The Sapphires

A DVD is always a great present and what a better gift than a feel-good film. The Sapphires DVD (out on 4th March 2013) is brilliant and your mum will sing with joy this Mother’s Day thanks to this perfect DVD gift. It’s a great girlie movie you can watch with your girlfriends too. Read More »

Behind the scenes of Disney’s ‘Wreck-It Ralph’

As Wreck-It Ralph storms the UK film charts we’ve got a special interview with the director, Rich Moore, and comedienne and actress, Sarah Silverman. Read More »

Who has ‘framed’ Wreck-It Ralph?

Disney’s new release, Wreck-It Ralph, follows an arcade video game villain who is tired of being over-shadowed and decides he wants to change his story. In order to do this, Ralph (voiced by the very likeable John C. Reilly) sets out to win a medal. Read More »

The best new children’s DVDs for 2013

Check out London Mums favourite selection of new children’s DVDs for 2013. Read More »

The Best Family Films of the Last 25 Years

 It’s winter which means it’s cold and frequently raining. This is the time of year when it is acceptable to grab a blanket and snuggle up on the sofa to watch a good film with the kids. It recently occurred to me that a lot of parents with children currently at primary school have not seen family films made in the 90s. Fear not, I have seen pretty much all of them and here is a list of the ones worth watching. I am aware that it’s pretty Disney and Pixar-heavy but that’s because they know how to make a brilliant kids’ film.

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Mirror Mirror on the wall….

Mirror Mirror, released on DVD & Blu-ray 30th July 2012 courtesy of StudioCanal UK, is the best movie about Snow White I have seen so far! Really light-hearted but also filled with action scenes, excellent actors and actresses! This movie is a real gem for both kids and parents and deserves a space in our DVD library. Read More »

Want to fence like Peter Pan? Fencing fitness tips – Most inspiring Olympic sport at London 2012

You may or may not be aware that I love FENCING as a sport. I started practising sword fighting 2 years ago at the ‘young’ age of 40. What I love the most about this sport is that you can keep practising it until you are very old as it is not aerobic hence not hard on your heart. Read More »

Exclusive interview with the cast of ‘What To Expect When You’re Expecting’

London Mums’ magazine editor Monica Costa and I were lucky enough to be invited to the UK press conference for What To Expect When You’re Expecting. And it was a line up to die for: Cameron Diaz (CD), Glee‘s Matthew Morrison (MM), the gorgeous Rodrigo Scatoro (RS), Gossip Girl‘s Chace Crawford (CC) and rising star Anna Kendrick (AK). Here’s what they had to say about the film and their experience of making it. Read More »

What to expect if you go to see ‘What To Expect When You’re Expecting’

I’m sure we’re all familiar with Heidi Murkoff’s 1985 pregnancy bible. It is probably the most famous guide to pregnancy in the English-speaking world. What To Expect When You’re Expecting, and others in the same series, have sold a staggering 35 million copies worldwide. With a phenomenon like this how long could Hollywood be expected to stay away? And sure enough, in line with the recent spate of films about pregnancy (Knocked Up, Juno, Away We Go), Heidi Murkoff’s best-seller has been given the Hollywood treatment. Read More »

New kids’ DVD releases

Let’s hope the weather will be good this April 2012. If not, here you go a list of new DVD releases courtesy of Universal Pictures (UK) the kids will love. Read More »