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Jan 11 2016- Movies
- Last Updated on 10 January 2016
- Monica Costa

It’s the awards season at the movies and our very own film critic Freda Cooper is in the running for an award of her own!
As well as being one of our most popular contributors, Freda runs her own movie blog, The Coops Review, which is a contender in the UK Blog Awards. And she needs your help to get her through to the final.
Talking Pictures: Samuel L Jackson on The Hateful Eight
Jan 10 2016- Movies
- Last Updated on 10 January 2016
- Freda Cooper

Talking Pictures’ first big interview of 2016 doesn’t get much bigger! It’s with Samuel L Jackson, who stars in Quentin Tarantino’s new epic western, The Hateful Eight. London Mums’ very own film critic, Freda Cooper, also takes a look at the movie, alongside Partisan, an indie film from Australia.
Talking Pictures: Double Bill with Chris Hemsworth and Alicia Vikander
Jan 04 2016- Movies
- Last Updated on 04 January 2016
- Freda Cooper

Catch up with the world of the movies, courtesy of a holiday double helping of Talking Pictures, with London Mums’ resident film critic, Freda Cooper.
The Christmas edition reviews Daddy’s Home, the new comedy with Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg, as well as Ron Howard’s In The Heart Of The Sea. And the film’s star, Chris Hemsworth, talks about making the movie – and THAT weight loss – in The Big Interview. On DVD, it’s British gangster movie North V South and the Talking Pictures Top Film of 2015 is revealed with a flourish.