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DVD Review: Wonder Woman

  Wonder Wonder the movie is finally arriving onto 4K UHD, Blu-ray™ 3D, Blu-ray™, DVD and Digital Download. Gal Gadot returns as the DC Super Hero in the epic action adventure from director Patty Jenkins. I am happy as this movie is truly magnificent even for non superheroes’ fans.      The story Before she was Wonder Woman, she was Diana, princess of the Amazons, trained to be…
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Film review: The Mountain Between Us starring Idris Elba & Kate Winslet & my chat to director Hany Abu-Assad

    Director by Academy Award nominee Hany Abu-Assad and starring Academy Award winner Kate Winslet and Idris Elba, The Mountain Between Us is a romantic story between two survivors stranded on a mountain after a tragic plane crash. If you love romance, disaster and great photography, The Mountain Between Us is the right film for you. It’s released in UK cinemas on 6th October…
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Film Review: The Glass Castle starring Woody Harrelson out on 6 October 2017

When a movie makes me cry, laugh, think and take action on my life in less than two hours, I regard it a brilliant movie. And that’s exactly what The Glass castle starring Woody Harrelson has done to me.   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…
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Film review: Goodbye Christopher Robin & exclusive chat to Kelly MacDonald

  Goodbye Christopher Robin is a moving and inspiring true story of how the wonderful tales of Winnie the Pooh and his animal friends were born. London Mums loved it so much that decided it is the best family movie of 2017. Don’t miss it this Friday 29th September 2017 when it is released in UK cinemas.       The story      Goodbye Christopher Robin gives a rare glimpse into the…
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Film review: Victoria & Abdul starring Judi Dench

      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 screening was at the newly…
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Film review: Our Last Tango

    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 most famous dancers in…
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Books

Picture book of the week: The Rusty Old Postbox by Susana Sanchez Gonzalez

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…
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Children's book of the year: Good night stories for Rebel Girls

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 voted it…
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Book review: BILLY AND THE MINPINS by Roald Dahl & Quentin Blake

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 Blake’s…
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The teenage years

    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 Channel’s exciting new TV…
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