Film Review | The Railway Man
Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman just about elevate this uneven wartime-trauma thriller from the dolodrums of mediocrity.
Film Review | Blue Jasmine
Woody Allen's latest comedy-drama hums merrily - if predictably - along, elevated from mediocrity only by Cate Blanchett's blistering performance as its neurotic,...
Top Hollywood screenwriting guru to set up institute in Malta

American scriptwriting guru Robert McKee, immortalised by actor Brian Cox in...

American scriptwriting guru Robert McKee, immortalised by...

Film Review | Rush

This biographical racing drama has all the makings of an Oscar success… which is probably also its Achilles’ heel.

This biographical racing drama has all the makings of an...

Tension on the high seas, smooth operation on set | Captain Phillips

With the Malta-filmed, Tom Hanks-starring thriller Captain Phillips out in...

With the Malta-filmed, Tom Hanks-starring thriller Captain...

Film Review | The Frozen Ground

It’s ironic just how by-the-numbers this based-on-a-true-story serial killer thriller really is.

It’s ironic just how by-the-numbers this...

Malta houses evil scientist in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D episode

Malta’s ‘beautiful tax laws’ attract rogue scientist to our shores in...

Malta’s ‘beautiful tax laws’ attract rogue scientist...

‘Good enough’ should not be good enough

As ‘Malta’s First Epic Movie’ makes its way to cinemas, the peculiar way...

As ‘Malta’s First Epic Movie’ makes its way to...

Film Review | Adormidera

A memorable strangeness seems to power the diction and the actors’ performances: the twanging panoply of Maltese-inflected sounds take you away from the...

A memorable strangeness seems to power the diction and the...

Medieval fantasy film ‘as Maltese as the George Cross’

Director Ray Mizzi and actor Andrei Claude speak to us about Adormidera, a...

Director Ray Mizzi and actor Andrei Claude speak to us...

Film Review | I’m So Excited!

Pedro Almodovar’s visionary talents are played for cheap laughs in this absurdist and often shallow airborne farce.

Pedro Almodovar’s visionary talents are played for cheap...

Trailer Park | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

The film event of the Christmas season gets a full-length trailer as The...

The film event of the Christmas season gets a full-length...

Film Review | Kick-Ass 2

It may lack depth and moral fibre, but Jeff Wadlow's sequel to 2010's hyper-violent amateur superhero romp more than makes up for it in dynamism.

It may lack depth and moral fibre, but Jeff Wadlow's sequel...

Film Review | Stuck in Love

Marco Attard opts for this lukewarm rom-com about struggling writers and their angst-ridden progeny in favour of the latest action blockbuster... but then...

Marco Attard opts for this lukewarm rom-com about...

Film Review | Red 2

It's a sequel that does the exact same thing its original did. But what it does is actually quite fun.

It's a sequel that does the exact same thing its original...

Maltese-born actor scores role on Game of Thrones

Joseph Gatt is being touted for the role of a war chief in the popular fantasy...

Joseph Gatt is being touted for the role of a war chief in...

Film Review | The Lone Ranger

Savaged by American critics, this Johnny Depp-starring reinvention of the Wild West hero is actually a fun romp. So much fun in fact, that it’s a shame...

Savaged by American critics, this Johnny Depp-starring...

Film Review | The Wolverine

Wolverine's last foray into a solo film away from the X-Men didn't go down very well, and though director James Mangold goes in with the best intentions to...

Wolverine's last foray into a solo film away from the X-Men...

The art of asking: crowdfunding and Malta

Could the phenomenon of crowdfunding – already a contested concept on an...

Could the phenomenon of crowdfunding – already a...

Film Review | Pacific Rim

A film about robots punching aliens may be as infantile as they get, but Guillermo del Toro’s latest sci-fi blockbuster is done with an earnest aplomb that...

A film about robots punching aliens may be as infantile as...