Last night, London Mums Magazine’s team of teen and mum reporters were invited by Disney to a special screening of the long-anticipated Moana 2 in London. Eight years after the original film stole our hearts, the legendary heroine returns and Disney’s latest offering proves to be a worthy sequel, brimming with adventure, emotion, and vibrant animation.
The 2016 release of Moana introduced…
On Saturday 19th of November 2022 I was one of London Mums Magazine‘s bloggers who were invited to review Disney’s Strange World. Off we went with three budding reporters.
The director of Strange World, Don Hall, adds another impressive work to his extensive list in this latest production. Strange World, an adventure film which manages to incorporate the themes of inclusion and…
By Francesca Lombardo –Legendary Father of Toys, Pete Docter current US director, screenwriter, animator and producer Chief Creative Officer of Pixar Animation Studios, winner of two AcademyAwards® for Up and Inside Out, comes back with a brand new film exuding a narrative that taps into a transcendental, religious-philosophical narrative; the afterlife, the drive to live and…
With so many amazing films released by Disney this year, I didn’t think Pete’s Dragon would be a hit. But I personally loved it! Read my heart-warming review here. With London Mums magazine you can now win a Pete’s Dragon poster signed by Bryce Dallas Howard! Read this post to find out how you can get hold of this amazing prize!
To celebrate the release of the film, in cinemas now…
While The Mouse House takes something of a breather before the release of Finding Dory next month, non-Disney animation is filling the breach. Last week it came from Japan with When Marnie Was There and Universal’s The Secret Life Of Pets arrives on the 24th. Sandwiched in between them is the French/Danish co-production, Long Way North, which opens this Friday, 17th June, certificate…
Talking Pictures celebrates its first anniversary in style by putting two Hollywood A-listers in the Big Interview hot seat. George Clooney and Julia Roberts talk about Money Monster, their latest movie together.
London Mums’ resident film critic, Freda Cooper, casts her critical eye over the film on the latest edition of the show and looks at other new releases including Jane Austen…
For film fans, January and February are the best time of the year. And the worst. The awards season means that there’s a glut of good films released over those two months to make sure they’re in contention. And it also means trying to squeeze in as many cinema visits as possible over just a couple of months.
Except that 2016 might be slightly different. Some of the titles tipped as contenders…
It’s a Disney-Pixar double bill this week. Inside Out was released on DVD on Monday and Friday sees the arrival in cinemas of the studio’s latest animation, The Good Dinosaur, certificate PG. London Mums’ film critic, Freda Cooper, checks out a film that’s light years from prehistoric.
The story
It all starts with a large “what if?” What if that meteorite that crashed into the…
British movies get pride of place on the latest edition Talking Pictures, presented by London Mums’ resident film critic, Freda Cooper. Drama 45 Years is in the spotlight and, with trophies from Berlin and Edinburgh already under its belt, Freda’s predicting more awards success, especially for one of its stars, Charlotte Rampling. You heard it here first!
Out on DVD this week…
It may not be official yet, but 2015 is The Year Of The Blockbuster. Think of what we’ve had so far this year: a glut of films from Disney, including Big Hero 6 and Avengers:Age Of Ultron, the latest in the Divergent series, The Insurgent, one for the grown-ups in the shape of Mad Max:Fury Road and Jurassic World is settling in for the long haul in cinemas.
So what’s lined up for this summer?