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7 maltatoday | SUNDAY • 24 MARCH 2019 TV, MUSIC AND BOOKS What men want In cinemas now What men want Passed up for a well-deserved promotion, sports agent Ali Davis wonders what else she needs to do to succeed in a man's world. Hoping to fi nd an- swers from a psychic, Ali drinks a weird concoction that suddenly allows her to hear what men are thinking. Using her newfound ability, Ali starts to turn the tables on her obnoxious male colleagues while racing to sign the next basket- ball superstar. The aftermath In 1946 Rachael Morgan arrives in the ruins of Hamburg to be reunited with her husband, Lewis, who is a British colonel charged with rebuilding the shat- tered city. As they set off for their new home, Rachael is stunned to discover that Lewis has made an unexpected decision: They will be sharing the grand house with its previous owners, a German widower and his troubled daughter. In this charged atmosphere, enmity and grief give way to passion and be- trayal. Ben is back Nineteen-year-old Ben Burns unexpectedly returns to his family's suburban home on Christmas Eve. Ben's mom, Holly, is relieved and welcoming but wary of her son's drug addiction. Over a turbulent 24 hours, new truths are revealed, and a mother's undying love gets put to the test as Holly does eve- rything in her power to keep Ben clean. Tame Impala – Patience Tame Impala have just released their fi rst single in four years. 'Patience' the new single, sees the Aussie band experimenting with both nineties house and the laid back seventies disco in their fi rst release since 2015's 'Currents'. A release date for the new album is yet to be confi rmed, but the band previously confi rmed that it'll arrive at some point this year. Dean Lewis – A place we knew Two-and-a-half years after making waves with his debut single, Dean Lewis has fi nally released his fi rst full-length album, A Place We Knew. The Australian singer and songwriter dropped the 12-track album this week, featuring already released singles including "Waves," "Be Alright" and "7 Minutes". Check the album out online now. Foster The People – Style Indie-pop band Foster the people have returned, releasing their newest single Style. The song is upbeat, guitar-driven and dance-friendly. It takes a heavier garage rock sound, differ- ent rom their last album in 2017, Sacred Hearts Club. Colonial Encounters – Editor: Prof John Chircop This volume brings together international and Maltese scholars, offering a line-up of innovative contributions to some of the most current – and demanding – social, economic, and cultural debates on colonialism and colonial rule. The seventeen chapters presented here take as their focus the multiple Maltese experiences of British domin- ion from the 19th century to post-colonial times, employing a diversifi ed range of research methods and sources to investigate key research themes in the growing literature on colonial studies. Most adopt a critical approach to, and at times propose a challenging reassessment of Malta's historiography of the period. The outcome is a fresh critical-historical outlook that articulates ambivalent, intriguingly contrasting, and often multi-faceted 'local' experi- ences of British colonialism, the decolonisation process and their post-colonial implications. Our Planet – Alistair Fothergill and Keith Scholey This striking photographic companion to the groundbreaking NETFLIX original documentary series, from the direc- tors that brought us the original Planet Earth and Blue Planet, takes us on a journey across the globe's different biological realms to present stunning visuals of nature's most intriguing animals in action, and environmental change on a scale that must be seen to be believed. Featuring some of the world's rarest creatures and previously unseen parts of the Earth – from deep oceans to remote forests to ice caps – Our Planet takes nature-lovers deep into the science of our natural world. The Confessions of Frannie Langton – Sara Collins 1826, and all of London is in a frenzy. Crowds gather at the gates of the Old Bailey to watch as Frannie Langton, maid to Mr and Mrs Benham, goes on trial for their murder. The testimonies against her are damning – slave, whore, seductress. And they may be the truth. But they are not the whole truth. For the fi rst time Frannie must tell her story. It begins with a girl learning to read on a plantation in Jamaica, and it ends in a grand house in London, where a beautiful woman waits to be freed. What to watch, listen to and read this week Movies and TV shows Music Books Colonial Encounters Prof. John Chircop Patience Tame Impala