Sometimes there’s more to a film than you expect. And Learning To Drive, released this Friday, certificate 15, is a case in point. It’s a title that leads you in one direction, but don’t underestimate it.
London Mums’ resident film critic, Freda Cooper, discovers if it gets out of third gear.
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Successful literary critic Wendy (Patricia Clarkson) finds her world falling…
Kevin Hart meets London Mums at Doggy Dinner to launch The Secret Life of Pets film (out on 24 June)
I did not know Kevin Hart before meeting him but I quickly figured I must have been the only person in the world not knowing him: He has 30 million followers on Twitter and 30 million on Instagram. Kevin Hart is one of the world’s funniest comedians following Chris Rock and Eddie Murphy’s footsteps. He was recently in London to launch new animation movie The Secret Life of Pets made by the…
There’s all kinds of buddy movies on the new edition of Talking Pictures, which is out now. One half of The Nice Guys, is in the hot seat for The Big Interview. He’s Russell Crowe and he talks about working with co-star, Ryan Gosling on their new movie, which is in cinemas this week.
Among the other new releases is emotional Australian drama, Holding The Man, would-be thriller…
Marvel / Disney are on a roll this year. “Something strange is coming…”  Another film comic book fans are looking forward to see is Marvel’s “Doctor Strange” starring Benedict Cumberbatch, who stars as the title character. At the Captain America – Civil War screening I watched a pre-production piece that offered some insight in the much expected film which hopefully will become…
Disney has been spoiling us all with incredibly amusing short films appearing before major animated productions. You may recall award winning Feast as well as Frozen Fever. On 29 July Pixar Animation Studios is releasing a sequel to Finding Nemo, Finding Dory, and with that a newly announced short called Piper.
Directed by Alan Barillaro and produced by Marc Sondheimer, Piper tells the story of…
Talking Pictures celebrates its first anniversary in style by putting two Hollywood A-listers in the Big Interview hot seat. George Clooney and Julia Roberts talk about Money Monster, their latest movie together.
London Mums’ resident film critic, Freda Cooper, casts her critical eye over the film on the latest edition of the show and looks at other new releases including Jane Austen…
This Spring there are three new nature art books which support schools’ biology topics and encourage children to discover nature and learn all about plants and animals living in the green spaces around them. I have used them with the London Mums Kids Club to explore Richmond Park and find out lots of facts about trees, leaves, deers, squirrels and foxes. Some of these books include boxes to be…
Hollywood royalty is out in force in cinemas. Meryl Streep arrived as Florence Foster Jenkins at the start of the month, last week Tom Hanks was in the Arabian desert to deliver A Hologram For The King and now no less than George Clooney and Julia Roberts confront a hostage-taker in this week’s Money Monster (released this Friday, 27 May, certificate 15).
London Mums’ resident film critic…
After Desert Island Discs, Tom Hanks is in the desert in his latest film, A Hologram For The King. The film’s reviewed on the latest edition of Talking Pictures and its star is in the hot seat for The Big Interview.
And that’s just one of this week’s new releases. There’s low-budget British movie, Chicken, which has been attracting rave reviews and the latest from Irish director, John…
Walt before Mickey, a new independent film released in 2015 is now available on Netflix. It’s about the early years of Walt Disney based on the book Walt Before Mickey: Disney’s Early Years, 1919–1928 by Timothy S. Susanin.
Spanning nine years, this biographical drama chronicles the early days of Walt Disney’s career – before he and his brother Roy began the humble animation studio that…