After last year’s commemorations of World War I, it seems strange that the big screen version of one of the most significant books to come out of that traumatic time is released this week.
Not that it detracts from the emotional power of Testament Of Youth (certificate 12A), the first ever translation of Vera Brittain’s memoirs to the big screen. And it’s a story that’s still echoes down…
The sexiest and bravest cat of all times is back with new adventures and this time he will stay around for a while because Netflix got its hand on him for good.THE ADVENTURES OF PUSS IN BOOTS premieres on Netflix on 16 January 2015.
Let’s recap why we love the famous Booted Cat. His Italian origins are quite clear – in the Italian tale from 1550s he is called Il gatto con…
The first few months of the year are a mixture of heaven and hell for film fans. Heaven because all the big award contenders are released, which means plenty of good films, and hell because there’s so many, so you inevitably end up missing something. But let’s be positive about it! The films likely to be in the running for this year’s BAFTAs and Oscars (we won’t know for sure who…
He’s one of the world’s most recognisable celebrities, with easily the most distinctive voice, and he wrote a best seller on the unlikely subject of astro-physics. But what else do we know about Stephen Hawking? The Theory Of Everything is one of the first films out of the blocks in 2015 and brings the start of his career to the big screen.
The story
The film follows…
2015 looks like a great year for movies. Next Spring there are a couple of light-hearted productions including Fifty Shades of Grey and A Little Chaos that seem perfect for a girlie night out.
Following a global premiere at The Toronto International Film Festival and a gala presentation at the BFI London Film Festival Lionsgate UK will bring Alan Rickman’s sumptuous British Period Drama A LITTLE…
Following the huge success of Frozen, Walt Disney Animation Studios have announced a all-new short called Frozen Fever, which welcomes Anna, Elsa, Kristoff and Olaf back to the big screen, in theaters in March 2015, in front of Disney’s Cinderella, a live-action feature inspired by the classic fairy tale.
Directed by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee, and produced by Peter Del Vecho and Aimee…
For Americans, Louis Zamperini was a hero for many reasons. An athlete at the Berlin Olympics, he went on to serve in the air force during World War II, was shot down over the Pacific, survived in an open life raft only to be captured by the Japanese and subjected to a brutal regime in a POW camp. Yet he endured it all, returning to Japan in his later years on a mission of forgiveness and…
It’s a fine old tradition among us film critics that at the end of the year we look back at the films from the past twelve months and pick our favourites. Not be left out, that’s exactly what I’m going to do now, but with a slight twist. I’m only choosing from the films I’ve reviewed here on London Mums during 2014.
Rather than give you a long list of ten, I’ve narrowed the best of…
The world’s biggest party animal King Julien was in town last Sunday for the screening party of Netflix Original Series All Hail King Julien at Prince Harry’s favourite Bar Mahiki, London, where guests were treated to dance lessons from Got to Dance winners Duplica8 and King Julien, jungle inspired mocktails, cocktails and food. What a laugh!
Celebrities including Pixie Lott, Jamie…
TESTAMENT OF YOUTH is a searing story of love, war and remembrance. Based on Vera Brittain’s classic First World War memoir, this is the powerful true story of one young woman’s struggle to survive the horrors of war – a war which robbed her of everything and everyone she held dear, but was ultimately unable to break her spirit.
TESTAMENT OF YOUTH will be released in cinemas across the…