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7 maltatoday | SUNDAY • 19 AUGUST 2018 TV, MUSIC AND BOOKS Disney's Christopher Robin Caro – Waves Disney's Christopher Robin Relive your favourite childhood memories with Disney's Christopher Robins, as Pooh returns to save his childhood friend. Christopher is now a fully grown father of one, with an all-consuming job at a luggage manufacturer in London. When a looming deadline makes Christopher miss a family weekend in the country, his family just go without him. Pooh returns from his generation-long hibernation by the sense that his old childhood friend is in need. A Very Secret Service A Very Secret Service is a French comedy-drama based in the 1960s. during the Cold War. Young André Merlaux eagerly accepts a cryptic summons to take a po- sition as a trainee officer with the French Secret Services, which is based on the Service de Documentation Extérieure et de Contre-Espionnage. He condends with enemies both foreign and bureaucratic. Catch the 2-season series on Netflix. The People Vs Larry Flynt Pursued by opponents who say his "Hustler" magazine breaks decency laws, por- nographer Larry Flynt hires lawyer Alan Isaacman to help fight his legal battles. A zealot shoots the men near a Georgia courthouse, and though Flynt discovers he'll never walk again, his fighting spirit — like his love for stripper Althea Leasure— stays strong. Ultimately, the unlikely free speech warrior takes his biggest case to a showdown at the Supreme Court. The 1996 movie will be screened at Spazzu Kreativ on 26 August at 8:30. Caro – Waves 215 collective is a local hip hop group that has already made a name for itself on the local scene, with hit tunes such as 'Feel about it' , 'Letter to my ex' and 'Deal with the Devil'. The collective is continuously working on new material; in fact, they just dropped a brand new track, 'Waves' by Caro. The track has a summery vibe to it which is just what we need this weekend. Ariana Grande – Sweetener The ponytailed pop star just released her newest album, Sweetener. The singer's fourth album refl ects her recent events, namely the 2017 Manchester bombing during her concert and her whirlwind of romance in which she broke up with her long term boyfriend only to get engaged to comedian Pete Davidson. All 13 tracks are distinctive, with seven of them partnered with Pharrell Williams. The 1975- TOOTIMETOOTIMETOOTIME It might take a while until we get to listen to The 1975's entire album A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships, but the band has slowly released three new songs this summer. The album focuses on social media, online life and the modernity we face everyday. Their latest 'TOOTIME- TOOTIMETOOTIME' focuses on unfaithful relationships in the digital age, following a fun poppy melody. Jarmuk- Stephen Lughermo Published by Horizons Marwan and Chanelle, the protagonists of Jarmuk, experi- ence this burden very early in life. Still in their secondary school years, they face the emptiness that surrounds them. Their isolation has different facets. Chanelle's is more psychological than physical. Besides the fact that her mother left home for another man, Chanelle lives with the rest of the family under the same roof. Nevertheless, her father's detachment, her brother's foolishness and the loss of her grandfather strip her of all human contact, and in return, present her with obstacles and responsibili- ties. The latter prevent her from following her dreams and further isolate her from fellow teenagers. Jarmuk is Stephen Lughermo's second novel. His fi rst work, X'Ahna Smart! (2015, Horizons) won the Literary Contest of Novels for Youths 2014 organised by the National Book Council and Agenzija Zghazagh. With this novel, Lugh- ermo continues to explore a young adult world but from a deeper and more mature perspective. In fact, although the main characters of this work are teenagers, this novel appeals to readers of all ages. The Tattooist of Auschwitz – Heather Morris The Tattooist of Auschwitz is based on the true story of Lale and Gita Sokolov, two Slovakian Jews who survived Auschwitz and eventually made their home in Australia. In that terrible place, Lale was given the job of tattooing the prisoners marked for survival—liter- ally scratching numbers into his fellow victims' arms in indelible ink to create what would become one of the most potent symbols of the Holocaust. Lale used the infinitesimal freedom of movement that this position awarded him to exchange jewels and money taken from murdered Jews for food to keep others alive. If he had been caught, he would have been killed; many owed him their survival. Dopesick – Beth Macy In Dopesick, Beth Macy takes us into the epicenter of America's twenty-plus year struggle with opioid addic- tion. From distressed small communities in Central Ap- palachia to wealthy suburbs; from disparate cities to once-idyllic farm towns; it's a heartbreaking trajectory that illustrates how this national crisis has persisted for so long and become so firmly entrenched. In these politically fragmented times, Beth Macy shows, astonishingly, that the only thing that unites Ameri- cans across geographic and class lines is opioid drug abuse. What to watch, listen to and read this week Jarmuk- Publi Marwan ence this burden very early in life. Still in their secondary school years, they face the emptiness that surrounds them. Their isolation has different facets. Chanelle's is more psychological than physical. Besides the fact that her mother left home for another man, Chanelle lives with the rest of the family under the same roof. Nevertheless, her father's detachment, her brother's foolishness and the loss of her grandfather strip her of all human contact, and in return, present her with obstacles and responsibili- ties. The latter prevent her from following her dreams and further isolate her from fellow teenagers. Jarmuk is Stephen Lughermo's second novel. His fi rst work, X'Ahna Smart! (2015, Horizons) won the Literary Contest of Novels for Youths 2014 organised by the National Book Council and Agenzija Zghazagh. With this novel, Lugh- ermo continues to explore a young adult world but from a deeper and more mature perspective. In fact, although the main characters of this work are teenagers, this Movies and TV shows Music Books Jarmuk – Stephen Lughermo