Product reviews

Back to school essentials 2014

September is here. The new school year is beginning and we, mums, are already thinking of juggling after-school schedules, our family meals and our careers. I love the whole Back to School atmosphere. It reminds me of the smell of freshly printed notebook and new books. I still feel emotional about it as I have great memories of going shopping for these items for a new school year with my…
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Movies

Film review: Million Dollar Arm

It had to happen.  After sending our hearts a-flutter as the brooding but brilliant Don Draper in Mad Men, Jon Hamm has made his move from Madison Avenue to the big screen.  But instead of going for something serious and dramatic, he’s done a complete about turn and taken the lead in family baseball drama, Million Dollar Arm, from one of the world’s biggest studios, Disney.  Does he score a…
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Future films Heads Up: SHAUN THE SHEEP THE MOVIE

My 8 year old son Diego, my husband and I all love Shaun the Sheep and cannot wait to see the Movie! AARDMAN AND STUDIOCANAL LAUNCH NATIONWIDE SEARCH FOR SHAUN THE SHEEP’S BIGGEST FAN WHO WILL STAR AS AN EXTRA IN HIS HUGELY ANTICIPATED BIG SCREEN DEBUT SHAUN THE SHEEP THE MOVIE WILL OPEN IN UK CINEMAS 6 FEBRUARY 2015. AARDMAN STUDIOS and STUDIOCANAL are delighted to have launched a…
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Future Films Heads Up: WHAT WE DID ON OUR HOLIDAY

What We Did On Our Holiday is a new British comedy from the makers of Outnumbered and stars David Tennant, Rosamund Pike and Billy Connolly. It will hit UK cinemas on 26th September 2014. From the trailer it seems like a relaxing fun family movie particularly interesting for fans of British humour. The story Doug (David Tennant) and Abi (Rosamund Pike) and their three children travel to the…
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Rio 2 DVD release: Special screening at London Zoo

Recently we were invited to an exceptional screening of Rio 2 at the London Zoo to celebrate the release of the DVD. My daughter Chiara and I were welcomed by a member of staff who told us to follow other families towards a lovely building within the London Zoo’s setting.  Once we reached the venue we were greeted  by lovely ladies all wearing Amazon-style Summer hats and very bright yellow…
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Future Films Heads Up: FIFTY SHADES OF GREY

At a loss for things to do next year on Valentine’s Day? Film adaptation of book sensation Fifty Shades of Grey will be released in UK cinemas on 13th February 2015. SYNOPSISFifty Shades of Grey is the hotly anticipated film adaptation of the bestselling book that has become a global phenomenon.  Since its release, the “Fifty Shades” trilogy has been translated into 51 languages…
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Future films Heads Up: THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING, the story of genius physicist Stephen Hawking & Jane Wilde

The Theory of Everything is the story of the most brilliant and celebrated physicist of our time, Stephen Hawking, and Jane Wilde the arts student he fell in love with whilst studying at Cambridge in the 1960s.  The story Little was expected from Stephen Hawking, a bright but shiftless student of cosmology, given just two years to live following the diagnosis of a fatal illness at 21 years of…
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Movies

The real House of Magic in London

Considering I never liked magic and magicians I have to admit that the experience I am about to talk about totally surprised me (in a good way). I was recently invited to attend a magician training and show with my son who was the Child Reporter for First News to cover the UK release of the animation film The House of Magic on 25th July 2014. Frankly I was more excited for Diego to do well in…
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Film Review: The Nut Job

The Nut Job, directed by Peter Lepeniotis and starring  Will Arnett, Brendan Fraser, Liam Neeson, Katherine Heigl hits UK cinemas on 1st August 2014. The Nut Job is a 90 minutes PG rated family animation adventure comedy that will hit the screens just in time for the summer school holidays! It’s all about squirrels in  their nutty world and in this case specifically about an outcast squirrel…
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Books

The best books of the year as voted by children

Books are so wonderful. Personally I rarely find uninteresting books and stories for children are particularly original and colourful to please the young readers’ eyes. Reading charity BOOKTRUST has recently unveiled the WINNERS OF THE BEST BOOK AWARDS jointly with AMAZON KINDLE a party-style awards ceremony in central London attended by authors and 300 child judges and introduced by no less…
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