With New Year just around the corner, I wanted to share with you my interview with Andrew Wallas, author of one of the most inspiring books I have ever read: Intention – How to tap into the most underrated power in the Universe. Andrew helps us to understand why resolutions and goal setting don’t work, and why we should all be setting our own intentions instead. If there’s a book you…
Just as iconic as Boots and Swiper is the FAMOUS BACKPACK Dora carries with her. We asked key cast and crew of new family movie Dora and the lost city of Gold (out on DVD now) what they would insist were in theirs, if we stranded them in the jungle…
ISABELA MERCED (FORMERLY MONER) (DORA)
“Ah… Dora’s backpack! It’s like Mary Poppins’ handbag, that thing! Okay, so I would insist on…
By Francesca Lombardo. Often referred as the Muse of iconic multi-award winning Chinese director, Jia Zhangke (Platform, the World, Still Life, A touch of Sin, 24 Hours, Ashes is Pure White among his most acclaimed) to who is also married since 2012; former Chinese dance teacher, Zhao Tao has been invited this year at the Festa del Cinema of Roma to celebrate twenty years of her career as an…
Unsurprisingly this weekend Disney’s Frozen 2 has taken over £15.07M at the UK and Ireland box office making it the biggest ever three-day weekend opening for an animated film. Audiences from across the country ventured into the unknown to join the beloved characters, Elsa, Anna, Olaf, Kristoff and Sven, on a brand new adventure that has been applauded by critics for its humour, positive…
A retrospective on the life and the career of Funny Ardant, Close Encounter, at Rome Cinema Festa, 14th Edition, Rome October 2019.
Muse of Francois Truffaut and a true icon of the French and international cinema, Fanny Ardant comes back to the big screen with grace and charisma in a genial, intense and exhilarating movie that is all about nostalgia and recapturing the past to make sense of the…
The most wonderful time of the year will soon be upon us, so it’s time to start planning the Christmas party and festivities to make the most of the build up to the big day with food, family and get-togethers. Whether it’s cosy days in with the family or a big festive gathering to bring everyone together, there are party ideas for every type of home and budget.
Festive games
Games are…
London Mums’ travel blogger from Italy, Rita Kobrak, has sent us lovely tips on how to spend Christmas in Tuscany. Â
Take advantage of the school holidays to go on a trip to Tuscany and let a local Tuscan chef prepare a delicious Tuscan Christmas lunch feast for you and your family to remember. No shopping, no cooking and no washing up! The fantastic food, the welcoming attitude and inclusion…
This holiday season, discover the unlikely friendship that launched a legend. Watch new animation Klaus on Netflix from today. London Mums sent two young reporters to the pre-launch screening. Here is their verdict.
The story
When Jesper (Jason Schwartzman) distinguishes himself as the postal academy’s worst student, he is stationed on a frozen island above the Arctic Circle, where the…
I love movies and books about filmmakers. Quentin Tarantino: The Iconic Filmmaker & His Work by Ian Nathan is the ultimate celebration for any Tarantino fan. Nathan looks at the cult filmmaker’s career and explores the genesis of his unique directorial style, providing insight into his inspirations and his frequent collaborations with favoured actors. Packaged in a handsome slipcase and loaded…
Have you ever wondered what your all-time favourite black and white films would look like if they were in colour? For years editors have been painstakingly colourising black and white classics into more vibrant versions of themselves, now here’s our list of the very best:
CASABLANCA
This 1942 romantic drama, directed by Michael Curtiz, was based on Murray Burnett and Joan Alison’s…