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Film review: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (out on 18 November 2016)

Harry Potter spin off Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is a world class comeback of the Harry Potter franchise. It has all ingredients to please Harry Potter fans who have been waiting too long for this: magical creatures, special wizarding tricks (old and new), great villains, humour and drama. Once again JK Rowling hasn’t disappointed her aficionados. The story Fantastic Beasts…
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Five minute chat with A STREET CAT NAMED BOB film producer Adam Rolston

I am really honoured to have had the chance to interview critically acclaimed Adam Rolston who went from playwright to million dollar film producer overnight. His inspirational debut feature film A Street Cat Named Bob is in UK Cinemas now. Having sold his first screenplay at just 18 years old, Adam Rolston had a successful playwright career before turning to film production. He wrote the…
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Future Films Heads Up: Disney's Beauty and the Beast (Out on 17 March 2017)

Disney is really good at creating amazing teaser trailers and PR campaigns to get us all keen to the next movies. Beauty and the Beast is one of the films I look forward to the most in 2017. Judge for yourself looking at the trailer that has just been released by Disney. The film looks like the perfect live-action re-telling of the studio’s animated classic which refashions the classic…
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Future Films Heads Up: Wonder Woman (out 2 June 2017) official trailer

Fans of Wonder Woman get ready …. From Warner Bros Pictures and DC Entertainment comes the epic action adventure starring Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Connie Nielsen and Robin Wright, directed by Patty Jenkins. The plot is still under wrap but the wonderful teaser trailer reveals a few things. It begins with her. After leaving her all-female island, Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) discovers her full…
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Film Review: Marvel's Dr Strange starring Benedict Cumberbatch

Comic book fans and Marvel aficionados will rejoice this weekend at the official release of Marvel’s Doctor Strange starring Benedict Cumberbatch. Read why London Mums loved it and explain why it’s a movie for grown ups and not for young children. The story Doctor Strange is an upcoming American superhero film featuring the Marvel Comics character, surgeon Stephen Strange who has a…
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Future Films Heads Up: Johnny Depp returns in PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: SALAZAR'S REVENGE (out on 26 May 2017) - New Teaser trailer

Johnny Depp returns to the big screen in May 2017 as the iconic, swashbuckling anti-hero Jack Sparrow in the all-new Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar’s Revenge. My first impression from the first teaser trailer is that the film is a lot darker than previous Pirates of the Caribbean films. Having said that though, in the trailer we don’t see Jack / Depp’s character who usually…
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Future Films Heads Up: Paddington 2 (out on 10 November 2017)

I am personally very pleased to hear that STUDIOCANAL has started principal photography for Paul King’s highly anticipated PADDINGTON 2. The first live action Paddington movie was really lovely and hugely successful on top of being a London film. The producers have also revealed that Hugh Grant and Brendan Gleeson will join the all-star returning cast of Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Julie…
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Film review: Trolls

DreamWorks’ Trolls is a hair-raising weird and wonderful comedy filled with unbelievable adventure and incredible music.  London Mums think it’s the must-see film for the forthcoming half term school holidays. There are lots of great messages to inspire the children, cute characters, but most importantly a fab soundtrack and great rearrangements of Eighties classics. Trolls has got…
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Exclusive! Ben Fogle and son Ludo talk to London Mums

London Mums recently chatted with Ben Fogle and son Ludo about their love for superheroes and particularly Ben 10. The all-new series of Ben 10 premieres exclusively on Cartoon Network every Saturday at 10am. Q: What is it about Ben 10 that you and your son love? Ludo and I love watching Ben together on Saturday mornings and Ben’s Omnitrix is one of the best bits of us as being able…
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Film Review: STORKS starring Jennifer Aniston

From the makers of The LEGO Movie and Happy Feet, animated family comedy Storks starring Andy Samberg, Kelsey Grammer, Katie Crow, Jennifer Aniston, Ty Burrell and Key & Peele, flies into UK Cinemas 14th October 2016. Here is what London Mums and Kids think about it. The Story Storks deliver babies…or at least they used to. Now they deliver packages for global internet giant…
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