I might be biased this week choosing the bedtime story for the Kids Club, but meeting the lovely Nadia Shireen at the Penguin Random House HQ on the Strand certainly helped appreciate the tale of The BumbleBear. With the recent release of the new Disney’s Jungle Book, the honey seeking bear is more popular than ever. The BumbleBear is a lovely picture book for very young readers which…
Hollywood royalty graces this week’s Talking Pictures. Triple Oscar winner Meryl Streep takes up The Big Interview hot seat to talk about her latest movie, Florence Foster Jenkins – and learning how to sing badly! And we hear from the film’s British screenwriter, Nicholas Martin, about writing for the big screen.
Also in the spotlight this week is new release Knight Of Cups, from…
When I recently met #1 bestselling author in 28 countries Sylvia Day at the Penguin Random House offices with one of the best views of London, I wasn’t sure how popular she really was on this side of the Atlantic. Sylvia is also a very humble lady and made me totally at ease so much so that I felt an immediate connection with her. The only novel I ever knew before my interview is the latest…
You wait years for a film about a woman who couldn’t sing in tune and then, just like London buses, two come along almost simultaneously. French offering, Marguerite, opened around six weeks ago and was based on the story of Florence Foster Jenkins. Now the movie bearing her name arrives in cinemas this Friday, 8 May, certificate 12A.
London Mums’ resident film critic, Freda Cooper, took…
Talking Pictures had a front row seat at this week’s Captain America:Civil War press conference – and so have you! The stars of the film, Chris Evans and Robert Downey Junior, both have their say on this week’s show, along with Anthony Mackie and Paul Bettany.
London Mums’ resident film critic, Freda Cooper, puts the film under the spotlight, as well as looking at multi…
Inspired by the Captain America: Civil War European press conference I am listing 20 behind-the-scenes things that you (probably) did not know about the Marvel stars in the highly anticipated movie from Marvel Studios, the third film in the Captain America franchise and the first film in what is called Phase 3 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (following the events presented in the comic…
From Babe to Madagascar, animal films have always had the power to melt hearts and entertain the whole family. Check outLondon Mums’ favourite list of the cutest movie animals!
Zootropolis
Disney’s Zootropolis released earlier this year has to be my ultimate favourite animal movie. You really cannot beat the scenes when Nick and Judy meet the sloth. I won’t say…
It took a while, but eventually the film industry woke up to the potential of the grey pound and up popped films aimed specifically at older cinema goers. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel was easily the most successful, its sequel wasn’t not far behind, but there were also the likes of Dustin Hoffman’s Quartet and the smaller, but beautifully formed, 45 Years.
Not that all films with…
More familiar to cinema-goers from his appearances alongside Robert Downey Junior in Iron Man or George Clooney in Ocean’s Eleven, Twelve and Thirteen, Don Cheadle is seriously multi-talented in his own right. He’s the director, producer, writer and star of Miles Ahead, a project that’s taken him the best part of ten years to get onto the big screen. His labour of love has just arrived in…
The return of the Star Wars franchise with the latest instalment, the Force Awakens, has certainly created a new generation of Star Wars fans and fed the hunger of old Star Wars enthusiasts (like me). ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY comes a year after episode VII and aims to keep all Star Wars fans happy until the release of episode VIII scheduled for release on 15 December 2017. ROGUE ONE: A STAR…
