Daily Archives: June 8, 2012

Django Unchained Trailer

So I get up this morning, check my Facebook, and see the news I’ve been waiting for, for a long time.

IMDB had uploaded the first trailer for Django Unchained, so I rush over to the site to watch it and I’m not disappointed.

Django Unchained is the latest offering from Quentin Tarantino, and ever since I heard about it, I’ve been excited for its release.

The last film from Tarantino was back in 2009 in the form of Inglourious Basterds, which is one of my favourite films of all time, mostly due to Christoph Waltz who in my books is a brilliant actor so when I heard he was cast in Django Unchained, I knew it had to be good.

The rest of the cast include Jamie Foxx and Django, Leonardo DiCaprio as a plantation owner and other major stars such as Samuel L Jackson. It looks to be a brilliant film, so stop reading this and go and watch the trailer now.

Oh, and as Django himself will tell you, the D is silent.

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Baby massage: Is there really any need?

Whilst the benefits of baby massage are becoming well established and include helping babies relax and improving bonding between mother and child, new exciting research shows there could be even further positive implications for your child…

New research has indicated that baby massage could help nervous system, brain and senses development in young infants, exciting news for both health professionals and new parents.

The most recent study, published last month, showed that baby massage in pre-term infants appears to affect the development of their nervous systems in a positive manner.

Researchers measured the effect of massage on heart rate variability, a measure of autonomic nervous system function (the part of our nervous systems that controls breathing, heart function and many other jobs our bodies perform without us having to think). It was found that over the study period heart rate variability improved in those babies who were massaged, but not in control babies who weren’t – interestingly more so in boys than girls – meaning their bodies were better adapted to deal with and respond to external stresses.

Another recent study looked at the brain activity of pre-term infants by measuring EEG activity (an index of brain maturation) and found that massage positively affected the maturation of brain electrical activity when compared to those babies who weren’t massaged.

Whilst the studies didn’t look at how massage had such a positive impact on babies’ they have added serious weight to support the practise.

Note: Baby massage should only be carried out after a baby’s six week check up and if no contraindications are present.

Baby Massage Products
There are now numerous companies offering baby massage, but leading the way is the company Tiddley Pom who have worked in conjunction with infant massage instructors, an aromatherapist and the musician Fredrik Karlsson, who specializes in relaxing music, to produce baby massage sets that include organic baby massage oil, an instructional DVD and music CD alongside other organic goodies such as moisturizing lotions and nappy balms. They’ve already picked up numerous accolades and awards for their products and have recently launched in Debenhams stores and Debenhams online. For more information, or to buy their full range, please visit www.tiddley-pom.com

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Fast Girls Clips

The Olympic Games are just around the corner and Fast Girls is a movie that is set to get us right in the mood to back Team GB.

Noel Clarke is back in a script writing capacity while Regan Hall makes his feature length directorial debut with his movie.

The movie follows a bunch of young women as they train for glory at a world championships. And we have a couple of new clips for you to take a quick look at:

A great fresh and young British cast has been assembled for this movie as Clarke is joined on the cast list by the likes of Lenora Crichlow, Bradley James and Lily James.

The movie also see new talent on show as Lashana Lynch & Dominique Tipper both make their big screen debut with this movie.

When sassy streetwise Shania (Lenora Crichlow) meets ambitious, middle class Lisa (Lily James), their two worlds collide on the athletics track with explosive results.

As the Fast Girls strive to qualify for a major world athletics championship, they battle adversity and rivalry on their dramatic, heartwarming and inspirational journey.

Fast Girls is released 15th June.

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Another Tom Cruise Pic From Rock Of Ages

Rock Of Ages is going to blast onto the big screen next week and we are going to see Tom Cruise in a whole different light.

Yes the Oscar nominated actor is set to play rocker Stacee Jaxx and we are going to see him show off his singing skills for the very first time.

This latest image sees him giving a topless performance with a bit of welly – am so looking forward to seeing him belt out some great rock tracks.

The movie is directed by Adam Shankman and it comes five years after the huge success of musical Hairspray.

And big names stars have flocked to show up what they have got from a singing and dancing perspective as Julianne Hough, Alec Baldwin, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Diego Boneta, Malin Akerman, Mary J. Blige, Paul Giamatti, Russell Brand are all set to star.

Rock of Ages tells the story of small town girl Sherrie and city boy Drew, who meet on the Sunset Strip while pursuing their Hollywood dreams.

Rock Of Ages is released 15th June.

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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close – Shooting In NYC

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close was nominated for a Best PIcture Oscar earlier this year and now it is about to be released on DVD & Blu-Ray

The movie is a big screen adaptation of the Jonathan Safran Foer novel of the same names and brings together Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock while introducing us to Thomas Horn.

The movie is set in New York and in this latest featurette the guys behind the movie reveal that they wanted to shoot the city in a very different way to how we have seen it before.

Eleven-year-old Oskar Schell is an exceptional child: amateur inventor, Francophile and pacifist who sits somewhere on the autism scale. After the tragic and disturbing death of his father, who died in the attack on the World Trade Center on 9/11, Oskar finds a mysterious key that belonged to his father with a single cryptic name written on it.

His inquisitive nature and inventive imagination sends him on an urgent, secret search for answers. Whilst racing through the five boroughs of New York City, Oskar encounters a variety of individuals who are all fellow survivors in their own way.

Oskar’s mission leads him to uncover life-changing family secrets and ultimately provides him with the enriching and cathartic solace of community and belonging.

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close is released on DVD & Blu-Ray 11th June.

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