One of the most iconic, celebrated and influential TV series of recent years finally comes to an end this autumn with the release of Mad Men – The Final Season: Part 2 and Mad Men: The Complete Collection, both available on Blu-ray and DVD from 19th October 2015 of Lionsgate Home Entertainment. With a tear on my face I look at the series overall and the low key finale. Warning: spoilers.
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Here at London Mums we cannot get enough of films and books. Here are the best Children’s Book Adaptations.
Childrens book adaptations have always been a huge hit among critics and families alike, and with the release of Joe Wright’s new magical adventure PAN on Friday, we’ve taken a look at some of the best children’s book adaptations.
Matilda
A Roald Dahl classic from…
School holidays are upon us again! And here we are figuring out half term fun activities for our children. Check London Mums’ list of things to do this half term for inspiration. During downtime at home, there’s no shame in using what we call the Netflix nannies i.e. great programmes that will entertain our children while we cook, do the laundry and get on with all chores that require…
Before Suffragette officially opened the London Film Festival on Wednesday night – and demonstrators invaded the red carpet in a move that would probably have had the original suffragettes cheering – London Mums’ film critic, Freda Cooper, raced across town from the official media screening to the film’s press conference. All to be in the presence of a screen legend.
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Surrounded by controversy and protest, the London film festival has opened with the European premiere of SUFFRAGETTE starring Carey Mulligan and Meryl Streep and directed by Sarah Gavron about the ‘Votes for Women’ campaigns that led to a change in the law in favour of women voting rights. The film is inspirational and I predict it will become a must-watch in secondary schools. I agree…
The countdown is over because the latest edition of Talking Pictures, your essential guide to the movies, is here! And two of this week’s new releases at the cinema are real epics. There’s The Martian, the latest from legendary director, Ridley Scott, with Matt Damon as an astronaut stranded on the Red Planet. And Scott is also in the hot seat for The Big…
October looks like being Fassbender Month. His bio-pic of the founder of Apple, Steve Jobs, closes the London Film Festival in a few weeks’ time but, before then, he stars in the latest adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. The original play has a reputation for being unlucky, so how does this film version fare? London Mums film critic, Freda Cooper, finds out if “something wicked…
It’s smaller films to the fore on this week’s Talking Pictures, which is out now! There isn’t a blockbuster in sight, but you’ll be able to find the new releases in London cinemas.
Out this week is Life, which traces a couple of months in the life of cinema icon, James Dean. Michael Shannon is the estate agent you love to hate in recession-set 99 Homes, and…
From Warner Bros. Pictures comes PAN, a live-action Peter Pan feature which is the very first imaginative prequel to Peter Pan’s stories. It has never been done before and this makes this movie so original. It’s a Neverland story that has never been told before and that explores the friendship between Peter Pan and Hook before it turns bad for good. The real villain here is eternal…
BILL is the hilarious tale of William Shakespeare as you’ve never seen him before. It’s not a film just for children – you would have thought so as it is performed by the cast of BBC TV’s Horrible Histories – but also for adults who can enjoy the jokes on a different level. A real must-see for everybody. And at the end of the film you will have learnt a few things about…
