iBoy is yet another example of British cinema being able to strip down genre stories to their essentials and deliver up a product that, while hardly brimming with originality,...
For better or for worse, we are all framed by our fears and the horror genre is perfectly poised to express this fact of human existence • 4/5
European Film Festival at Eden Cinemas shines light beyond the mainstream
Tying in with Eden’s Side Street initiative, the festival showcases independent movies that demonstrate quality, innovation and creativity in both form...
Tying in with Eden’s Side Street initiative, the...
Feature film ‘Papillon’ completes filming in Malta
Filming in Malta for the remake of ‘Papillon’, starring Charlie...
Filming in Malta for the remake of ‘Papillon’,...
Film review | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: Beast of a blockbuster done right
JK Rowling herself makes a more than competent screenwriting debut with a story reverse-engineered from her original boy wizard saga • 3/5
JK Rowling herself makes a more than competent...
Film review | A Street Cat Named Bob: Holiday schmaltz with a welcome side of grit
A bestselling literary phenomenon that incorporates childhood trauma and a cute cat • 3/5
A bestselling literary phenomenon that incorporates...
40 years on, the world still loves Rocky Balboa
Written in three days, shot over 28 days and costing a mere $1 million,...
Written in three days, shot over 28 days and costing a mere...
Film review | Doctor Strange: Just what the doctor ordered
Marvel Studios gets a welcome jolt of colour with this Benedict Cumberbatch...
Marvel Studios gets a welcome jolt of colour with this...
Robert Vaughn dies: ‘Man from U.N.C.L.E.’ star passes way at 83
Actor Robert Vaughn died from acute leukaemia • He reached peak of his...
Actor Robert Vaughn died from acute leukaemia • He...
Film review | The Unknown Girl: All about the girl(s)
Your friendly neighbourhood film critic is currently in Rome, sampling the...
Your friendly neighbourhood film critic is currently in...
Oscar-winning film director Gabriele Salvatores filming in Malta
Italian film director Gabriele Salvatores’ work makes four international...
Italian film director Gabriele Salvatores’ work makes...
Don’t ignore what truly matters | Director Ryan Gatt on the spark that initiated Il-Komplici
Ahead of the screening of his short film adaptation of Walid Nabhan’s short story ‘Il-Komplici’ – produced by Simshar director Rebecca...
Ahead of the screening of his short film adaptation of...
Film review | Crossed lines from the front line
Your friendly neighbourhood film critic is currently in Rome, sampling the...
Your friendly neighbourhood film critic is currently in...
Film review | That undercover life
The Infiltrator brings on board Bryan Cranston to tell the story of how he helped compromise Pablo Escobar’s money laundering organisation in...
The Infiltrator brings on board Bryan Cranston...
Film Review | My family and other (wild) animals
Captain Fantastic is a heartfelt tribute to the flawed power of family love...
Captain Fantastic is a heartfelt tribute to the flawed...
‘Birds of a Feather’ latest international TV series filmed in Malta
Filming is currently under way at various locations around the Maltese Islands for popular British series which has been running for almost 30 years
Filming is currently under way at various locations around...
Film Review | The burden of absence
Loosely adapted from three short stories by celebrated Canadian author Alice Munro, Julieta somehow manages to be both a character study and an involving,...
Loosely adapted from three short stories by celebrated...
Film Review | Revenge is a dish that never gets cold
The initial response to the remake of The Magnificent Seven was typical...
The initial response to the remake of The Magnificent Seven...
Malta Film Commission invites bidders to submit proposals for high-end studio
Bidders who answered to an expression of interest for Kalkara studios, invited to submit detailed proposal
Bidders who answered to an expression of interest for...
Film Review | Kubo and the two strings
If there’s to be a complaint to be had towards Kubo and the Two Strings is that it’s a bit too short • 4/5 stars
If there’s to be a complaint to be had towards Kubo...
