Movies

Film review: Dune 2 starring Timothée Chalamet

On Wednesday, 21st February 2024, London Mums Magazine was invited to Leicester Square to review Dune 2, the second installment of a three-part adaptation of the 1965 epic science fiction novel Dune by Frank Herbert. It continues the story of its predecessor and follows Paul Atreides as he joins forces with the Fremen people of the desert planet Arrakis to fight against House Harkonnen. With a…
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Steve McQueen calls out for more diversity during an interview at the Rome Film Fest 2020 where he picked up a Life Award

by Francesca Lombardo –Oscar winning director of 12 Years of Slaves, Steve McQueen has been honoured with a Life Award at the 15th Edition of the Rome Film Fest. The British Film-maker has presented his film trilogy titled Small Axes (Lovers Rock, Mangrove and Red, White and Blue) which is set to premiere on 15 November, 2020 on BBC One in the UK and on 20 November, 2020 on Amazon…
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Zhao Tao: only in Europe or in America they call me "Muse". In China, I am just an actor

By Francesca Lombardo.Often referred as the Muse of iconic multi-award winning Chinese director, Jia Zhangke (Platform, the World, Still Life, A touch of Sin, 24 Hours, Ashes is Pure Whiteamong his most acclaimed) to who is also married since 2012; former Chinese dance teacher, Zhao Tao has been invited this year at the Festa del Cinema of Roma to celebrate twenty years of her career…
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My Life? My career? Je ne regrette rien ... confesses French film icon Funny Ardant

A retrospective on the life and the career of Funny Ardant,Close Encounter,at Rome Cinema Festa, 14th Edition, Rome October 2019. Muse of Francois Truffaut and a true icon of the French and international cinema, Fanny Ardant comes back to the big screen with grace and charisma in a genial, intense and exhilarating movie that is all about nostalgia and recapturing the past to make sense…
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Film review: Trolls

DreamWorks’ Trolls is a hair-raising weird and wonderful comedy filled with unbelievable adventure and incredible music.  London Mums think it’s the must-see film for the forthcoming half term school holidays. There are lots of great messages to inspire the children, cute characters, but most importantly a fab soundtrack and great rearrangements of Eighties classics. Trolls has got…
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Kids Club

Film Review (a child reporter's perspective): Paddington

It’s me Chiara again! I am the child reporter for London Mums magazine. Here’s my new review about Paddington the movie, out on 28 November 2014, directed by Paul King and from the producer of Harry Potter (which I also loved!). I love to be a child reporter as I get to see a lot of movies for free! I hope you mums and kids enjoy reading what I have hand-written for you. I prefer…
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Film review (a child's perspective): Get Santa, a Christmas family comedy, plus FREE ACTIVITY SHEETS

Here is my first review as an official child’s reporter for London Mums Magazine. I have written several others that have been incorporated into film reviews but from today I am officially a guest blogger and a contributor to this fabulous magazine for mums and kids in London. Get Santa is a great British Christmas family comedy out on 5th December! Don’t miss it mums and kids!  In my…
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Future Films Heads Up: TESTAMENT OF YOUTH

With WW2 celebrations under way this new movie Testament of Youth is a powerful story of love, war and remembrance, based on the First World War memoir by Vera Brittain, which has become the classic testimony of that war from a woman’s point of view.  A searing journey from youthful hopes and dreams to the edge of despair and back again, it’s a film about young love, the futility of war and…
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WIN 1 OF 3 FUN-FILLED MR. PEABODY AND SHERMAN GOODYBAGS !

To celebrate the release of MR. PEABODY AND SHERMAN in cinemas 7th February 2014, we are offering three lucky winners a chance to win a fun-filled goody bag! MR. PEABODY AND SHERMAN is an all-new comedy adventure for the whole family. Emmy Award winner Ty Burrell (Modern Family) voices Mr. Peabody, the world’s smartest person who happens to be a dog. When his “pet” boy Sherman, voiced by…
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Win 1 of 3 copies of The Romantics DVD

The Romantics is a 2010 romantic comedy film based on the novel of the same name by Galt Niederhoffer, who also wrote the screenplay and directed the film. It will be out on DVD on 4th FEBRUARY 2013. The Plot: Friends and family convene at a beach house for the wedding of Lila (Paquin) and Tom (Duhamel). But things don’t go swimmingly, mainly because of one thing that Lila and her maid of…
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