This cherished series from sibling duo David Roberts and Lynn Roberts-Maloney cleverly reimagines classic fairy tales with a twist in different eras, putting a fresh spin on these old-as-time tales to make them appeal to a brand new generation of readers. Packed with beautiful illustrations from the illustrator of the Dirty Bertie and The Bolds series, these books go one further than just updating…
It has been a great year for British cinema and to celebrate the release of A United Kingdom we take a look back at some of the year’s top British releases – from much loved television series that have made the leap to the big screen, to adaptations of novels and true life stories as well as new innovative scripts.
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Starring Jenifer Saunders as Eddy…
Based on the incredible true story of Seretse Khama and Ruth Williams, A United Kingdom stars David Oyelowo and Rosamund Pike and comes to UK cinemas 25th November 2016.
To celebrate the moving love story A United Kingdom we’re giving 1 reader the chance to win a copy of the book Colour Bar, which inspired the film, alongside an “Inspiring Stories” DVD bundle which includes Mandela, Selma…
A couple of days ago I visited the exhibition STAR WARS Identities: The Exhibition which is now open at the O2 and explores the complex notion of identity through the characters of Star Wars with an exclusive collection of 200 props, models, costumes and artwork from the Star Wars films. As a huge Star Wars fan myself, I felt transported into the world of my galactic heroes during an interactive…
La la Land… the title does not say much but the trailer certainly does. This is the film I am truly looking forward to watching early in the new year. La La Land is the uplifting movie of the new beginning that will make us all put the diabolical 2016 behind us with a bang. Take a look at two of the most gorgeous and talented new Hollywood stars Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone in this new clip…
Win The Elf on the Shelf®! We’re so excited to give two lucky readers The Elf on the Shelf: A Christmas Tradition straight from the North Pole.
Two lucky families will have the opportunity to adopt their very own scout elf in time for Scout Elf Return Week™ (25th November – 2nd December 2016).
The Elf on the Shelf®: A Christmas Tradition is an enchanting children’s storybook about…
Harry Potter spin off Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is a world class comeback of the Harry Potter franchise. It has all ingredients to please Harry Potter fans who have been waiting too long for this: magical creatures, special wizarding tricks (old and new), great villains, humour and drama. Once again JK Rowling hasn’t disappointed her aficionados.
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Fantastic Beasts…
Today toymaker Lego has opened its world’s biggest stores in Leicester Square spanning 914 sq m over two floors. The theme of the Lego store is London: the unique brick-built symbols of London featured in the store will excite UK families but also the thousands of tourists landing in Leicester Square every day. A new scale model of the iconic Big Ben (over 200,000 bricks and 6.53m high) and…
To celebrate the release of Allied, starring Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard, in cinemas 25 November 2016 (cert TBC) we are giving London Mums the chance to win a pair of tickets to the premiere in London on 21 November.
From director, Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump, Castaway), “ALLIED” is the story of intelligence officer Max Vatan (Pitt), who in 1942 North Africa encounters French…
I am really honoured to have had the chance to interview critically acclaimed Adam Rolston who went from playwright to million dollar film producer overnight. His inspirational debut feature film A Street Cat Named Bob is in UK Cinemas now.
Having sold his first screenplay at just 18 years old, Adam Rolston had a successful playwright career before turning to film production. He wrote the…