The Big Interview hot seat turns into a hot sofa this week as Jennifer Lawrence and co-stars Liam Hemsworth and Josh Hutcherson all talk about the final instalment of the Hunger Games series, Mockingjay Part II.
London Mums’ resident film critic, Freda Cooper, reviews the film, as well as the other big new release this week, The Dressmaker, which stars Kate Winslet. DVDs in the…
When The Hunger Games first appeared on screens in 2012, it set the bar and it set it high. There’s been other post-dystopian young adult adventure stories, but none of them have quite measured up to the series, with its strong but vulnerable heroine, Katniss Everdeen. And now it reaches its climax, as The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part II arrives in cinemas this week, certificate 12A.
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Another week, another Kate Winslet film. On top of starring alongside Michael Fassbender in Steve Jobs, she’s now about to have a second film in cinemas. 1950s comedy The Dressmaker is released this Friday, 20 November and, not surprisingly, Winslet is modelling some fabulous frocks.
London Mums’ film critic, Freda Cooper, finds out if it’ll have you in stitches.
The story
It’s 1950s…
The stars are out in force for this week’s Talking Pictures, your essential guide to the movies from London Mums’ film critic, Freda Cooper.
There’s Maggie Smith on her latest film, The Lady In The Van, and Michael Fassbender on playing the title role in Steve Jobs. His co-star, Kate Winslet, answers the questions in The Big Interview and both films are released this week.
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This Christmas’ movie A Christmas Star is a modern fairy tale with traditional family values and positive ending released by Belfast-based children’s charity Cinemagic and Signature Entertainment in UK cinemas nationwide from 13th November 2015 and on DVD, Blu-Ray, EST and VOD from 23rd November, 2015.
The Story
Starring film and TV’s elite, A Christmas Star tells the story of Noel, a…
If you and your kids are fans of the Ice Age trilogy you will love this trailer teaser that Twentieth Century Fox has just presented for ICE AGE: COLLISION COURSE, arriving in cinemas Summer 2016. It is a proper well made animated short film. Enjoy!
The Story and Cast
Scrat’s epic pursuit of the elusive acorn catapults him into the universe where he accidentally sets off a series of cosmic…
2015’s been quite a year for Michael Fassbender. First came the western Slow West, then Shakespeare’s Macbeth and now it’s the most anticipated of the lot – playing the title role in Danny Boyle’s Steve Jobs, which is released this Friday.
It’s a biopic with a chequered history: remarkably, Fassbender was third choice for the part. London Mums’ film critic, Freda Cooper…
Alice Through the Looking Glass is the sequel to Tim Burton’s movie Alice in Wonderland (2010) and reunites the all-star cast from the worldwide blockbuster phenomenon, including: Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway, Mia Wasikowska and Helena Bonham Carter along with the voices of Alan Rickman, Stephen Fry, Michael Sheen and Timothy Spall.
2015 celebrated the 150th anniversary (1865-2015) of Alice in…
Here is London Mums’ list of the Best Book Adaptations. My favourite book adaptation of all times has to be Gone with the Wind. What’s your favourite one?
Brooklyn
Brooklyn is a moving love story from the best-selling novel by Colm Tobin, adapted by the successful screenwriter and novelist Nick Hornby, best known for his novel High Fidelity. Set in the 1950s the story follows Eilis…
At the London Film Festival press conference for Suffragette last month, the panel – including Meryl Streep and Carey Mulligan – were asked which contemporary women inspired them most. The answer was instantaneous and unanimous: Malala Yousafzai. The remarkable teenager’s life has been made into a documentary, one that was screened at the LFF (London Film Festival) and which arrives in…
