The Ladybird books for grown-ups series are Vintage looking books with modern wit created by J.A. Hazeley and J.P. Morris for Penguin Random House. They are ideal gifts for Christmas, perfect stocking fillers for those adults who are not generally avid readers and love munching on large clear texts with humour.
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Authors Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris present the smash-hit Ladybird Books for…
The gala screening of Allied was all about Brad Pitt, the big star of a war drama that sees French national treasure Marion Cotillard co-star alongside him. Allied is in cinemas this Friday 25 November (cert TBC). Audiences long to see for themselves the on-screen chemistry between the co-stars. I am not sure whether they chose to stay apart during the premiere on purpose, but newly separated…
It was a great honour talking to Horrible Histories illustrator Martin Brown about his latest book Lesser Spotted Animals and his great career.
Q: Â How did you come up with the idea for Lesser Spotted Animals?
Years and years ago when there was the outcry over the fur seal cull I realised that being cute and fluffy with big eyes really helps your cause. But what if you weren’t cute and…
Cars 3 is on its way …. If you have boys in the family you have probably seen the animations Cars and Cars 2 at least 1000 times. That’s me at least. When Cars was released, my son Diego was just two years old and Cars was one of the first films he watched from start to finish without me doing a lot of explaining. A brilliant film that he has sometimes watched back to back a few times since.
This Christmas Disney is treating families to the great new musical animation Moana that will inspire generations of children for years to come. Moana sails into UK cinemas on 2 December. Read what London Mums and kids think about it.
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Three thousand years ago, the greatest sailors in the world voyaged across the vast South Pacific, discovering the many islands of Oceania. But…
It has been a great year for British cinema and to celebrate the release of A United Kingdom we take a look back at some of the year’s top British releases – from much loved television series that have made the leap to the big screen, to adaptations of novels and true life stories as well as new innovative scripts.
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Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Starring Jenifer Saunders as Eddy and…
La la Land… the title does not say much but the trailer certainly does. This is the film I am truly looking forward to watching early in the new year. La La Land is the uplifting movie of the new beginning that will make us all put the diabolical 2016 behind us with a bang. Take a look at two of the most gorgeous and talented new Hollywood stars Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone in this new clip to…
Harry Potter spin off Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is a world class comeback of the Harry Potter franchise. It has all ingredients to please Harry Potter fans who have been waiting too long for this: magical creatures, special wizarding tricks (old and new), great villains, humour and drama. Once again JK Rowling hasn’t disappointed her aficionados.
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Fantastic Beasts and…
I am really honoured to have had the chance to interview critically acclaimed Adam Rolston who went from playwright to million dollar film producer overnight. His inspirational debut feature film A Street Cat Named Bob is in UK Cinemas now.
Having sold his first screenplay at just 18 years old, Adam Rolston had a successful playwright career before turning to film production. He wrote the…
Disney is really good at creating amazing teaser trailers and PR campaigns to get us all keen to the next movies. Beauty and the Beast is one of the films I look forward to the most in 2017. Judge for yourself looking at the trailer that has just been released by Disney. The film looks like the perfect live-action re-telling of the studio’s animated classic which refashions the classic…