Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (12A) |Close-Up Film Review
It’s over a quarter of a century since the title character created by actor Michael Keaton and director Tim Burton first chilled the Deetz family.
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Author: Carol Allen
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (12A) |Close-Up Film Review
Firebrand (15) |Close-Up Film Review
Despite being a handsome costume drama, rather than going in for swashbuckling action, Firebrand is concerned with the more low key themes of politics and manipulation.
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The Third Man (PG) |Close-Up Film Review
1st September marked the 75th anniversary of this classic film from director Carol Reed and writer Graham Green, which was first screened in a small cinema in Hastings in 1949.
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Count of Monte-Cristo (12A) |Close-Up Film Review
Alexandre Dumas’ famous novel has been filmed and dramatized for television scores of times in many languages – the last big screen version in English starred Jim Caviezel.
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Twisters (12A) |Close-Up Film Review
Twisters describes itself as a “current day chapter” of the 1996 blockbuster Twister. Which means a similar story about dedicated tornado hunters battling one of nature’s big threats.
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Blink Twice (15) |Close-Up Film Review
Actress Zoë Kravitz makes an impressive debut as director here in a thriller which is a fast moving and good looking mix of slasher horror and feminism.
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Widow Cliquot (12A) |Close-Up Film Review
Based on a book by Tilar J. Mazzeo, this is the story of “la veuve Cliquot”, who gave her name to the leading champagne brand.
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Tuesday (15) |Close-Up Film Review
The two main characters in the film are Tuesday (Lola Petticrew), the teenage girl of the title and her mother Zora (Julia Louis-Dreyfus).
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Borderlands (12A) |Close-Up Film Review
Comic books have proved a lucrative source of big screen inspiration, with Deadpool and Wolverine having just demonstrated there’s loadsa money in the old format yet. ,
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Caligula: The Ultimate Cut (18) |Close-Up Film Review
Caligula: The Ultimate Cut is a new version of the notorious film, which was produced by Bob Guccione of Penthouse infamy back in the late seventies.
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