Some films wear their heart on their sleeve, often because they’re telling what they believe is an important story. It’s an endearing quality, but it doesn’t always follow that the film’s a good one. Which can be problematic for movie critics, like our own Freda Cooper. But, as ever, she tells it like it is – even when, as in Max which is released on Friday, certificate 12A, the…
The latest edition of Talking Pictures, my weekly movie podcast, is out now – and it’s double acts all the way!
At the cinema, uptight cop Reese Witherspoon goes on the run with the brassy Sofia Vergara in Hot Pursuit, while Michael Douglas has Jeremy Irvine in his sights – through a rifle – in chase thriller, Beyond The Reach.
On DVD, there’s quirky comedy Listen Up Philip…
The female buddy movie. It’s a tried and tested formula, from classics like Thelma and Louise (1991, believe it or not) to more recent variations, like the Sandra Bullock/Melissa McCarthy vehicle The Heat. So where does Hot Pursuit, currently in cinemas certificate 12A, fit in? London Mums’ film critic, Freda Cooper – she’s not related to one of the characters! – hitches a ride…
The latest edition of Talking Pictures has arrived, complete with a review of the film that everybody’s been waiting for: Disney Pixar’s Inside Out. And you can read my full review of the movie for London Mums here.
Also in the spotlight are Robert Carlyle’s debut as a director, the black comedy The Legend Of Barney Thompson, and Morgan Freeman and Diane Keaton as mature house…
It’s not many animations that are shown at the Cannes Film Festival, and even fewer that receive a ten minute standing ovation. But this week’s big new release, Disney Pixar’s Inside Out, ticks both boxes and has been a box office hit in the States. So will it wow us Brits as well when it opens this Friday, certificate U? London Mums’ film critic, Freda Cooper, gets to know Joy, Sadness…
That all-important life lesson about the balance between happiness and sadness comes to the fore this week on both the small and big screen. I’ll come on to the big screen in a few days’ time when Disney Pixar’s Inside Out is released. In the meantime, Japanese animators Studio Ghibli have just brought out the DVD version of their Oscar nominated The Tale Of The Princess Kaguya, which has…
The latest edition of Talking Pictures is out now! Marvel’s latest super-hero movie, Ant-Man, is under the microscope. And the film’s star, Paul Rudd, gives it large on that shrinking feeling!c
My review of the film can also be read in this piece here.
That’s not all. New DVDs, X+Y and The Voices are under review, plus there’s the new top five at the British box office – a record…
Iron Man, Thor, Captain America …… they’ve all become familiar faces in cinemas over the past couple of years, as the Marvel universe rolls out blockbuster after blockbuster. But super heroes don’t come in just a variety of shapes: they come in different sizes as well, as the latest one shows.
Ant-Man, easily the most diminutive super hero of them all, arrives in cinemasthis Friday…
The latest edition of Talking Picturespodcast has arrived! And London Mums’ very own Monica Costa makes her debut on the show, chatting with Freda about the big family films coming up this summer. New releases at the cinema this week include Ted 2, which is strictly for grown-ups, and Dustin Hoffman in The Choir. On DVD there’s Julianne Moore’s Oscar winning performance in Still…
Dustin Hoffman’s interest in music – he learnt piano as a child – has come to the fore in recent years. His first outing as a feature film director, Quartet (2012) was set in a retirement home for musicians. In The Choir, which is released on Friday, certificate PG, he’s back in front of the camera, playing a maestro in charge of highly esteemed group of young singers. But London Mums’…