Film Review: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
May 14 2016- Movies
- Last Updated on 14 May 2016
- Freda Cooper
You don’t need to be fluent in phonetic alphabet to know what the title of Tina Fey’s latest offering (Whiskey Tango Foxtrot) means. It’s in cinemas now, certificate 15, and the combination of title and star makes you expect a comedy. London Mums’ resident film critic, Freda Cooper, finds that appearances are deceptive.
Film review (with NO spoilers): Alice Through the Looking Glass (out on 27 May 2016)
May 11 2016- Movies
- Last Updated on 16 May 2016
- Monica Costa
When Disney announced Alice Through the Looking Glass as the sequel to Tim Burton’s movie Alice in Wonderland (2010) I wasn’t sure what to expect, but I thought it could not match in any way the brilliance of the first film. I am not a big fan of sequels and I went into the screening quite skeptical. Not that I would not enjoy watching once again some of my favourite stars like Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway, Mia Wasikowska and Helena Bonham Carter along with the voices of Alan Rickman, Stephen Fry, Michael Sheen and Timothy Spall. I was positively surprised by this movie simply because it is not a sequel. Alice Through the Looking Glass is a standalone story starring the characters from Alice in Wonderland.
Talking Pictures: Meryl Streep On Florence Foster Jenkins
May 07 2016- Movies
- Last Updated on 07 May 2016
- Freda Cooper
Hollywood royalty graces this week’s Talking Pictures. Triple Oscar winner Meryl Streep takes up The Big Interview hot seat to talk about her latest movie, Florence Foster Jenkins – and learning how to sing badly! And we hear from the film’s British screenwriter, Nicholas Martin, about writing for the big screen.
