Former Governor will star in no less than three movies in next 12 months
The return of the bloody Texas Chainsaw franchise sliced up movie box-office rivals with a surprise win over the weekend, grabbing an estimated $23 million (€17.6 million) in US and Canadian ticket sales. The new Texas Chainsaw 3D pulled past Quentin...
Harry Potter’s wholesome sidekick Hermione Granger has been voted the best big screen role model in a poll of young film fans. The smart student, played in the films by Emma Watson, picked up almost a fifth of the votes (19 per cent) in the...
Oscar-winning actress Helen Mirren finally got her wish, receiving a star along the Hollywood Walk of Fame right next to dashing fellow Briton Colin Firth. “I couldn’t be prouder and more happy that I’m actually going to finally lie next to Colin...
Empire Cinema Complex has launched 4K high-resolution screening, offering cinema-goers the opportunity to enjoy film productions that are four times sharper than first- generation digital projectors. The launch happened as part of the complex’s...
By his own admission, he is “one of those souls who is torn between two countries”, namely Australia, where he was born, and Malta – or more precisely, Gozo – where singer-songwriter Joseph Portelli grew up and essentially found his first musical...
Now in its third year the Rockna radio show that I host is preparing to welcome more of Malta’s bands and artists in its studio at Radio 101. To date, the show has featured over 140 different local acts, among them a few artists who are based abroad...
Formerly a member of French folk rock band Herman Dune, Stanley Brinks has, as of 2007, pursued a separate career, mining a more organic musical vein that is most evident in his most recent work. Released last November, the album Ħafna Xita, as the...
U2 frontman Bono. As he has done for the past four years, charismatic U2 frontman Bono spent Christmas Eve with some of his famous friends busking around the streets of Dublin. Joining Glen Hansard, Damien Rice, Sinead O’Connor, Paddy Casey, Liam...
Save your Smile is the latest offering from local artist Corazon. The song was written and penned by the artist herself, with arrangements and production by Dean Muscat and Boris Cezek. Though not her first English language release, Corazon is mostly...
He scored a massive hit with signature song Crazy Train back in the 1980s, and while the song continues to sell well – it is one of the top-selling ringtones – Ozzy Osbourne might want to consider re-recording a Crazy Plane version this time. Strange...
(Week ending December 30, 2012)
Sally Jackson, bassoon soloist with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, leads Peter Farrugia through the world of period music. The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment is unique. It’s powered by a self-defining ethos that runs counter to the...
Charlene Vella reviews The Art and History of Counting Prayers.
Paul Xuereb reviews this year’s panto at the Manoel Theatre by Masquerade.
Lisa Baldacchino reviews the the Tate Modern’s recent showcasing of some of Damien Hirst’s most controversial works. What is it about Damien Hirst that has both lovers and haters flocking to see his work? Thrown into the spotlight by none other than...
La Bayadere, a three-act ballet that takes the audience on a journey to ancient India, depicting the country in all its traditions, culture, religion and rich colours, will be staged in Malta in a visual spectacle that combines some of Malta’s and...
Senate steps up pressure over response to Zero Dark Thirty
Long-awaited fantasy trilogy ends 2012 at number one
New figures show rival period dramas Call The Midwife and Downton Abbey outshone Coronation Street in the Christmas Day battle of the period dramas. Overnight audience ratings issued last week suggested Corrie was the second most popular show of the...
Selections to be known on January 10 with the winners announced on February 24
2012 box office dominated by foreign films for first time in four years
Karaoke fans rejected the traditional sentiments of Auld Lang Syne this New Year and saw in 2013 Gangnam Style, according to a new poll in the UK. The K-Pop rapper Psy’s worldwide hit single topped a chart to find the most sung song in the UK on New...
TheatreThe Curse of Snow WhiteManoel Theatre Fairy tales make great fodder for reconstruction because their plots allow for flexibility and often the magic that accompanies them is used to great advantage in solving problems and closing plot...
In 1937 the famous French photographer, Henri Cartier-Bresson was in London on assignment to cover the coronation of King George VI for the French weekly Regards. He took no photographs of the King but instead focused on the monarch’s adorning subjects...
Parental Guidance (2012)Certified: UDuration: 105 minutesDirected by: Andy FickmanStarring: Billy Crystal, Bette Midler, Marisa Tomei, Tom Everett Scott, Bailee Madison, Joshua Rush, Kyle Harrison, Mavrick Moreno, Madison LintzKRS release Billy Crystal...
Film tries to revive franchise in vain
Wagner, Verdi and a myriad of waltzes will broadcast live to 81 countries when the Vienna Philharmonic kicks off 2013 with its traditional New Year’s Concert today. The event – sold out over a year in advance and followed by millions around the world –...
Elvis Presley, The Beatles and Neil Armstrong top the list
First of all, thank you Red Electrick for providing me with an appropriate title for this article, which is essentially a concise round-up of local musical goings-on that tickled my fancy during the past 12 months. Indeed, much in the fashion that has...
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