Joe Wright’s magical adventure PAN is released today. Filled with thrills, unbelieveable action and a world of colourful imagination, London Mums take a look at cinema’s classic films that are beloved by the entire family! Here is London Mums’s selection of top family movies.
The Wizard Of Oz
What better film to start with than the famous story of Dorothy, The Scarecrow, The Tin Man…
One of the most iconic, celebrated and influential TV series of recent years finally comes to an end this autumn with the release of Mad Men – The Final Season: Part 2 and Mad Men: The Complete Collection, both available on Blu-ray and DVD from 19th October 2015 of Lionsgate Home Entertainment. With a tear on my face I look at the series overall and the low key finale. Warning: spoilers.
The…
Here at London Mums we cannot get enough of films and books. Here are the best Children’s Book Adaptations.
Childrens book adaptations have always been a huge hit among critics and families alike, and with the release of Joe Wright’s new magical adventure PAN on Friday, we’ve taken a look at some of the best children’s book adaptations.
Matilda
A Roald Dahl classic from…
Breastfeeding is the most natural thing in the world – how many times have we heard that! There can be many problems encountered by breastfeeding women, but experiencing discomfort from ill-fitting bras need no longer be one of them. After watching his wife Diane, a breastfeeding mother, experience discomfort with ordinary nursing bras which did not accommodate her fluctuating breast size whilst…
School holidays are upon us again! And here we are figuring out half term fun activities for our children. Check London Mums’ list of things to do this half term for inspiration. During downtime at home, there’s no shame in using what we call the Netflix nannies i.e. great programmes that will entertain our children while we cook, do the laundry and get on with all chores that require…
Before Suffragette officially opened the London Film Festival on Wednesday night – and demonstrators invaded the red carpet in a move that would probably have had the original suffragettes cheering – London Mums’ film critic, Freda Cooper, raced across town from the official media screening to the film’s press conference. All to be in the presence of a screen legend.
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Surrounded by controversy and protest, the London film festival has opened with the European premiere of SUFFRAGETTE starring Carey Mulligan and Meryl Streep and directed by Sarah Gavron about the ‘Votes for Women’ campaigns that led to a change in the law in favour of women voting rights. The film is inspirational and I predict it will become a must-watch in secondary schools. I agree…
The countdown is over because the latest edition of Talking Pictures, your essential guide to the movies, is here! And two of this week’s new releases at the cinema are real epics. There’s The Martian, the latest from legendary director, Ridley Scott, with Matt Damon as an astronaut stranded on the Red Planet. And Scott is also in the hot seat for The Big…
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…