It is well known that arts or cultural experiences in early childhood can help children develop abilities in the arts which will be useful right through life as well as significantly strengthen parent-child bonds and engage families in their children’s learning, providing a positive focus for shared experience and communication. Going to the museum is not always easy or possible with young…
Idris Elba is positively ubiquitous – at the moment, anyway. The voice of Chief Bogo in Zootropolis, he’s also the menacing Shere Khan in The Jungle Book and he’s been opening up to the press about playing the villain Krall in Star Trek Beyond, due out in July. For now, though, we have to settle for him playing an action role in Bastille Day, released on Friday, 22 April, certificate…
It’s an amazing week at the cinema – and on Talking Pictures! London Mums’ resident film critic, Freda Cooper, takes a look at Disney’s live action version of The Jungle Book and its director Jon Favreau talks about re-making a classic in The Big Interview. Military thriller Eye In The Sky is also out and Helen Mirren pays tribute her co-star, Alan Rickman.
The DVD line-up includes…
If you are looking for new books with the old fashioned look and feel, I would recommend bestselling adult novelist Jenny Colgan‘s stories Polly and the puffin and the latest Polly and the Puffin: The Stormy Day published by Hachette UK, the second children’s book featuring Polly and her puffin Neil. With gorgeous two-colour illustrations throughout, Polly is perfect for reading aloud.
Jenny…
If you are planning milestone birthdays, make sure you read this.
Milestone Birthdays: How to Plan the Party of a Lifetime
Kids aren’t the only ones who love parties – adults enjoy them too! If you have a parent, grandparent, special loved one or friend who is about to hit a milestone birthday, you’re probably wondering what you can do in order to make sure that their next birthday is one…
Join Michael Shannon on the Midnight Special on this week’s Talking Pictures as he talks about his latest film in The Big Interview. It’s out now and London Mums’ resident film critic, Freda Cooper, puts the film in the spotlight, along with the week’s other new releases. There’s Scandi-noir thriller, The Absent One, as well as documentary, I Am Belfast.
On DVD, Lily Tomlin…
Who hasn’t forgotten the shopping list mum at least once in a lifetime? CHIMPANZEES FOR TEA! is a hilarious new picture book from author and illustrator talent Jo Empson, featuring truly stunning expressive artwork and a hilarious rhyming tale on the theme of forgetfulness and being distracted by the surrounding world.
9 year old Diego and I love CHIMPANZEES FOR TEA! published by Puffin…
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s Eddie The Eagle, who soars into town on the latest edition of Talking Pictures.
London Mums’ resident film critic, Freda Cooper, takes a look at the film and its stars, Taron Edgerton and Hugh Jackman squeeze into The Big Interview hot seat. Also in cinemas is Ran, the re-working of King Lear from Japanese director, Akira Kurosawa, and black…
At the 1988 Winter Olympics, Britain found a new sporting hero. He was the one-man ski jumping team, he’d qualified for the competition by the skin of his teeth and he didn’t win a medal. In fact, he was permanently in last place. But everybody came under the energetic spell of Eddie Edwards. Nearly 30 years later, he’s inspired a big screen version of his story, which flies into cinemas on…
As soon as Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice was announced, the controversy started. The casting of Ben Affleck as Bruce Wayne/Batman came in for the most flack. Three years later, the film’s arrived and the debate shows no signs of slowing down. London Mums’ resident film critic, Freda Cooper, watches the two heroes go head to head. Or should that be tights to tights?
The…