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Film Review: SING starring Scarlett Johansson (out 27 January 2017)

Sing is the upcoming animation comedy brought to you by Illumination Studios, the makers of Despicable Me and Minions, out in UK cinemas on 27 January. Read my review below without spoilers. Sing is the animation to beat in 2017. Really uplifting and cheerful. Everybody loved it, from very young children to mums and dads. Take a look at the vlog (video blog) child reporters from the London…
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2017 unmissable family movie releases heads up

Brace yourselves mums and dads as there are lots of unmissable family movie releases ahead of us in 2017 and 2018. Take your pick. 2017 will be filled with superheroes, super villains, pirates and beautiful heroines too, animations to make us laugh, sing and cry. Everybody will have a film to look forward to. I don’t think there has ever been such a line up. Disney has recently announced…
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Film Review: Monster Trucks (in cinemas on Boxing Day)

Monster Trucks is a live-action movie released by Paramount/Viacom Inc. about a specially-powered creature that gives a young man’s monster truck a life of its own. Despite being slated by US press for its excessive production budget of $125 million, London Mums and the kids’ club really enjoyed it. It’s out in the UK on Boxing Day and we predict it will be quite popular with…
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DVD Review: NINE LIVES starring Kevin Spacey, Christopher Walken & Jennifer Garner

Hilarious and wacky family film Nine Lives starring Kevin Spacey and and Jennifer Garner is released on Blu-ray & DVD today. London Mums have watched the movie while enjoying a Cats’ Protection Hamper filled with a lot of fun goodies and have come up with a verdict. Trump haters will probably dream while watching what happens to a New York millionaire living in his own eccentric world. A…
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DVD Review: Swallows and Amazons

Prepare to set sail and join an epic adventure in the breathtaking British countryside when the enchanting family adventure film Swallows and Amazons lands on Blu-ray, DVD & digital download from 12 December 2016, courtesy of STUDIOCANAL. Swallows and Amazons is a pleasant upcoming family film for this Summer to add to the list of great great movies released or due to be released soon…
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Film review: Allied starring Brad Pitt

The gala screening of Allied was all about Brad Pitt, the big star of a war drama that sees French national treasure Marion Cotillard co-star alongside him. Allied is in cinemas this Friday 25 November (cert TBC). Audiences long to see for themselves the on-screen chemistry between the co-stars. I am not sure whether they chose to stay apart during the premiere on purpose, but newly separated…
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Future films heads up: Disney's Cars 3 (14 July 2017)

Cars 3 is on its way …. If you have boys in the family you have probably seen the animations Cars and Cars 2 at least 1000 times. That’s me at least. When Cars was released, my son Diego was just two years old and Cars was one of the first films he watched from start to finish without me doing a lot of explaining. A brilliant film that he has sometimes watched back to back a few times…
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Film review: Disney's Moana (out 2 December 2016)

This Christmas Disney is treating families to the great new musical animation Moana that will inspire generations of children for years to come. Moana sails into UK cinemas on 2 December. Read what London Mums and kids think about it. The story Three thousand years ago, the greatest sailors in the world voyaged across the vast South Pacific, discovering the many islands of Oceania. But…
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2016 British Cinema

It has been a great year for British cinema and to celebrate the release of A United Kingdom we take a look back at some of the year’s top British releases – from much loved television series that have made the leap to the big screen, to adaptations of novels and true life stories as well as new innovative scripts. Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie Starring Jenifer Saunders as Eddy…
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Future Films Heads Up: La La Land (out 12 January 2017)

La la Land… the title does not say much but the trailer certainly does. This is the film I am truly looking forward to watching early in the new year.  La La Land is the uplifting movie of the new beginning that will make us all put the diabolical 2016 behind us with a bang. Take a look at two of the most gorgeous and talented new Hollywood stars Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone in this new clip…
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