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Talking Pictures: Tom Hanks In The Desert

After Desert Island Discs, Tom Hanks is in the desert in his latest film, A Hologram For The King.  The film’s reviewed on the latest edition of Talking Pictures and its star is in the hot seat for The Big Interview.

And that’s just one of this week’s new releases.  There’s low-budget British movie, Chicken, which has been attracting rave reviews and the latest from Irish director, John Carney, Sing Street.  And on DVD, there’s Oscar winner The Danish Girl and the latest in the Rocky saga, Creed.

Plus there’s the new top five at the British box office and a look at this week’s Cannes Film Festival.  Your essential guide to the movies, with London Mums’ resident film critic, Freda Cooper, is packed into just 20 minutes and it’s on iTunes, TuneIn and right here:

 

https://soundcloud.com/freda-14/talkingpictures19may2016

 

And don’t forget you can keep up to date with Talking Pictures by liking the official Facebook page and following Freda on Twitter, @TheCoopsReview.

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Film critic and radio presenter Freda Cooper has been a movie fan all her life - the best qualification for the job! A contributor to a number of film websites, she also presents her weekly podcast, Talking Pictures, a finalist in the UK Podcasters Awards. Her movie blog, formerly The Coops Review, is now also called Talking Pictures, and was shortlisted at this year's UK Blog Awards. And you can hear her film reviews every Friday morning on BBC Surrey and BBC Sussex!
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