I don’t know about you but I love Christmas movies. It’s my third favourite thing about the season. Christmas films bring such colour, cheer and charm the bleak days. Now I’m not sure if October was too early to watch Christmas film but the kids and I recently watched...
I was a sensitive child but for some reason, vampire flicks never scared me. Perhaps it’s the Gothic romance. The idea of an unattainable love. Over the years tales of vampires have been told in many ways. New amongst them is Disney Junior’s Vampirina. Dublin...
Before I became a parent, I’d often over hear parents talking about a children’s programme called Peppa Pig. ‘Oh that Peppa Pig…’ they’d say. I wondered why parents seemed to think that an animated character could have so much influence over their children. Then I...
Over the Christmas we were spoilt for choice on freeview tele. Amongst other progammes (Doctor Who, The Snowman, We’re going on a bear hunt) there was Disney’s Frozen! Frozen entered our world when Angelo was three. Our family was never been the same. Angelo was...
I’ve been waiting for an animated film like Moana for what feels like ages. Mulan (1998) has always had a special place in my heart for her tenacity to blaze a trail that other Disney ‘princess’ would follow years later. Tangled (2010) presented us with a spirted...
