Posts Tagged ‘Oscar’
Film Review: Room
Jan 18 2016- Freda Cooper
- 0 Comments
In a week packed with big new releases at the cinema – The Revenant and Creed among them – one of the smaller ones is making a big impression. Just arrived in cinemas, Lenny Abrahamson’s Room, certificate 15, has already won a Golden Globe for its star, Brie Larson, and is nominated in several BAFTA and Oscar categories. All for a film that’s set in a 10 foot by 10 foot world.
London Mums’ resident film critic, Freda Cooper, gives her verdict on a film where parent/child relationships are less than sugar-coated.
Film Review: Still Alice
Mar 06 2015- Freda Cooper
- 0 Comments
The winner of this year’s Oscar for Best Actress had been predicted for months – Julianne Moore in Still Alice. The performance had come in for plenty of praise, but there was also a general feeling that it was about time that Moore got the trophy. It was her fifth nomination, after all.
But an Oscar-winning performance isn’t always set within an Oscar-winning film. London Mums film critic, Freda Cooper, checks out the film which opens this Friday, 6 March, certificate 12A, to find out if it’s worthy of its star turn.
