarrie, but "Jack the...
Book chronicles journalists' history-making race
Wednesday, 6 March 2013, 14:58
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
"Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's History Making Race Around the World" (Ballantine Books), by Matthew Goodman Americans have always loved a good race. From...
A welcome return for Harris, Crowell
Tuesday, 5 March 2013, 15:55
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell, "Old Yellow Moon" (Nonesuch) "Old Yellow Moon" is a reunion album of sorts that explores musical paths Emmylou Harris and Rodney...
'21 & Over' an all-night rager
Tuesday, 5 March 2013, 15:21
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
If you liked "The Hangover" but felt like it needed more projectile vomit, stampeding buffaloes and naughty sorority pledges being spanked, then "21 & Over" is the feel-good,...
A clear look at Scientology and its believers
Tuesday, 5 March 2013, 15:16
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
"Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, & the Prison of Belief" (Alfred A. Knopf), by Lawrence Wright Pulitzer Prize winner Lawrence Wright's new book about Scientology,...
Working with the Music Masters
Sunday, 3 March 2013, 17:43
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
The Malta Arts Festival will present a three-day residency for string quartets with Kronos Quartet between 30 June and 2 July 2013. The residency is a unique opportunity to work with one of the...
Strada Stretta English edition now on sale
Sunday, 3 March 2013, 17:08
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The English edition of the best seller ‘StradaStretta It-Triq li darba Xegħlet il-Belt’ has just been published. This translation by George Cini, who also wrote the original Maltese...
Remarkable coincidences and déjà vu
Sunday, 3 March 2013, 16:16
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Remarkable coincidences feature prominently in this slim volume of short stories and essays by established Maltese author, Lillian Sciberras, also well known for her published verse. These...
The choral book that survived the Great Siege
Sunday, 3 March 2013, 16:14
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
On Easter Monday, 1 April 1532, the Paschal Candle, left alight after the Easter celebrations in St Lawrence Church, Vittoriosa, caused a fire which gutted parts of the church. The church...
FellowFish new album out today
Sunday, 3 March 2013, 15:45
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
FellowFish is releasing its album today, 3 March. Lead singer and writer Keith Anthony is accompanied by Christophe Ladret on percussions/drums and Kristian Vella on guitars, together, this core trio...