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2016 Film Preview
Dec 30 2015- Freda Cooper
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For film fans, January and February are the best time of the year. And the worst. The awards season means that there’s a glut of good films released over those two months to make sure they’re in contention. And it also means trying to squeeze in as many cinema visits as possible over just a couple of months.
Except that 2016 might be slightly different. Some of the titles tipped as contenders were released months ago: Inside Out in July and Carol more recently in November. Which means that the start of the year could be a little less fraught than usual. As for the films themselves, London Mums’ resident film critic, Freda Cooper, takes a look ahead and picks the must-sees.
Film Review: Beasts Of No Nation
Oct 19 2015- Freda Cooper
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Some of this year’s London Film Festival’s line-up made a quick sprint from the red carpet to cinemas nationwide. Suffragette, The Program and The Lobster have all been released. But Beasts Of No Nation took a different path: the first original feature film from Netflix, subscribers can watch it now. London Mums’ film critic, Freda Cooper, checked out what could prove to be a ground breaker.