Downton Abbey: the Grand Finale (PG) |Close-Up Film Review
“Grand Finale” eh? Or is it? In this one the Crawley family, staff and friends are about to embark on the 1930s.
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Author: Carol Allen
Downton Abbey: the Grand Finale (PG) |Close-Up Film Review
Islands (15) |Close-Up Film Review
Sam Riley plays Tom, a former tennis pro now working as coach to the well-heeled guests at a smart hotel in the Canary Islands.
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Paul and Paulette take a bath (15) |Close-Up Film Review
There have been some very successful films about Americans in Paris from the classic musical An American in Paris (1951) to Woody Allen’s literary fantasy Midnight in Paris (2011).
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The Courageous (Les Courageux) (12A) |Close-Up Film Review
This story of a young mother and her three children living on the edges of society with no money is not something you might associate with Switzerland, land of high finance and worthy burghers.
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The Roses (15) |Close-Up Film Review
This is an update of the 1989 film War of the Roses, which starred Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas as a divorcing couple at war with each other.
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The Toxic Avenger (18) |Close-Up Film Review
Small and sexy Peter Dinklage plays put upon janitor Winston, a widower desperate to earn the respect of his son Wade (Jacob Tremblay).
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Meanwhile on Earth (15) |Close-Up Film Review
This is a first live action film from French animation film maker Jérémy Clapin – although it does have an animation element.
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The Life of Chuck (15) |Close-Up Film Review
Although based on a Stephen King short story this is no horror film but an intriguing, somewhat philosophical tale.
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The Ceremony (15) |Close-Up Film Review
A story about illegal immigrants currently has an unfortunate topicality, though I doubt the film will gain much sympathy from the anti-immigration lobby.
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Battleship Potemkin (12A) |Close-Up Film Review
In case you don’t know, this classic of the silent cinema is the story of the naval mutiny in 1905, which preceded the actual Russian revolution by twelve years.
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