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Film reviews - our movie marathon: Tarzan and The Amazing SpiderMan 2

Last Saturday my son and I took a trip to the cinema for our first movie marathon together. We headed to Vue at Westfield London (in Sheperds Bush) because of the very comfy chairs and great viewing from any seat of the cinema there. Vue Cinemas are also launching an ‘All-inclusive Family Package’ in conjunction with First Choice holidays. The package gives families entry into a film, as well…
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Heads Up! Future Films: Maleficent

The other side of the Sleeping Beauty story hits the big screen at the end of the month with the arrival of Disney’s much-anticipated Maleficent. Angelina Jolie, complete with to-die-for cheekbones, brings animation’s most iconic villain to life.  And, as she reveals in this special feature, it was a character she was especially keen to play. [youtube id=”EaGyYq-7WGE&#8221…
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Heads Up! Future Films - Postman Pat The Movie

Does Glendale’s finest have the X factor?  We’ll find out when Postman Pat The Movie trundles into town later this month. Pat (voiced by Stephen Mangan) auditions for a national talent contest – and sounds uncannily like Ronan Keating! Ronan’s isn’t the only familiar voice in the film, as the cast list also includes David Tennant and Jim Broadbent. And with such a voice, Pat…
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Heads up! Future films: How To Train Your Dragon 2

It’s been four years since we met the wonderfully named characters from How To Train Your Dragon.  And Hiccup, Toothless, Snotlout and Fishlegs are back again this summer, still dragon racing on the island of Berk but now venturing further afield.  There’s even more dragons to train and a mysterious Dragon Rider to contend with in How To Train Your Dragon 2. And if you can’t…
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Film review: The Amazing Spider-Man 2

It’s been a great Easter for family movies!  Rio 2 and Muppets Most Wanted for the younger film fans, Captain America:The Winter Soldier for the older ones.  But the big film aimed at the holiday is The Amazing Spider-Man 2. It’s another super hero and another sequel.  But the great thing about Spidey is that he’s not like all the others.  True, he takes his mission very seriously but…
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Film review: Rio 2

Just in time for the Easter school break, Rio 2 is released in UK cinemas this weekend. In the past, sequels of good movies were usually disappointing with a few exceptions (The Godfather 2), but most recently it seems as sequels are well made movies in their own right, sometimes even better than the original ones (Muppets Most Wanted and Monsters University). Rio 2 is no exception. Its storyline…
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The Muppets hit London again! Muppets Most Wanted film review

When you thought the last Muppets movie was the best you have ever seen, they do it again and Disney releases the best Muppets of all times.  Muppets Most Wanted is like the Muppets Show meets 007 meets The Pink Panther.  It has all ingredients for the perfect movie to entertain both parents and children alike. As in all Muppets movies you can read the storyline at two different levels. The kids…
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Film review: Barbie The Pearl Princess

Believe it or not Barbie: The Pearl Princess is the 27th CGI-animated Barbie movie that being made and every time it surprises me how it keeps innovating in terms of animation effects. This Barbie movie is by far my favourite so far although not the most original. You will love it if you like the classic Disney Princess Fairytales. It’s Cinderella meets Rapunzel underwater type of story but…
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Kids' film review: Disney's Tinker Bell and The Pirate Fairy & Downloads for half term activities

Tinker Bell and her fairy friends are back once again to sprinkle half terms with pixie dust with the all new movie. From the world of “Peter Pan” comes Disney’s “Tinker Bell and The Pirate Fairy,” an all new swashbuckling animated adventure sets sail in cinemas on 14th February 2014. What’s good about this new Disney movie is that it stars Zarina, a rebellious character who is…
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Christmas movie: '12 Dogs of Christmas 2: The Great Puppy Rescue'

To celebrate the release of 12 Dogs of Christmas 2: The Great Puppy Rescue, Signature Entertainment held a festive screening at Riverside Studios in Hammersmith on Saturday, 7th December 2013. A sequel to the holiday classic, the film stars Danielle Chuchran (Cat In The Hat, Rise of the Shadow Warrior) as the grown up 17-year old Emma who finds herself needing to rescue the local puppy orphanage.
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