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7 maltatoday | SUNDAY • 7 OCTOBER 2018 TV, MUSIC AND BOOKS Watch Mile 22 in cinemas now Trench by Twenty One Pilots out now Mile 22 What's not to love about a spy movie? In Mark Wahlberg's new fi lm, CIA operative James Silva leads a small but lethal paramilitary team on an urgent and dangerous mission. They must transport a foreign intelligence asset from an American em- bassy in Southeast Asia to an airfi eld for extraction -- a distance of 22 miles. Silva and the soldiers soon fi nd themselves in a race against time as the city's military, police and street gangs close in to reclaim the asset. Will they make it? Watch the movie in cinemas now to fi nd out. American Animals American Animals is an unbelievable but entirely true story of four young men who attempt to execute one of the most audacious art heists in US History. A group of four friends come up with the idea to steal the rarest and most valuable books from a library. As the story unfolds, the men question whether their attempts for excitement and purpose are simply misguided attempts at achieving the American Dream. The movie is in cinemas now. Elite Netfl ix's newest series, Elite, is about Las Encinas, the most exclusive school in the country, where the Elite send their children to study. In there, three working- class teens have just been admitted after an earthquake destroyed their school. The clash between those who have everything and those who have nothing to lose cre- ates a perfect storm that ends in a murder… but who committed the crime? Tune in on Netfl ix. Twenty One Pilots – Trench The US band Twenty One Pilots have just released their fi fth LP, 'Trench'. The album tells a story, that of a young man named Clancy who tries to escape from an oppressive organisation named DEMA. The album is already getting great reviews, with three of their songs already out to the public. Check the album out on Spotify or Youtube and see for yourself. Mario – Dancing Shadows The Grammy Award-nominated singer Mario is back, with his newly-re- leased album 'Dancing Shadows'. In an interview, Mario revealed that this will be his most "powerful" and "personal" body of work to date. The singer is known for salty R&B tracks, so check the new album out for some powerful hits. AlunaGeorge -Champagne Eyes Duo AlunaGeorge have just released their brand new EP, 'Champagne Eyes'. The new tracks feature a shift in their sound, taking it to a soulful blend of classic R&B and pop melodies. Bryson Tiller also features in 'Cold Blooded Creatures'. Have a listen to the six track EP on Spotify and Youtube. It-Tawmaturgu: Il-Hmura ta' Filghaxija - Anthony Fenech Mark Anthony Fenech's literary debut is a science fi ction novel written in Maltese published by Horizons, which is also one of the short listed fi nalists for the Best Novel 2018 Book Prize. The author writes in a genre which is seldom used within Maltese literature – the language is not readily associated with the genre. The language employed is interesting and unusual, doing away with the idea that Maltese is limited. The premise of the story is how humanity takes an active role when it comes to its own evolution by means of hyper- advanced technology. This theme has been present in the old mythologies in the fi gures of the gods, idealised rep- resentations of humanity, and in modern and contemporary mythologioes in superheroes found in comics and fi lms. All this occurs with humanity's expansion beyond the solar system in the background.The reader encounters space battles, societies peopled by cultures which seem almost alien-like, planets like our own world and humans who are very different from us. Haruki Murakami – Killing Commendatore The epic new novel from the internationally acclaimed and best-selling author of 1Q84 and Norwegian Wood. In Killing Commendatore, a thirty-something portrait painter in Tokyo is abandoned by his wife and fi nds himself holed up in the mountain home of a famous artist, Tomohiko Amada.When he discovers a strange painting in the attic, he unintention- ally opens a circle of mysterious circumstances. The Future of Capitalism – Paul Collier In a passionate and polemical book, celebrated economist Paul Collier outlines brilliantly original and ethical ways of healing these rifts – economic, social and cultural – with the cool head of pragmatism, rather than the fervour of ideological revivalism. He reveals how he has personally lived across these three divides, moving from working-class Sheffi eld to hyper-competitive Oxford and working between Britain and Africa, and acknowledges some of the failings of his profession. What to watch, listen to and read this week Movies and TV shows Music Books It-Tawmaturgu: Il-Hmura ta' Filghaxija - Anthony Fenech