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Jackson, Mississippi, looks gorgeous in The Help: stately Southern mansions sit amid Delta farmland, pecan trees shade mid-century ranch houses, and the white ladies (because they are definitely “ladies”) go about the business of playing cards and ruthlessly enforcing the status quo while wearing the most sensational New Look styles – all cinched waists and [...]

Fancy a night out at the flicks for free? We have 10 pairs of tickets to see The Help at a special screening to under 50 people at the Covent Garden Hotel on 7 October.  You and a friend can enjoy drinks and nibbles before settling into the plush leather seats and enjoying the story [...]

On the evening that I Don’t Know How She Does It is released in cinemas nationwide, five BritMums were lucky enough to have a chat with the film’s star, Sarah Jessica Parker. Jennifer Howze and Susanna Scott, co-founders of BritMums, were joined by seasoned blogger Karin Joyce, journalist and editor Liz Jarvis, and freelance writer and [...]

Guest-blogger, Jo Berry, is a film critic and mum of one who runs the website movies4kids.co.uk. Here she answers a question on many cinema goers’ lips: are 3D movies really worth it?  Today, my local cinema is showing nine movies aimed at kids and families, and five of them (The Smurfs, Horrid Henry, Harry Potter, [...]

Guest-blogger, Jo Berry, is a film critic and mum of one who runs the website movies4kids.co.uk. Here, she talks about the powerful impact that fear has on children’s enjoyment of films, and how it’s not always the obvious baddie that gets the adrenaline pumping… A few months ago, I had to go to a press [...]