
It's starting to get really cold now, so thank goodness for the DVD release of
Mamma Mia! this week. One of the massive box office hits of the summer, the film based on the stage musical will bring some welcome sunshine and laughter into your living room.
Meryl Streep is on wonderful all-singing all-dancing form as Donna, a single mum with a run-down hotel on an idyllic Greek island.

Is it November already? Yup! And that means it's time to get going on holiday shopping.

One of the most interesting pieces of
box office news this past weekend was the
Labor Day sales bump for
Mamma Mia!. The movie was in its seventh week in theaters, but it actually saw its sales go up after several weeks of drops. Getting most of the credit: special sing-along screenings in almost 300 theaters, which alone brought in $1.2 million over the long weekend.

The day after my wedding, one of my bridesmaids and I, exhausted from the weekend's events, popped into a matinee of
Mamma Mia. While our reviews were mixed (please, please let me never hear
Pierce Brosnan sing again), one element of the film got an enthusiastic thumbs up: the gorgeous textiles. I was absolutely inspired by the film's bedding, tablecloths, and pillows.

The film version of
Mamma Mia! has been such a massive hit at cinemas this summer that the producers have
released a sing-a-long version, which will show at selected cinemas up and down the country from today.
Buy a ticket to one of these screenings and you can sing alongside cast members Meryl Streep and Pierce Brosnan thanks to the subtitled song words to ABBA tunes including "Dancing Queen", "SOS", "Mamma Mia", "Super Trouper" and "Gimme, Gimme, Gimme".
I'd love to know your thoughts on sing-a-long film screenings like this, so tell me: do you love them, or would you rather leave them?