Last week I found myself at the Ham Yard Hotel in Soho, that lovely, warm, slightly hidden-away spot just off Piccadilly Circus, surrounded by canapés, drinks, and a room full of people who, like me, get genuinely excited about Christmas. The occasion: the launch ofLumo the Lapland Reindeer, the first animated series from Lapland Studios, the creative team behind LaplandUK.
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On Monday 19th October 2026 London Mums Magazine was invited to review Clayface, a dark DC horror film. Horror is NOT my genre, but I went to watch Clayface because it was my friend’s birthday, and let me tell you… I was NOT ready!
This movie had me screaming and jumping out of my seat, and my scream was so loud it made the neighbours jump too!I came to celebrate a birthday…
London Mums Magazine was invited to review ‘Digger’ and this is what I thought of it. Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alejandro G. Iñárritu is back with his original film DIGGER, and he’s bringing Tom Cruise with him. But forget everything you think you know about a Tom Cruise movie. This is something else entirely.
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Cruise stars as the most powerful man in the…
When the London Mums Magazine team were invited to see The End of Oak Street, we went along with an open mind. We knew very little about the film beforehand, and, if we’re honest, it wasn’t necessarily the kind of film we would have rushed to choose ourselves.
How wrong we were!
The End of Oak Street takes a wonderfully bizarre idea and turns it into an entertaining…
On Sunday 26th July London Mums Magazine young and less young reporters were invited to review the new PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie, a prehistoric adventure that younger fans will love. There aren’t many better ways to spend a Sunday morning than watching the excitement on your children’s faces as they walk into a PAW Patrol premiere.
We were invited to the all-media gala screening of PAW…
London Mums Magazine contributors were invited to the UK premiere of Animal Farm on 12th July. George Orwell’s novella has been studied by generations of readers, but transforming such a complex story into an animated family film is no small task. The result is an entertaining and accessible adaptation that introduces younger audiences to Orwell’s world, even if it doesn’t quite…
I attended the multimedia screening of Spider-Man: Brand New Day with the same flutter of excitement my son gets when he spots a new Marvel Lego set. And Tom Holland could swing past my window any day of the week. Now 30, a little broader in the shoulder, and flexing some seriously grown-up biceps, he’s clearly been doing more than just eating Peters Pasta. But as I settled in with my popcorn…
There are books you admire, and then there are books that quietly shape the way you see the world. For me,The Odysseybelongs firmly in the second category. I first met Odysseus, or Ulisse, as we called him in my Italian classroom, as a teenager, and I’ve been slightly in love with the crafty old wanderer ever since. So when I heard Christopher Nolan was taking a crack at it, I…
As a mum of two superhero obsessed children, I went into Supergirl (2026) hoping for a fun family film with plenty of action and a positive role model. What I got was something a little deeper than expected and, in many ways, more rewarding.
What stood out most to me was Kara herself. She’s brave and powerful, but she isn’t perfect. She makes mistakes, struggles with…
There comes a point where every franchise risks overstaying its welcome. AfterToy Story 4, another sequel felt unnecessary. YetToy Story 5manages to find a reason to exist.
The film explores what happens when the world changes and the things that once gave us meaning begin to disappear. While previous entries focused on being outgrown by children, this chapter widens the lens.