October looks like being Fassbender Month. His bio-pic of the founder of Apple, Steve Jobs, closes the London Film Festival in a few weeks’ time but, before then, he stars in the latest adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. The original play has a reputation for being unlucky, so how does this film version fare? London Mums film critic, Freda Cooper, finds out if “something wicked…
It’s smaller films to the fore on this week’s Talking Pictures, which is out now! There isn’t a blockbuster in sight, but you’ll be able to find the new releases in London cinemas.
Out this week is Life, which traces a couple of months in the life of cinema icon, James Dean. Michael Shannon is the estate agent you love to hate in recession-set 99 Homes, and…
From Warner Bros. Pictures comes PAN, a live-action Peter Pan feature which is the very first imaginative prequel to Peter Pan’s stories. It has never been done before and this makes this movie so original. It’s a Neverland story that has never been told before and that explores the friendship between Peter Pan and Hook before it turns bad for good. The real villain here is eternal…
BILL is the hilarious tale of William Shakespeare as you’ve never seen him before. It’s not a film just for children – you would have thought so as it is performed by the cast of BBC TV’s Horrible Histories – but also for adults who can enjoy the jokes on a different level. A real must-see for everybody. And at the end of the film you will have learnt a few things about…
There’s something of a theme at the cinema this week – people against the elements. Everest brings mountaineering to the big screen but, for something a little more leisurely, there’s A Walk In The Woods, based on the Bill Bryson book of the same name.
London Mums’ film critic, Freda Cooper, pulled on her hiking boots and went along for the ride. And the walk.
The…
It’s all about numbers on this week’s Talking Pictures, the move podcast from our film critic, Freda Cooper. Maze Runner:The Scorch Trials is the second in the franchise and its star, Dylan O’Brien, kicks off his running shoes to take up the hot seat in the big interview. Irrational Man is Woody Allen’s 50th film, but is it golden? And there’s double trouble…
All three of the big YA franchises feature in cinemas this year. We’ve already had the second of the Divergent films, The Insurgent, and The Hunger Games reaches its climax in November with Mockingjay Part II. Sandwiched in between comes Maze Runner – The Scorch Trials, which is out now, certificate 12A. London Mums’ resident film critic, Freda Cooper, puts on her running shoes to catch…
Owen Wilson’s in the hot seat for The Big Interview on this week’s Talking Pictures, from London Mums’ very own film critic, Freda Cooper. And his action hero credentials in new release No Escape are under scrutiny as well. Also in cinemas is the Brazilian comedy/drama, The Second Mother, and one of the up-coming trio of films about the notorious Kray twins, The Krays:Kill…
238 feature films, including 16 world premieres and 8 international premieres, another 182 shorts, interviews, Qs and As, red carpets, flashing cameras …… it all adds up to one thing. The 59th BFI London Film Festival, which runs from Wednesday, 7th to Sunday, 18th October 2015. But with so many films, how do you choose what to see? Easy! London Mums’ resident film critic, Freda Cooper, does…
As the summer blockbusters fade into the distance and we build up to this year’s London Film Festival (more of that next week) it’s that time of year when smaller films, often in a foreign language, slip into cinemas. And there’s the occasional gem tucked among them. London Mums’ resident film critic, Freda Cooper, found one: The Second Mother, all the way from Brazil. And it’s released…