While The Mouse House takes something of a breather before the release of Finding Dory next month, non-Disney animation is filling the breach. Last week it came from Japan with When Marnie Was There and Universal’s The Secret Life Of Pets arrives on the 24th. Sandwiched in between them is the French/Danish co-production, Long Way North, which opens this Friday, 17th June, certificate…
London Mums have often written about dogs in films because we LOVE our canine friends! When a new film is announced featuring a dog as a protagonist we cannot resist digging in our archives … Whether they’re causing havoc like Beethoven, or on a quest to get home like Bolt, dogs in films have always been a family favourite. The newest canine to grace our screens is Oddball, the star in…
Melissa McCarthy’s in charge on this week’s edition of Talking Pictures! She’s in the Big Interview hot seat, talking about her latest comedy, The Boss, which is directed by her husband, Ben Falcone. London Mums’ resident film critic Freda Cooper casts her eye over the rest of this week’s new releases, which include Learning To Drive, with Ben Kingsley and…
Sometimes there’s more to a film than you expect. And Learning To Drive, released this Friday, certificate 15, is a case in point. It’s a title that leads you in one direction, but don’t underestimate it.
London Mums’ resident film critic, Freda Cooper, discovers if it gets out of third gear.
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Successful literary critic Wendy (Patricia Clarkson) finds her world…
Kevin Hart meets London Mums at Doggy Dinner to launch The Secret Life of Pets film (out on 24 June)
I did not know Kevin Hart before meeting him but I quickly figured I must have been the only person in the world not knowing him: He has 30 million followers on Twitter and 30 million on Instagram. Kevin Hart is one of the world’s funniest comedians following Chris Rock and Eddie Murphy’s footsteps. He was recently in London to launch new animation movie The Secret Life of Pets made by…
There’s all kinds of buddy movies on the new edition of Talking Pictures, which is out now. One half of The Nice Guys, is in the hot seat for The Big Interview. He’s Russell Crowe and he talks about working with co-star, Ryan Gosling on their new movie, which is in cinemas this week.
Among the other new releases is emotional Australian drama, Holding The Man, would-be thriller…
Marvel / Disney are on a roll this year. “Something strange is coming…” Another film comic book fans are looking forward to see is Marvel’s “Doctor Strange” starring Benedict Cumberbatch, who stars as the title character. At the Captain America – Civil War screening I watched a pre-production piece that offered some insight in the much expected film which hopefully will…
Disney has been spoiling us all with incredibly amusing short films appearing before major animated productions. You may recall award winning Feast as well as Frozen Fever. On 29 July Pixar Animation Studios is releasing a sequel to Finding Nemo, Finding Dory, and with that a newly announced short called Piper.
Directed by Alan Barillaro and produced by Marc Sondheimer, Piper tells the story of…
Talking Pictures celebrates its first anniversary in style by putting two Hollywood A-listers in the Big Interview hot seat. George Clooney and Julia Roberts talk about Money Monster, their latest movie together.
London Mums’ resident film critic, Freda Cooper, casts her critical eye over the film on the latest edition of the show and looks at other new releases including Jane Austen…
This Spring there are three new nature art books which support schools’ biology topics and encourage children to discover nature and learn all about plants and animals living in the green spaces around them. I have used them with the London Mums Kids Club to explore Richmond Park and find out lots of facts about trees, leaves, deers, squirrels and foxes. Some of these books include boxes to…
