The Collini Case (15) |Close-Up Film Review
Based on a true story, The Collini Case is a real thriller. With its many twists, the film constantly surprises its audience.
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Author: Carlie Newman
The Collini Case (15) |Close-Up Film Review
Everybody’s Talking About Jamie (12A) |Close-Up Film Review
EVERYBODY’S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE is a most entertaining film. It’s not frightening nor very sad just a lot of laughs, some good songs and one outstanding performance. It has been adapted from the super stage musical.
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The Killing of Two Lovers (15) |Close-Up Film Review
A constantly engrossing film that challenges our preconceptions as it thrills along the way.
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Sweat (12A) |Close-Up Film Review
There are a lot of ‘Influencers’ around at the present time. The younger ones watch them avidly – on TikTok, on Instagram and other social media outlets.
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After Love (12A) |Close-Up Film Review
It is good to see the excellent actress, Joanna Scanlon, being given a main part in a worthy film. At first Mary (Scanlon) is very unhappy when her husband, Ahmed (Nasser Memarzia) suddenly dies. She has been living a comfortable life with him.
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Blacks Can’t Swim: The Sequel (12) |Close-Up Film Review
Amazingly 95% of black adults and 80% of black children in the UK do not swim. It’s not actually that they can’t but for reasons shown in this film, they don’t swim which could result in loss of life!
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Nomadland (12A) |Close-Up Film Review
Chloe Zhao’s Nomadland captures not just the activities of the itinerant travellers who people this film but their very innermost identities. And, of course, she uses her lead actress to perfection.
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True Mothers (12A) | Clos-Up Film Review
Young married couple Satoko (Hiromi Nagasaku) and Kiyokazu (Arata Iura) are very disappointed when in spite of all their efforts they are unable to conceive.
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The Senator (12) | Close-Up Film Review
We shall never really know the truth of what happened when Mary Jo Kopechne, who had been in a car driven by Senator Ted Kennedy, drowned on Chappaquiddick Island. This film gives a seemingly plausible version.
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Last Call (15) | Close-Up Film Review
When successful real estate developer. Mick (Jeremy Piven) receives an unexpected phone call about his family, he rushes back to his home neighbourhood, Darby Heights in Pennsylvania, for the funeral.
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