It’s an amazing week at the cinema – and on Talking Pictures! London Mums’ resident film critic, Freda Cooper, takes a look at Disney’s live action version of The Jungle Book and its director Jon Favreau talks about re-making a classic in The Big Interview. Military thriller Eye In The Sky is also out and Helen Mirren pays tribute her co-star, Alan Rickman.
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An Oscar winner graces The Big Interview hot seat in the new edition of Talking Pictures. Julianne Moore (above), who won Best Actress last year for Still Alice, talks about her latest film, Freeheld. Released in cinemas and online on Friday, 19 February, it’s based on the true story about an equal rights campaign that changed American law.
London Mums’ resident film critic, Freda Cooper, also…
The first big film about Martin Luther King reaches British cinemas this week. But Selma (certificate 12A) is no sprawling bio-pic. Instead it concentrates on one significant period in his life and that of the American civil rights movement – one that eventually changed the law and made voting a reality for the black population. It’s a powerful subject.
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