2016 marks the 100th anniversary of Dahl’s birth and to celebrate one of the most creative authors of all times, there will be a movie release in the Summer. From the minds of two of the world’s greatest storytellers – Roald Dahl and Steven Spielberg – THE BFG will see a UK release on 22 July 2016.
The Big Friendly Giant will be impersonated by Academy Award winner Mark Rylance…
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…
Ice Age: Collision Course is out now with a big bang. Yes, because it explains how the world was created, including the solar system and the disappearance of dinosaurs. Well, I am not sure children will get it actually but the basic information is there served with lots of hilarious and clever gags that will keep the parents glued and happy while the kids laugh for the silliest situations and…
Oscar winner J.K. Simmons sat down for an exclusive interview at DreamWorks Animation’s Glendale studios in Southern California for London Mums. In his latest role, he voices the supernatural villain Kai in KUNG FU PANDA 3, the latest adventure in the popular franchise which once again stars Jack Black as Po, the loveable, legendary Dragon Warrior. Gearing up for his most daunting challenge so…
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…
Brace yourself mums and children because Disney has 14 movies coming out between the second half of 2016 and early 2018 and they all look incredibly good — here’s what we are looking forward to.
2015 was a big year for Disney with two Pixar movies, The Avengers sequel, and the return of Star Wars, but 2016 so far has been even bigger with a couple of movies like Zootropolis, The Jungle…
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…
2016 won’t just be remembered for Brexit but also for the return of one of the biggest characters in the world of literature history, Harry Potter. I am particularly excited about the spin off Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.
Pottermore has just unveiled new writing by J.K. Rowling about Ilvermorny, the North American School of Magic, in the second instalment of Magic in North…
Finding Nemo is one of my favourite Disney Pixar films of all times. I bought the DVD for myself well before having a child. When sequel Finding Dory was announced I was a bit skeptical about its potential as it is quite common for second movies to be less popular. But the amazing team at Pixar has taken their time, over a decade to be precise, to come up with Finding Dory and the result is…
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…