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7 maltatoday | SUNDAY • 17 FEBRUARY 2019 TV, MUSIC AND BOOKS The Mule In cinemas now The Mule Who doesn't love a good Clint Eastwood movie? Broke, alone and facing foreclosure on his business, 90-year-old horticulturist Earl Stone takes a job as a drug courier for a Mexican cartel. His immediate success leads to easy money and a larger shipment that soon draws the attention of hard-charging DEA agent Colin Bates. When Earl's past mistakes start to weigh heavily on his conscience, he must decide whether to right those wrongs before law enforcement and cartel thugs catch up with him. Alita: Battle Angel Set several centuries in the future, the abandoned Alita is found in the scrapy- ard of Iron City by Ido, a compassionate cyber-doctor who takes the uncon- scious cyborg Alita to his clinic. When Alita awakens, she has no memory of who she is, nor does she have any recognition of the world she fi nds herself in. As Alita learns to navigate her new life and the treacherous streets of Iron City, Ido tries to shield her from her mysterious past. The Guilty Alarm dispatcher Asger Holm answers an emergency call from a kidnapped woman. When the call is suddenly disconnected, the search for the woman and her kidnapper begins. With the phone as his only tool, Asger enters a race against time to save the endangered woman. But soon he realises that he is dealing with a crime that is far bigger than he fi rst thought. Carry - Dav.Jr feat. Karin Duff Earlier this week, Maltese singers David Jr and Karin Duff released their song 'Carry', along with the music video. The song has a soft tune with their vocals blending together over a simple tune to create a beautiful ballad. Check the song out on Spotify and YouTube before it becomes a regular on the radio! Bryan Adams Love is in the air this week, so why not listen to some of your all-time favourite love ballads? From Bryan Adams, to Whitney Huston or Celine Dion, listen to whatever makes your heart beat faster and your eyes go heart-eyes. What better weekend to feel like love around us than Valentine's weekend! This Is America - Childish Gambino Childish Gambino made history during this week's Grammy Ceremony, winning four awards for his hit-single 'This Is America'. The song, which focuses on the state the country's in at the mo- ment, was accompanied by a deep music video, offering deeper insight into the songs mean- ing. Why not listen and see if you think it deserves all the praise? Gabrijel u l-flokk tar-Rokit – Rita Saliba Rita Saliba has produced three new books to be added to a serial collection of other children's books, directed to youngsters from the ages fi ve to seven years old. His three side-kicks will also be present in this new trilogy namely, Alek the astronaut, Orsu the bear and Gaffa the giraffe. Gabriel takes them along with him everywhere he goes, and despite this they are either mischievously playing along with him, or else forced to help him out in specifi c experiments of his own making. In this third book "Gabrijel u l-fl okk tar-Rokit", we are taken on an adven- ture where Gabriel could not fi nd his favourite book – the one with the mischievous rocket roaming around space. His grandmother had sewn him together a top with a rocket embroidered on its front, just like the one found on the book's cover. However, the rocket was nowhere to be found on this top either… Black Leopard, Red Wolf: Dark Star Trilogy Book 1 – Marlon James In this stunning follow-up to his Man Booker-winning A Brief History of Seven Killings, Marlon James draws on a rich tradition of African mythology, fantasy and history to imagine an ancient world, a lost child, an extraordinary hunter, and a mystery with many answers... Tracker is a hunter, known throughout the thirteen kingdoms as one who has a nose - and he always works alone. But he breaks his own rule when, hired to fi nd a lost child, he fi nds himself part of a group of hunters all searching for the same boy. Each of these companions is stranger and more dangerous than the last, from a giant to a witch to a shape-shifting Leopard, and each has secrets of their own. We Must Be Brave – Francis Liardet Spanning the sweep of the twentieth century, We Must Be Brave is a luminous and profoundly moving novel about the people we rescue and the ways in which they rescue us back. December, 1940. As German bombs fall on Southampton, the city's residents fl ee to the surrounding villages. In Upton village, amid the chaos, newly-married Ellen Parr fi nds a girl sleeping, unclaimed at the back of an empty bus. Little Pamela, it seems, is entirely alone. What to watch, listen to and read this week Movies and TV shows Music Books Gabrijel u l-flokk tar-Rokit Rita Saliba Carry - Dav.Jr feat. Karin Duff