Frankenweenie review
Check out our review of Frankenweenie – Tim Burton’s most touching film since Edward Scissorhands
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The 5 Best Hotels I’ve Stayed In With My Family
I’m looking out of the window at a grey Autumn day and nursing a cold I probably caught after helping out on a school trip in the pouring rain earlier …
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A message on A-Level results day
Twenty-odd years ago, I arrived at my school to pick up the envelope containing my A-level results. I knew I hadn’t done brilliantly but I was still surprised when I …
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Dr Seuss’ The Lorax review
Check out our review of Dr Seuss' The Lorax – one of the better Seuss adaptations, featuring the voice of Zac Efron
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Five Underrated Actors (or what on earth is Dennis Quaid doing in What To Expect When You’re Expecting)
This Friday, What To Expect When You’re Expecting opens in cinemas. Very loosely based on the medical book of the same name that is a bible for most mums and …
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Being Elmo review
Check out our review of Being Elmo – is it any good and how suitable is it for kids?
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The Hunger Games review
We review The Hunger Games – it beats the Twilight movies hands down when it comes to the quality of its plot, script, direction and performances
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What the Dickens?
200 years ago today, novelist Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth. He may have only lived for 58 years, but in that time he wrote books that have deservedly become …
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Lady And The Tramp and the memorable movies in my life
Do you remember the first movie you ever saw at the cinema? For me, it was Lady And The Tramp. My dad took me to see it at Stevenage ABC …
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Movies4Kids movie preview – part two!
You’ve already seen what movies to look out for in the first part of this year in part one of our Movies4Kids preview, and here comes the eagerly awaited sequel! …
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Movies4Kids 2012 Movie Preview… part one!
Welcome to 2012, and the Movies4Kids movie preview! There are superheroes, small creatures with hairy feet, pirates, giants and aliens to look forward to this year, and here is your …
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Christmas Countdown – day two!
The second Christmas movie I’m going to recommend is a classic made in 1951. There have been numerous versions of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol (and you may see clips …
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Hugo review
Check out our review of Hugo – the first film with a ‘U’ certificate from director Martin Scorsese
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The Wombles Are Back!
One of my favourite TV programmes as a young sprog was The Wombles. I loved the idea of them using all the everyday things folks left behind, and even made …
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Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part I review
Check out our review of Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part I – is it any good and how suitable is it for kids?