Disney has been spoiling us all with incredibly amusing short films appearing before major animated productions. You may recall award winning Feast as well as Frozen Fever. On 29 July Pixar Animation Studios is releasing a sequel to Finding Nemo, Finding Dory, and with that a newly announced short called Piper.
Directed by Alan Barillaro and produced by Marc Sondheimer, Piper tells the story of…
Talking Pictures celebrates its first anniversary in style by putting two Hollywood A-listers in the Big Interview hot seat. George Clooney and Julia Roberts talk about Money Monster, their latest movie together.
London Mums’ resident film critic, Freda Cooper, casts her critical eye over the film on the latest edition of the show and looks at other new releases including Jane Austen…
Hollywood royalty is out in force in cinemas. Meryl Streep arrived as Florence Foster Jenkins at the start of the month, last week Tom Hanks was in the Arabian desert to deliver A Hologram For The King and now no less than George Clooney and Julia Roberts confront a hostage-taker in this week’s Money Monster (released this Friday, 27 May, certificate 15).
London Mums’ resident film critic…
After Desert Island Discs, Tom Hanks is in the desert in his latest film, A Hologram For The King. The film’s reviewed on the latest edition of Talking Pictures and its star is in the hot seat for The Big Interview.
And that’s just one of this week’s new releases. There’s low-budget British movie, Chicken, which has been attracting rave reviews and the latest from…
Walt before Mickey, a new independent film released in 2015 is now available on Netflix. It’s about the early years of Walt Disney based on the book Walt Before Mickey: Disney’s Early Years, 1919–1928 by Timothy S. Susanin.
Spanning nine years, this biographical drama chronicles the early days of Walt Disney’s career – before he and his brother Roy began the humble…
After the recent glut of all-action blockbusters and super heroes, it’s time for a change – and Sing Street is exactly the antidote we need. It breezes into cinemas on Friday, certificate 12A, complete with a soundtrack that’s pure nostalgia.
London Mums’ resident film critic, Freda Cooper, goes back to the 80s and the land of vinyl …….
The story
When his parents can no longer…
After his appearance on Radio Four’s Desert Island Discs, Tom Hanks is back where he belongs this week. On the big screen. After the gloomy shadows of Bridge Of Spies, he’s in the full glare of the sun in A Hologram For The King, released this Friday, 20th, certificate 12A.
London Mums’ resident film critic, Freda Cooper, took her sunglasses with her …..
The story
Businessman…
It’s a packed week in cinemas, and just as packed on this week’s Talking Pictures.
Ewan McGregor is in the hot seat for The Big Interview, talking about his latest movie, John Le Carre’s Our Kind Of Traitor. London Mums’ resident film critic, Freda Cooper, puts the film in the spotlight, alongside the other new releases, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, starring Tina Fey, and…
You don’t need to be fluent in phonetic alphabet to know what the title of Tina Fey’s latest offering (Whiskey Tango Foxtrot) means. It’s in cinemas now, certificate 15, and the combination of title and star makes you expect a comedy. London Mums’ resident film critic, Freda Cooper, finds that appearances are deceptive.
The story
With a boring desk job and an…
When Disney announced Alice Through the Looking Glass as the sequel to Tim Burton’s movie Alice in Wonderland (2010) I wasn’t sure what to expect, but I thought it could not match in any way the brilliance of the first film. I am not a big fan of sequels and I went into the screening quite skeptical. Not that I would not enjoy watching once again some of my favourite stars like Johnny…
