Film Review: Money Monster
May 24 2016- Movies
- Last Updated on 23 May 2016
- Freda Cooper
Hollywood royalty is out in force in cinemas. Meryl Streep arrived as Florence Foster Jenkins at the start of the month, last week Tom Hanks was in the Arabian desert to deliver A Hologram For The King and now no less than George Clooney and Julia Roberts confront a hostage-taker in this week’s Money Monster (released this Friday, 27 May, certificate 15).
London Mums’ resident film critic, Freda Cooper, finds out if it lives up to its star power.
Talking Pictures: Tom Hanks In The Desert
May 21 2016- Movies
- Last Updated on 21 May 2016
- Freda Cooper
After Desert Island Discs, Tom Hanks is in the desert in his latest film, A Hologram For The King. The film’s reviewed on the latest edition of Talking Pictures and its star is in the hot seat for The Big Interview.
Film review: Walt before Mickey on Netflix
May 20 2016- Movies
- Last Updated on 18 May 2016
- Monica Costa
Walt before Mickey, a new independent film released in 2015 is now available on Netflix. It’s about the early years of Walt Disney based on the book Walt Before Mickey: Disney’s Early Years, 1919–1928 by Timothy S. Susanin.
Spanning nine years, this biographical drama chronicles the early days of Walt Disney’s career – before he and his brother Roy began the humble animation studio that would subsequently evolve into a global entertainment colossus.
