But what of Nanny McPhee? She dresses in black and exploits necromancy as a disciplinary tool, so that makes her a magical nanny — though Mary Poppins never threatened to boil an infant girl ...

They tie up the cook, leave messes wherever they go, never listen to their father, (who doesn’t have the nerve or desire to personally implement discipline anyway), and defy all manner of ...

Working Title's latest attempt to crack the lucrative family market after the sputtering "Thunderbirds," "Nanny McPhee" finds the Brit shingle returning to a cozy comfort zone. Even with its ...

Nanny McPhee is a 2005 fantasy film starring Emma Thompson. ... They also terrorize the cook, Mrs. Blatherwick (Imelda Staunton) but are cared for and loved by Evangeline ...

In Nanny McPhee Emma Thompson tries to break the forty-year stranglehold held on nanny related entertainment by Marry Poppins with her own take on the magical babysitter genre. Emma's entry owes a bi ...

Mostly, “Nanny McPhee” makes magic. And the film is highly recommended for the whole family. You can e-mail Barry Caine at [email protected] or call (925) 416-4806.

Emma Thompson's Nanny McPhee' musical theater adaptation is aiming for a 2026 West End debut. ... Imelda Staunton played the cook with Kelly Macdonald as a scullery maid.

Directed by Kirk Jones Universal Pictures 2 stars For those of us who grew up whistling “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious,” Emma Thompson’s new ...

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EXCLUSIVE: The Emma Thompson-penned musical adaptation of fantasy movie Nanny McPhee, about a witch who possesses magical powers wielded through her walking stick, is being primed to hit London's ...

Like a demented, song-less mixture of “Mary Poppins” and “The Sound of Music,” Kirk Jones’ “Nanny McPhee” stars Emma Thompson as an eccentric nanny with an agenda. Her specialty is ...