The holidays are here and the summer blockbuster season gets off to the biggest of starts on this week’s Talking Pictures. Legendary director Steven Spielberg, and the Oscar winning star of the film, Mark Rylance, talk about The BFG, their latest film together at its London press conference. And London Mums’ resident film critic, Freda Cooper, was there to hear what they had to say.
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There are lots of new Summer reads and bedtime stories for children out there to keep the little ones entertained. Here are London Mums and Kids Club favourite ones. These stories we have chosen are especially engaging. It certainly helped having the authors reading them. Watch them in our exclusive videos. Don’t forget to subscribe to the London Mums’ YouTube channel for more videos, reviews…
Swallows and Amazons is a pleasant upcoming family film for this Summer to add to the list of great great movies released or due to be released soon (Finding Dory & Piper, The Secret Life of Pets ….). The enchanting film will be in cinemas from 19 August. It brings to life the classic novel by Arthur Ransome, telling the tale of the Walker children’s summer holiday in the Lake District…
2016 marks the 100th anniversary of Dahl’s birth and to celebrate one of the most creative authors of all times, there will be a movie release in the Summer. From the minds of two of the world’s greatest storytellers – Roald Dahl and Steven Spielberg – THE BFG will see a UK release on 22 July 2016.Â
The Big Friendly Giant will be impersonated by Academy Award winner Mark Rylance and…
As the latest version of Ghostbusters blasts into cinemas, its token male, Chris Hemsworth, takes up the Talking Pictures hot seat for this week’s Big Interview and spills the beans about working on the film. Also under review are the black comedy, Men & Chicken, and French romance set in the 70s, Summertime.
On DVD, there’s animation for grown ups in Anomalisa, Jack Black as sumo panda…
M.G. Leonard was terrified of beetles until she started researching them for her book Beetle Boy. She soon realised that these fascinating creatures, which support the eco-system of our entire planet, deserved to be the heroes, not the villains, of the story. So she set about writing the most compelling, funny and heart-warming adventure she could summon, about bravery, friendship and…
Ice Age: Collision Course is out now with a big bang. Yes, because it explains how the world was created, including the solar system and the disappearance of dinosaurs. Well, I am not sure children will get it actually but the basic information is there served with lots of hilarious and clever gags that will keep the parents glued and happy while the kids laugh for the silliest situations and…
Oscar winner J.K. Simmons sat down for an exclusive interview at DreamWorks Animation’s Glendale studios in Southern California for London Mums. In his latest role, he voices the supernatural villain Kai in KUNG FU PANDA 3, the latest adventure in the popular franchise which once again stars Jack Black as Po, the loveable, legendary Dragon Warrior. Gearing up for his most daunting challenge so…
Talking Pictures lands another exclusive this week, with London Mums’ resident film critic, Freda Cooper, talking to writer/director Rebecca Miller. She’s behind one of this week’s big new releases at the cinema, the sparkling comedy Maggie’s Plan.
The film’s under review as well, together with The Neon Demon, the latest from controversial director Nicolas Winding Refn. On DVD…
Tim Peake from space recently made people aware of a really unique way of writing books. He read such a special personalised bedtime story that I wanted to try on my son Diego, The Incredible intergalactic Journey Home, written by authors at Lost My Name. The great thing about this story is that is completely customised. When we ordered it we provided Diego’s name and address.
When we first…