You don’t need lots of words to tell a good story. The proof of this is certainly included in a new picture by Giuliano Ferri called The Snowball. Following another snow-themed book Rabbit and Bear : Rabbit’s Bad Habits I can speak on behalf of London Mums and express the wish to have some snow in London sometime this Winter to be able to finally make a decent snowman. It’s been at least…
The forthcoming Spring issue of the London Mums magazine (out early March) will include an exclusive interview with adventurer TV star and London Dad Ben Fogle. My bedside book this week has to be his latest book Labrador – The Story of the World’s Favourite Dog which is a social history of Labradors, and how they have become the world’s most beloved dogs.
What I love about it, is the…
In a week packed with big new releases at the cinema – The Revenant and Creed among them – one of the smaller ones is making a big impression. Just arrived in cinemas, Lenny Abrahamson’s Room, certificate 15, has already won a Golden Globe for its star, Brie Larson, and is nominated in several BAFTA and Oscar categories.  All for a film that’s set in a 10 foot by 10 foot world.
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There’s a double helping this week of Talking Pictures, your essential guide to the movies from London Mums’ resident film critic, Freda Cooper.
The latest edition of the show is packed with the week’s big releases at the cinema, including The Revenant. And the film’s star, Leonardo Di Caprio, escapes the wilderness to take up the hot seat for The Big Interview. Also in the spotlight are…
From this week I will suggest and review a new bedtime story every week, one that you can read to or with your child. For this first week I have chosen one of the quirkiest yet sweetest children’s story ever, Rabbit and Bear : Rabbit’s Bad Habits by Julian Gough (Author), Jim Field (Illustrator).
When a new children’s picture book lands on my desk for a review I cannot resist reading…
It’s the awards season at the movies and our very own film critic Freda Cooper is in the running for an award of her own!
As well as being one of our most popular contributors, Freda runs her own movie blog, The Coops Review, which is a contender in the UK Blog Awards. And she needs your help to get her through to the final.
The first stage in the awards is a public vote. This link…
2015 was the year I interviewed chick-lit literature Queen Sophie Kinsella. Driven by the enthusiasm for this genre I found another London author to keep me company for a few weeks with her hilarious novels: Lucy Holliday. The first time I saw A night in with Audrey Hepburn was at Bologna airport in Italy last October and that thought that for a novel to be famous abroad it must be good and worth…
Talking Pictures’ first big interview of 2016 doesn’t get much bigger! It’s with Samuel L Jackson, who stars in Quentin Tarantino’s new epic western, The Hateful Eight. London Mums’ very own film critic, Freda Cooper, also takes a look at the movie, alongside Partisan, an indie film from Australia.
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On DVD, there’s cult movie Just Jim on DVD and Freda takes a look ahead at the…
Catch up with the world of the movies, courtesy of a holiday double helping of Talking Pictures, with London Mums’ resident film critic, Freda Cooper.
The Christmas edition reviews Daddy’s Home, the new comedy with Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg, as well as Ron Howard’s In The Heart Of The Sea. And the film’s star, Chris Hemsworth, talks about making the movie – and THAT weight loss…
Director Tom Hooper has a habit of making films that attract awards. Remember The King’s Speech? Who could forget it…. Then came his version of Les Miserables. His third offering, released on New Year’s Day, is The Danish Girl and, once again, it looks like Oscar bait. Its star, Eddie Redmayne, won all the big Best Actor gongs last year. London Mums’ film critic, Freda Cooper, wanted to…