Hard to be a God (18) | Close-Up Film Review
Hard to be a God is a black and white Russian sci-fi epic based the 1964 science-fiction novel by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky of the same name.
Read MoreHard to be a God is a black and white Russian sci-fi epic based the 1964 science-fiction novel by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky of the same name.
Read MoreIf there has been a more British film since Pride, it wasn’t memorable enough to be referred to.
Read More22 years ago in Steven Spielberg’s film of Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park, park creator John Hammond, played by Richard Attenborough, called it “The most advanced amusement park in the entire world”.
Read MoreIt was four years ago that we saw The Dark Knight save Gotham City from the Joker and Two-Face in Nolan’s second Batman film but on screen, when The Dark Knight Rises, eight years have passed. At the end of the previous film, Batman vanished from public view, blamed for the death of the supposedly heroic DA Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart, seen here briefly in flashback), whom we know had become the villainous Two-Face.
Read MoreMusic biographies are ten-a-penny, but whether it’s Dylan anthology I’m Not There, or Lennon retrospective, Nowhere Boy, they’re not that
Read MoreWhen you say “Mission Impossible 5” it engineers a universal reaction of “my God, really??”. The expectation is that, surely
Read MoreCannon Films were, judging from this extremely entertaining documentary, one of the most batsh*t crazy film studios ever operated. Bought
Read More‘Black people can’t be racist. Prejudiced, yes, but not racist! Racism describes a system of disadvantage based on race, black
Read MoreOne of the most visually exciting costume dramas you’ll ever see, this ‘arthouse horror’ by controversial director Walerian Borowczyk is essential viewing if you want to experience the stranger side of cinema.
Read MoreSet in New York City in 1981, Oscar Isaac plays Abel Morales, the owner of Standard Oil, a heating oil
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