As an Italian, I have grown up reading Marco Polo’s Il Milione (Book of the Marvels of the World or simply The Travels of Marco Polo), a 13th-century travelogue written down by Rustichello da Pisa from stories told by legendary Venetian Marco Polo, describing his travels through Asia, Persia, China, and Indonesia between 1276 and 1291, and his 20 years experiences at the court…
From Lassie to Pudsey, dogs have always been highly entertaining film stars. London Mums have researched the top ten dog film stars of all times and found out how they have wagged their way to screen success! Enjoy!
Toto, The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Judy Garland/Dorothy Gale’s much loved and loyal pet dog Toto is the only animal in the film that doesn’t speak.
In the original…
Sequels have a chequered history. With a few notable exceptions (The Godfather 2, Toy Story 2, Despicable Me 2), they usually fall well short of the original. And, by the time number three comes along, any resemblance to number one is likely to be purely coincidental.
You wonder why they make them – and you’ll certainly wonder that about Nativity 3: Dude, Where’s My Donkey?! Yet it arrives…
Halloween would have not been so without a spooky film we saw during the half term. We went to Warner Bros HQ’s for an exclusive Halloween screening of Scooby-Doo’s Franken Creepy which was a great new film for kids and adults alike – that is if you are a cartoon fanatic like me! The event started with spooky activities including biscuit decorating, face painting and balloon…
If you simply can’t wait for Shaun The Sheep:The Movie – and it’s not due in cinemas until February 2015, so who can blame you? – then here’s a way of getting an exclusive sneak peek. Better still, it comes complete with some of the best adventures from the nation’s favourite woolly jumper!
Shaun The Sheep: Season’s Bleatings is the latest DVD from the world’s…
A new historical movie has been announced. SELMA, the story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s historic struggle to secure voting rights for African-Americans, will open in cinemas on 6 February next year. 2015 marks the 50th anniversary of this pivotal moment in the US Civil Rights Movement.
The Cast
David Oyelowo, Tom Wilkinson, Carmen Ejogo, Tim Roth and Oprah Winfrey
SELMA stars British actor…
With WW2 celebrations under way this new movie Testament of Youth is a powerful story of love, war and remembrance, based on the First World War memoir by Vera Brittain, which has become the classic testimony of that war from a woman’s point of view. A searing journey from youthful hopes and dreams to the edge of despair and back again, it’s a film about young love, the futility of war and…
This Christmas, Warner Bros. Pictures brings you GET SANTA, a heartwarming quintessentially British Christmas comedy for the whole family. Coming to cinemas in the UK & Ireland on 5th December 2014, GET SANTA boasts a cast of stellar British talent and is the perfect way to get ready for the festive season.
The Cast
GET SANTA stars national treasure Jim Broadbent (Harry Potter film series)…
Days are getting chillier and a family trip to the cinema is a great alternative to having the the house trashed with crazy indoor entertainment. Disney comes to the rescue with this comedy that will probably remain memorable for its least memorable title Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.
BAD DAY – Steve Carell, Jennifer Garner, Zoey/Elise Vargas, Kerris Dorsey…
Talking in acronyms is a hideous habit and one that teenagers have picked up quite quickly. I am a linguist and love languages in their purity and beauty. But there’s one acronym that so much summarises my own frequent state of mind that makes me want to use it abundantly: FoMo aka ‘fear of missing out’. Especially London Mums suffer from this condition. We live in a city that…
