Think The Stepford Wives meets The Truman Show meets The Matrix. Don’t Worry Darling is an interesting mix of genres that becomes even more peculiar if you add 50s upbeat vinyl music, gorgeous fashion and cars. Throw everything in the middle of an American desert and add a pinch of experimental utopia and you get Don’t Worry Darling. It’s in cinemas now.
The story
Alice (Florence Pugh)…
Ticket to Paradise is a romantic comedy starring Julia Roberts and George Clooney about the sweet surprise of second chances. Set in the incredibly beautiful scenery of ‘Bali’ – although it is actually filmed on location in Queensland, Australia – this movie makes you want to book your ticket to go far away from the UK to ride a boat in these crystal blue seas, and have candle-lit dances…
See How They Run is a playful murder mystery with deliciously smart humour set against the backdrop of arguably the world’s most famous murder mystery, The Mousetrap, in London’s West End.
Running for 68 years, The Mousetrap stood out. Producer Damian Jones (The Iron Lady, Lady In The Van, Absolutely Fabulous) looked and researched the rights and then discovered why it had never been made…
Ahead of National Read a Book Day (6th September), a team of multilingual and multicultural London Mums are sharing their favourite children’s books from around the world, and their thoughts on why these captivating stories should be on every child’s reading list.
Brazil
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
The Alchemist is one of the most-read books in recent history, and with good reason. It…
The Climb is a brand-new children’s book by established author Martin Bissett. Martin has published twelve books, but this is his first illustrated story and his first for children as part of a four-part series.
The Climb is based on a dream that the six-year-old Martin had, making it an exciting exploration of childhood imagination. The book is written with the perspective of adulthood, as…
On Tuesday 2nd of August 2022 the London Mums Magazine team was invited to review Bullet Train, directed by David Leitch.
An action packed movie with a lot of violent psychopaths packed on to one train. The movie, set on a train is full of twists and comedy.
Brad Pitt plays a role of a trained assassin ‘Ladybug’, and is given orders from his handler Maria Beetle to collect a briefcase that is…
On Sunday 24th July four young reporters reviewed DC League of Super-Pets on behalf of London Mums Magazine.
Reporter 1: Pavan Panesar claims to have bigger muscles than Dwayne Johnson. 13 years old.
Reporter 2: Sandeep Panesar has big cute smile like ‘Krypto’. 12 years old.
Reporter 3 Arjun Panesar claims to tell better jokes than Kevin Hart. 9 years old.
Reporter 4: Amandeep Panesar has…
A healthy, happy family is grown around the kitchen table.
Social media’s favourite foodie father Adam Shaw shares his delicious, budget-friendly recipes to take you from pregnancy through to parenthood, all while bringing fun and flavour back to the table.
Whether you’re newly expecting or already have a growing clan, ditch old-fashioned books that focus on what you can’t eat. Enjoy what…
Where the Crawdads Sing is a new coming-of-age mystery drama that arrives in cinemas on 15 July 2022. Daisy Edgar-Jones – who dazzled audiences as the sensitive Marianne in Normal People – takes the lead alongside Harris Dickinson and Taylor John Smith.
The story
Abandoned as a girl, Kya raised herself in the dangerous marshlands of North Carolina. For years, rumors of the marsh…
There are lots of beautiful new picture books to take with you on holiday and read to the children this Summer. My personal favourite one has to be Uju Asika’s A World for Me and You, published with Hachette Children’s Group.
Uju is a fabulous mum and writer and I have recently caught up with her. She a multiple award-nominated blogger, screenwriter and creative consultant. On her popular…