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…
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…
London seems to be the current location of choice for film makers. First there was Get Santa, then Paddington arrived and brought his special tour with him. Both British movies, they were great for the domestic audience, but now it’s the turn of something more international, taking icons like Big Ben and the London Eye all around the world. It’s the third in the Night At The Museum series…