The Big Interview on Talking Pictures: Mark Ruffalo at the Spotlight Press conference
Jan 29 2016- Movies
- Last Updated on 28 January 2016
- Freda Cooper
The Big Interview on this week’s Talking Pictures goes outside the studio for the Spotlight press conference. London Mums’ resident film critic, Freda Cooper, hears what star Mark Ruffalo has to say about working alongside the real journalists from the Boston Globe. And the film itself gets the show’s ultimate accolade!
Also in cinemas this week is Antonio Banderas in The 33, the true story of the Chilean miners buried underground in 2010, and Michael Caine in Youth. Mark Ruffalo is on DVD as well, in Infinitely Polar Bear, and there’s also Michael Shannon in 99 Homes.
Film Review: Spotlight
Jan 28 2016- Movies
- Last Updated on 27 January 2016
- Freda Cooper
With the Oscars just a month away, one of the biggest contenders for the Best Picture accolade arrives in British cinemas. Spotlight is based on the true story of a group of investigative journalists in Boston who revealed crimes against children in the city’s Catholic Church – and discovered an even bigger cover-up.
London Mums’ resident film critic, Freda Cooper, looks at what could turn out to be one of the big films of 2016.
DVD Review: Infinitely Polar Bear
Jan 25 2016- Movies
- Last Updated on 24 January 2016
- Freda Cooper
In the same week that the independent movie industry gathers for this year’s Sundance Film Festival in Utah, a refugee from the 2014 festival arrives on DVD in the UK. A film that was also shown at the Toronto Film Festival in the same year, was released in the US last year and even earned its star a Golden Globe nomination this year. Yet it never saw the light of day in British cinemas.
London Mums’ resident film critic, Freda Cooper, checks out Infinitely Polar Bear, which arrives on DVD this week, certificate 15. And finds that the phrase “straight to DVD” doesn’t necessarily mean a bad film.
