Film Review: Avengers: Age Of Ultron

Apr 22 2015

Blockbusters will rule at the cinema this summer.  I’ll be previewing them for London Mums in a few weeks’ time but, in the meantime, warm up acts don’t come much bigger than this – Avengers: Age Of Ultron.  It opens this Thursday, 23 April 2015, certificate 12A.

After being at the helm for both this and the first film in the Marvel series, Avengers Assemble (2012), director and writer Joss Whedon has announced he’s stepping away from the franchise.  The next two instalments – Avengers:Infinity War, parts 1 and 2, due in 2018 and 2019, will be in the hands of Anthony and Joe Russo, who also directed Captain America:The Winter Soldier (2014). Having built his reputation on the Avengers, is Whedon going out with a bang?  London Mums’ film critic, Freda Cooper, straps herself in ……..

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Gardens on the Big Screen

Apr 19 2015

Rockwork Grove, a garden in one of the most famous Palaces in the world, Versailles, is taking centre stage in Alan Rickman’s upcoming film A Little Chaos. Taking inspiration from the enchanting gardens in the film we look back at the gardens which have made an impression on screen.

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Future Films heads up: Disney new film Zootropolis (March 2016)

Apr 18 2015

WALT DISNEY ANIMATION STUDIOS has recently announced the release of a new movie called Zootropolis due to hit UK cinemas on 25th March 2016.  The modern mammal metropolis of Zootropolis is a city like no other. Comprised of habitat neighborhoods like ritzy Sahara Square and frigid Tundratown, it’s a melting pot where animals from every environment live together—a place where no matter what you are, from the biggest elephant to the smallest shrew, you can be anything. But when optimistic Officer Judy Hopps arrives, she discovers that being the first bunny on a police force of big, tough animals isn’t so easy. 

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