A true Hollywood legend comes into land on this week’s edition of the Talking Pictures podcast. Robert Redford takes up The Big Interview hot seat to talk about his latest movie, Pete’s Dragon – the first film he’s ever made for Disney. The new live action re-make of the 1977 animation is released this week and is also in the spotlight, alongside new releases…
The holidays are here and the summer blockbuster season gets off to the biggest of starts on this week’s Talking Pictures. Legendary director Steven Spielberg, and the Oscar winning star of the film, Mark Rylance, talk about The BFG, their latest film together at its London press conference. And London Mums’ resident film critic, Freda Cooper, was there to hear what they had to…
As the latest version of Ghostbusters blasts into cinemas, its token male, Chris Hemsworth, takes up the Talking Pictures hot seat for this week’s Big Interview and spills the beans about working on the film. Also under review are the black comedy, Men & Chicken, and French romance set in the 70s, Summertime.
On DVD, there’s animation for grown ups in Anomalisa, Jack Black as…
Talking Pictures lands another exclusive this week, with London Mums’ resident film critic, Freda Cooper, talking to writer/director Rebecca Miller. She’s behind one of this week’s big new releases at the cinema, the sparkling comedy Maggie’s Plan.
The film’s under review as well, together with The Neon Demon, the latest from controversial director Nicolas Winding…
After the riotous comedy of Absolutely Fabulous:The Movie last week, this time it’s the turn of something more sophisticated and definitely more American. Maggie’s Plan is released this Friday, certificate 15, and comes from director/writer Rebecca Miller, who is married to Daniel Day Lewis, as well as being the daughter of legendary playwright Arthur Miller.
London Mums’ resident film…
Movie stars don’t come much bigger than Dwayne Johnson, aka The Rock. And he squeezes into the hot seat on this week’s Talking Pictures for The Big Interview. He’s talking about his latest film, Central Intelligence, and London Mums’ resident film critic, Freda Cooper, has her take on it as well. The other new release this week is political thriller, The Colony, while…
Believe it or not, it’s 24 years since the sound of This Wheel’s On Fire heralded the arrival of one of the most popular comedy series of the 90s – and easily the most outrageous. Absolutely Fabulous was a wicked send-up of the excesses of the PR industry at the time and the TV viewing public lapped it up. The series returned in the early 2000s, followed by several specials, the most…
Buddy movies are back – but they’re strictly for adults. A few weeks ago, it was Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe in The Nice Guys, now it’s the turn of little ‘n’ large combo of Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart in Central Intelligence, released in cinemas on Friday, 1st July.
London Mums resident film critic, Freda Cooper, checked out how the film shapes up.
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More than a third of people in the UK are single. In the USA, that figure is over 50%, which means they outnumber married couples. Step forward the comedy How To Be Single, released on DVD this week, which seems to give some much needed advice. But does it?
London Mums’ resident film critic Freda Cooper discovers there’s something more traditional behind the title.
The…
A real life Dame graces the hot seat for The Big Interview in the latest edition of Talking Pictures. With the Oscar-nominated Trumbo out on DVD, Helen Mirren talks about her role in the movie, as well as Hollywood in the ’50s.
New releases in the spotlight are animation The Secret Life Of Pets and the bittersweet British tragi-comedy, Adult Life Skills. And London Mums’ resident…