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7 maltatoday | SUNDAY • 22 JULY 2018 TV, MUSIC AND BOOKS Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again Cinemas this week Bernie and Pod Qum, Dur u Izfen Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again Here we go again, Mamma Mia is back after 10 years! The new movie is a sequel of one of the most successful musical films ever released, and it's once again relying on the music of ABBA to do so. And just like in the first Mamma Mia!, there's an ABBA cameo in Mamma Mia! 2 you can spot if you're eagle-eyed enough. Get your dancing shoes ready and check the movie out at cinemas! Good Girls Ever found yourself in serious money trouble? Good Girls is an American crime comedy-drama TV series which follows three suburban Detroit mothers who are having a hard time trying to make ends meet. They are tired of having everything taken away from them so they decide to pull off an unlikely heist by robbing a supermarket, only to discover that they're in for more than they bargained. The series can be watched on Netflix. Altered Carbon Altered Carbon is an American dystopian science fiction cyberpunk web television series created by Laeta Kalogridis and based on the 2002 novel of the same title by English author Richard K. Morgan. The series takes place over 300 years in the future, in the year 2384 and nothing is like we know it. Mistura – Tuna Isimkom Local band Mistura have just released their first music video for a brand new song called "Tuna Isimkom". This will be included in the band's new album due out later this year. Emphasizing on progressive rock, Mistura is one of few local bands embracing this genre of musical style in addition to singing exclusively in their native Maltese language. Check the song out on Youtube. Bernie and Pod – Qum, Dur u Izfen Maltese local band Bernie and Pod and their new released song Qum, Dur u Izfen. Bernie and Pod are an acoustic trio. In the past months they released two new Maltese songs Helwa tal-Ghageb and Int u Jien Dal-Milied, and this week they released their third one. Qum, Dur u Izfen follows the theme of love which fills one's life and soothes one's pains. Muse – Something Human Muse have announced they will return with their eighth studio album this November. While all other details still remain under wraps, the English outfit is previewing the release with a new single called "Something Human" along with its official music video. "Something Human" finds the alt-rockers tracking a much more mellow route here, trading in crunchy prog-rock for - get this - something along the lines of folk pop. KONVOJ - Michael Cini Published by Horizons This historic novel recounts the story of a heroic voyage dominated by love, cour- age and victory... written by Michael Cini to honour the 75th anniversary of the ar- rival of the Santa Marija Convoy in Malta.The novel is based on true historic events of the fierce battles which took place along the journey, fought by brave men who saved Malta from surrendering to the enemy. An event which to this day is still dearly remembered and celebrated with keen devotion by the Maltese people. The Intrusions - Stav Sherez Stav Sherez's novel, The Intrusion, has won the 2018 Theakston Old Peculier award for crime fiction. The third outing for detectives Jack Carrigan and Geneva Miller begins when a young woman arrives at their west London police station, saying that her friend has been abducted from the seedy Bayswater hostel where they both live. Soon the investigators discover that someone has been using remote-access technology to gain control both of the women's laptops and their lives. The Optician of Lampedusa – Emma Jane Kirby Award-winning BBC journalist Emma Jane Kirby's book The Optiician of Lampedusa turns the testimony of an accidental hero into a timeless tory about the awakening of human courage and conscience. With so many migrants suffering at sea, the novel expands on the reality of mass migration today. What to watch, listen to and read this week Movies and TV shows Music Books KONVOJ – Michael Cini

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