London Mums’ film critic, Freda Cooper, felt it was only right that she went to see the first of this year’s Christmas offerings from Hollywood. It’s called Christmas With The Coopers! Needless to say, she’s not related to any of the characters, but does the film bear any relation to good cinema? Read on to find out …
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It’s a convoluted one! All four generations…
As if we didn’t love Winnie The Pooh enough, knowing that he was inspired by a real female bear who was as sweet as his precious honey, will make us fall in love with Milne’s stories even more.
Finding Winnie is a new picture book telling the true story of the bear who inspired Winnie The Pooh. It is written by Harry Colebourn’s real-life great-granddaughter Lindsay Mattick who…
It’s been a great year for animation at the cinema and it’s not over yet. Snoopy And Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie arrives just before Christmas.
Can’t wait until then? Try getting creative! Because in the run-up to the film’s release, London Mums have some great video guides on how to create your own version of some of the Peanuts characters – and more.
This first one shows…
Paris Up, Up and Away by French illustrator and paper and textile designer Hélène Druvert (published by Thames & Hudson) is a the most original and unique picture book I have ever come across (yes really!).
In the awakening of the Paris attacks this book becomes a poetic tribute to the City of Light and for that reason it is even more emotional.
The story starts with the words
The Eiffel…
Weeks don’t get much bigger at the cinema! There’s a deluge of great new releases this week and, if you can’t decide what to see, then let Talking Pictures do it for you.
There’s romantic drama, Carol: its star, Cate Blanchett, is the subject of this week’s Big Interview. Johnny Depp abandons Captain Jack Sparrow to play real-life gangster, Whitey Bulger, in Black Mass. The epic…
I was delighted to have the chance to interview Disney-Pixar filmmakers Pete Sohn & Denise Ream this week for some exclusive behind the scenes anecdotes from new enchanting family movie The Good Dinosaur out in cinemas today (27 November 2015).
While Christmas 2014 provided great movies for kids and parents alike, there aren’t many decent Christmas family films out this year with…
Remember the days of the epic film? When they were so long they needed an intermission half way through? If you do – and even if you don’t – this week gives you an all-too-rare opportunity to experience it all over again or for the first time. One of the most romantic of large scale films celebrates its half century by returning to the big screen in a newly re-mastered print. David…
The awards season doesn’t fully get under way for another couple of months, but the buzz has already started. One of the films attracting a lot of attention is Todd Haynes’ Carol, released on Friday, certificate 15. A romance between two women set in 1950s America, it’s already scooped a couple of awards at Cannes and looks destined to add to its collection.
London Mums’ film critic…
After the recent success of Daredevil, this November sees the release of Netflix – Marvel new gripping Original series: Jessica Jones – a second class superhero from the Marvel Olympus.
She appeared in Marvel Comics 14 years ago, in a new adult imprint called Alias that changed Marvel’s approach to serious adult storytelling created by Brian Michael Bendis and Michael…
It’s a Disney-Pixar double bill this week. Inside Out was released on DVD on Monday and Friday sees the arrival in cinemas of the studio’s latest animation, The Good Dinosaur, certificate PG. London Mums’ film critic, Freda Cooper, checks out a film that’s light years from prehistoric.
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It all starts with a large “what if?” What if that meteorite that crashed into the…
