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Future Films Heads Up: A LITTLE CHAOS

2015 looks like a great year for movies. Next Spring there are a couple of light-hearted productions including Fifty Shades of Grey and A Little Chaos that seem perfect for a girlie night out. Following a global premiere at The Toronto International Film Festival and a gala presentation at the BFI London Film Festival Lionsgate UK will bring Alan Rickman’s sumptuous British Period Drama A LITTLE…
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Future films heads up: Disney's live action feature Cinderella & new short Frozen Fever

Following the huge success of Frozen, Walt Disney Animation Studios have announced a all-new short called Frozen Fever, which welcomes Anna, Elsa, Kristoff and Olaf back to the big screen, in theaters in March 2015, in front of Disney’s Cinderella, a live-action feature inspired by the classic fairy tale. Directed by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee, and produced by Peter Del Vecho and Aimee…
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Film review: Unbroken

For Americans, Louis Zamperini was a hero for many reasons. An athlete at the Berlin Olympics, he went on to serve in the air force during World War II, was shot down over the Pacific, survived in an open life raft only to be captured by the Japanese and subjected to a brutal regime in a POW camp.  Yet he endured it all, returning to Japan in his later years on a mission of forgiveness and…
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Top Films of 2014

It’s a fine old tradition among us film critics that at the end of the year we look back at the films from the past twelve months and pick our favourites.  Not be left out, that’s exactly what I’m going to do now, but with a slight twist. I’m only choosing from the films I’ve reviewed here on London Mums during 2014. Rather than give you a long list of ten, I’ve narrowed the best of…
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All Hail King Julien! The world's biggest party animal now has his own Madagascar spin-off series

The world’s biggest party animal King Julien was in town last Sunday for the screening party of Netflix Original Series All Hail King Julien at Prince Harry’s favourite Bar Mahiki, London, where guests were treated to dance lessons from Got to Dance winners Duplica8 and King Julien, jungle inspired mocktails, cocktails and food. What a laugh! Celebrities including Pixie Lott, Jamie…
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Film review: Testament of Youth

TESTAMENT OF YOUTH is a searing story of love, war and remembrance. Based on Vera Brittain’s classic First World War memoir, this is the powerful true story of one young woman’s struggle to survive the horrors of war – a war which robbed her of everything and everyone she held dear, but was ultimately unable to break her spirit. TESTAMENT OF YOUTH will be released in cinemas across the…
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Film review (a child's perspective): Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb

Here is my latest review about the Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb film. It comes out at a cinema near you on the 19th December! This is a comedy and some of the cast are: Ben Stiller, Robin Williams and Ben Kingsley. The film is directed by Shawn Levy. I hope that you enjoy it!  My rating for this film is: 7/10 If you want to read a review for this film from an adult’s…
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Film review (an adult's perspective): Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb

London seems to be the current location of choice for film makers.  First there was Get Santa, then Paddington arrived and brought his special tour with him. Both British movies, they were great for the domestic audience, but now it’s the turn of something more international, taking icons like Big Ben and the London Eye all around the world.  It’s the third in the Night At The Museum series…
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Future films heads up: Disney Pixar's Inside Out

Disney Pixar have just released a new trailer for their upcoming movie INSIDE OUT which will hit UK cinemas on 24 July 2015. At a first look it seems quirky and humorous appealing both to children and parents alike.  Just the type of movie that will lit up our Summer. From an adventurous balloon ride above the clouds to a monster-filled metropolis, Academy Award®-winning director Pete Docter…
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Film review: Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast

There’s a new Christmas movies in town. Disney’s latest heart-warming adventure – Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast – is out in UK cinemas from Friday 12th December 2014. The Tinkerbell series inevitably appeals more to girls than boys but the addition of the never beast in Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast certainly makes it watchable to the young male…
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