What’s your idea of a grandmother? A grey haired lady who bakes great cakes and crochets in the evening? If it is, prepare to have it completely overturned by a new comedy, released in cinemas this Friday, 11 December. Because there’s never been a Grandma quite like Lily Tomlin, as London Mums’ film critic, Freda Cooper, discovered ……
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The grandma in question is Elle…
After last week’s cluster of good, new films, this week is a little quieter. But there’s still a big name in The Big Interview hot seat on this week’s Talking Pictures. James McAvoy leaves his lab for a while to talk about his new release, Victor Frankenstein, which arrived in cinemas this week. Also in the spotlight is another new film with a Scottish flavor, Sunset Song, which is set…
Snoopy And Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie arrives in cinemas on Monday, 21 December – just in time for Christmas. And if you enjoyed learning how to draw Charlie Brown using last week’s special video guide, here’s your chance to make your very own Snoopy.
Hadley Belle Miller, the voice of Lucy in the movie, shows you how to make an easy-peasy paper puppet of Charlie Brown’s four…
I love Christmas because I can spend quality time with my son, my nieces and my extended family. I particularly enjoy reading stories to and with my son. Even if the stories are for younger children, Christmas books have the taste of ginger biscuit with a glass of milk. They leave a lovely after taste for a long time. Here is my selection of the best Christmas books for children.
The Snow…
To celebrate the imminent release of the 7th instalment of Star Wars, I have found myself totally immersed in Star Wars’ literature of all sorts on top of catching up with the old movies. Here are my favourite Star Wars books (recent and old). Enjoy!
DK Star Wars – Absolutely everything you need to know
This is the best Star Wars encyclopaedia ever made. Any fans of the George Lucas‘ saga…
London Mums’ film critic, Freda Cooper, felt it was only right that she went to see the first of this year’s Christmas offerings from Hollywood. It’s called Christmas With The Coopers! Needless to say, she’s not related to any of the characters, but does the film bear any relation to good cinema? Read on to find out …
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It’s a convoluted one! All four generations…
As if we didn’t love Winnie The Pooh enough, knowing that he was inspired by a real female bear who was as sweet as his precious honey, will make us fall in love with Milne’s stories even more.
Finding Winnie is a new picture book telling the true story of the bear who inspired Winnie The Pooh. It is written by Harry Colebourn’s real-life great-granddaughter Lindsay Mattick who felt the…
It’s been a great year for animation at the cinema and it’s not over yet. Snoopy And Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie arrives just before Christmas.
Can’t wait until then? Try getting creative! Because in the run-up to the film’s release, London Mums have some great video guides on how to create your own version of some of the Peanuts characters – and more.
This first one shows…
Paris Up, Up and Away by French illustrator and paper and textile designer Hélène Druvert (published by Thames & Hudson) is a the most original and unique picture book I have ever come across (yes really!).
In the awakening of the Paris attacks this book becomes a poetic tribute to the City of Light and for that reason it is even more emotional.
The story starts with the words
The Eiffel…
Weeks don’t get much bigger at the cinema! There’s a deluge of great new releases this week and, if you can’t decide what to see, then let Talking Pictures do it for you.
There’s romantic drama, Carol: its star, Cate Blanchett, is the subject of this week’s Big Interview. Johnny Depp abandons Captain Jack Sparrow to play real-life gangster, Whitey Bulger, in Black Mass. The epic…