Emily Mortimer | 2018 Movies

2018 Movies / Walt Disney Pictures

Mary Poppins Returns (2018)

January 21, 2019January 8, 2020

This sequel to the 1964 Disney film ‘Mary Poppins’ opens in London, England during a time that is being called a Great Slump (the Great Depression of the 1930s). A lamp lighter named Jack (Lin-Manuel Miranda) rides his bike around town, singing about the city’s beauties despite the depression ((“Underneath The) Lovely London Sky”). He rides down Cherry Tree Lane where the eccentric Admiral Boom (David Warner) complains to Mr. Binnacle (Jim Norton) that Big Ben’s chimes are coming in late.

2018 Movies / Roadside Attractions

The Party (2018)

February 7, 2018January 9, 2020

To celebrate her long-awaited prestigious post as a Shadow Minister for Health and, hopefully, the stepping stone to party leadership, the newly-appointed British opposition politician, Janet, is throwing a party for friends at her London flat. Of course, in this select and intimate soirée, apart from Bill–Janet’s self-denying academic husband–a motley crew of elite hand-picked guests have been invited.