Victoria & Abdul starring an exceptional Judi Dench offers a new insight into the last years of Queen Victoria’s life. It can be pretty lonely being a Queen but Victoria despite her old age felt lively inside and still capable of falling in love. Victoria & Abdul is a great movie and deserves to be watched in a proper cinema rather then on the small screen. My…
Our Last Tango is the true story of the Argentine dancers who made the tango famous. It is what I call a movumentary, my made-up term to describe a documentary merged with movie scenes. Read below why you should not miss this when it will be released in UK cinemas on 22nd September 2017.
The story
Our Last Tango is the love story between the two…
I love books about London and London things. The Rusty Old Postbox is my picture book of the week and has a London theme as well as a Christmas theme so it will be of particular appeal in the search for gifts for children aged between 5 and 8, and their parents who will read the story to them. It is also a book gift idea for those grandparents who would buy the title for the illustrations and…
I read and review a lot of books every year. I reckon in the region of 100 between novels, manuals and picture books. The book market is growing at an exponential level particularly children’s titles. There’s a book with a very unique interactive content and approach that has particularly struck a chord with me, and that is Good night stories for rebel girls. So much so that I have…
September is Roald Dahl’s birth month, and each year on phizz-whizzing Roald Dahl Day on 13th September, the annual, global celebration of the world’s number one storyteller, there are special events and publications. This year there’s a new release of the classic BILLY AND THE MINPINS (published by Penguin), illustrated for the first time by Quentin Blake which completes Dahl and…
As parents we wondered what the teenage years will be for our children. I have caught up with the cast of Andi Mack to talk about teenage life. What’s the toughest part of growing up? What’s the best advice they’ve received as a teenager? The answers are all here…
PEYTON ELIZABETH LEE: THE TEEN QUEEN!
Peyton plays Andi Mack in Disney…
The Glass Castle is a new movie adaptation from the book by Jeannette Walls – her memoir about her bohemian childhood spent travelling around with her alcoholic father (played by Woody Harrelson) and an artistic mother in poverty most of the time. The trailer looks great and shows glimpses of powerful performances by Brie Larson, Naomi Watts and Woody Harrelson.
The…
Based on the original TV series, Baywatch the comedy brings back great memories from my childhood adding hilarious jokes and more contemporary scenarios. An extended version will be available first on Digital Download on 21 September and the original version on DVD along with an Extended Edition on Blu-ray™ and 4K Ultra HD™ on 25 September 2017.
It has a 15 UK rating for strong…
Dennis Quaid talks to London Mums about his role in the emotional movie A Dog’s Purpose, available on Digital Download now and Blu-ray™ and DVD from 28th August 2017, courtesy of Entertainment One.
Dennis Quaid as Ethan with Buddy in A Dog’s Purpose – Photo credit: Joe Lederer – Universal Studios
Q: What initially attracted you to getting involved in A…
If you want your children to stop using swearwords make them read The Ultimate Insult Generator filled with over 60 Million Hilarious Zingers and Stingers
published by Laurence King in August 2017.
The Ultimate Insult Generator is a zany new insult-generating flipbook by the hilarious comic writer and children’s author, Mike Barfield. My 11 year old son could not put it down for the…
