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On Talking Pictures ..... Robert Redford talks Pete's Dragon

A true Hollywood legend comes into land on this week’s edition of the Talking Pictures podcast.  Robert Redford takes up The Big Interview hot seat to talk about his latest movie, Pete’s Dragon – the first film he’s ever made for Disney.  The new live action re-make of the 1977 animation is released this week and is also in the spotlight, alongside new releases…
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Talking Pictures: The Eagle Has Landed!

Is it a bird?  Is it a plane?  No, it’s Eddie The Eagle, who soars into town on the latest edition of Talking Pictures. London Mums’ resident film critic, Freda Cooper, takes a look at the film and its stars, Taron Edgerton and Hugh Jackman squeeze into The Big Interview hot seat.  Also in cinemas is Ran, the re-working of King Lear from Japanese director, Akira Kurosawa, and…
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Film review: Eddie The Eagle

At the 1988 Winter Olympics, Britain found a new sporting hero. He was the one-man ski jumping team, he’d qualified for the competition by the skin of his teeth and he didn’t win a medal. In fact, he was permanently in last place. But everybody came under the energetic spell of Eddie Edwards. Nearly 30 years later, he’s inspired a big screen version of his story, which flies into cinemas on…
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