Lost at Christmas (12A) | Close-Up Film Review
Based on the acclaimed short film Perfect Strangers (2015), this Christmas interpretation is enough to melt even the coldest of icicles in one’s heart.
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Max Winslow and the House of Secrets (12A) | Close-Up Film Review
It is the season to be scared once again. With Halloween just around the corner, it’s that time of year when all the spooky movies come out of the woodwork, for youngsters as well as for the grown-ups.
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Spontaneous (12A) | Close-Up Film Review
Over the years there have been countless teen horror movies, but nothing as strange and unusual as Spontaneous. It’s got comedy, it’s got romance and it’s got gore!
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Reborn (15) | Home Ents Review
Today, if a mother was to lose a child, there are systems in place to help with the grief, a service may be held and the family are given professional help to deal with their loss.
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Onward (U) | Close-Up Film Review
Many years ago, in a fantasy land far away there were all sorts of magical beings each with magical powers. However, as time has progressed, the inhabitants of this magical world found an easier way to do things.
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The Christmas Trap (U) | Close-Up Film
There have been several movies such as The Parent Trap, where typically twins are separated at birth and reunite many years later and switch places to experience the life the other has. The Christmas Trap has a similar theme
Read moreSgt. Stubby (PG) | Close-Up Film Review
War is not something we tend to discuss with very young children. The blood, fighting and killings are not a subject we want these young lives to be thinking about.
Read moreMidnight Sun (12A) | Close-Up Film Review
Imagine not being able to go in to the sunlight? Not going out during the day, only going out at night. What would you have missed growing up?
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The Little Vampire (U) | Close-Up Film Review
Many moons ago there was a young Jonathan Lipnicki featuring in a live action film about a young boy who meets and aids a vampire from a vampire hunter. Skip forward 18 (!) years and the Angela Sommer-Bodenburg books find another retelling.
Read moreSherlock Gnomes (PG) | Close-Up Film Review
After the success of 2011’s Gnomeo & Juliet, a story based on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet tale (without the death ending), the garden gnomes and their somewhat odd family return for another adventure in this sequel, Sherlock Gnomes, this time looking to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle for inspiration.
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