Summer Movie Preview: Hollywood roars back into action
Thursday, 24 May 2018, 10:27
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
Summer starts early this year in Hollywood with the potentially record-breaking release of "Avengers: Infinity War" Thursday, and the marquee Marvel superheroes couldn't be coming at a better...
Road trips and redemption in Netflix's 'Kodachrome'
Wednesday, 23 May 2018, 10:25
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
The characters in the new film "Kodachrome ," a good-natured if by-the-numbers road trip and relationship drama with Jason Sudeikis, Elizabeth Olsen and Ed Harris, are enchanted by the analog. Music...
Mel Brooks still loves movies, just not streaming them
Tuesday, 22 May 2018, 10:22
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
Mel Brooks is just two months shy of his 92nd birthday and he still carves out time for movie nights with his pal Carl Reiner. The two just recently got together to watch a restoration of the 1938...
New film explores the best Broadway musicals you never saw
Monday, 21 May 2018, 10:21
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
If you've never heard of lavish musicals like "The Bathrooms Are Coming" or "Diesel Dazzle" you're not alone. Yet, these elaborate productions have borrowed the talents of some of Broadway's biggest...
Wealth of riches fuels rock band New Pornographers
Sunday, 28 September 2014, 16:53
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Soft-spoken A.C. Newman doesn't seem like a braggart. Yet he feels so strongly that his rock band, the New Pornographers, has just made its best work that a simple good review won't...
'The Roosevelts' spans a century of history
Saturday, 27 September 2014, 14:59
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Behold this saga of bygone titans, a trio on an epic scale who share the same name. The latest magnum opus from Ken Burns, "The Roosevelts: An Intimate History," premieres on PBS...
Wisecracking blogger doesn't pull punches
Saturday, 27 September 2014, 14:31
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
"People I Want to Punch in the Throat: Competitive Crafters, Drop-off Despots, and Other Suburban Scourges" (Ballantine Books), by Jen Mann It's not easy to endear yourself...
Chris and Moira release new album
Monday, 22 September 2014, 13:11
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Chris and Moira is now 20 years old and they are getting younger. They have celebrated their 20th anniversary with the release of their fourth album ninety nights and a Monday, went on a European tour...
Poetry exhibition and book launch at Mater Dei
Monday, 22 September 2014, 13:04
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
In the main foyer of Mater Dei Hospital between 24 September and 8 October, an exhibition of poetry posters by poet Lucilla Maclaren Spillane from her book of verse Another seeing and other poems,...
‘Preżenza – Inti Temmen fil-Ħares?’
Monday, 22 September 2014, 13:02
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Horizons has just published Preżenza, written by Michael Cini. Preżenza recounts a ghost story full of mystery and surprises, which keeps the reader hanging on edge. The story reveals a particular...