Locked Down (15) | Close-Up Film Review
As with Malcolm and Marie, released earlier this year, Locked Down was made entirely under lockdown conditions and features a couple at war with each other.
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Chiwetel Ejiofor
Locked Down (15) | Close-Up Film Review
‘Locked Down’ Trailer: Hathaway, Ejiofor Pull Off a Quarantine Heist
“The Bourne Identity” director Doug Liman turned around this lockdown relationship drama after a Covid-safe shoot in the autumn.
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Mark Kermode Live in 3D at the BFI to move online
MARK KERMODE LIVE IN 3D AT THE BFI (MK3D) will be moving online so that film fans can continue to engage with the latest movie news and discussions.
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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Mary Magdalene (12A) | Close-Up Film Review
To tell the story of Christ from the point of view of the only female member of the team sounds like an exciting and potentially illuminating idea. It could even have turned out to be as controversial as Scorsese’s “The Last Temptation of Christ”.
Read moreDoctor Strange (12A) | Close-Up Film Review
This latest addition to the Marvel comics’ cinematic canon is a handsome looking beast, which benefits from a classy, largely British cast in the main roles and really stunning special effects.
Read moreTriple 9 (15) | Close-Up Film Review
John Hillcoat’s latest crime thriller tackles the grimy world of corrupt cops and criminals with a superb ensemble cast who showcase the emotionally devastating consequences suffered by those who risk working on both sides of the law.
Read moreThe Martian (12A) | Close-Up Film Review
Ridley Scott is back, and has this time turned his head to a less fantastical sort of sci-fi. The Martian, very faithfully based on the bestseller by Andy Weir, is extremely grounded in a plausible not-so-distant-future where manned missions to Mars are not only possible, but in their third iteration.
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