Carol Allen

The Ballad of Wallis Island (12) |Close-Up Film Review

The three stars of this delightful film are also credited as executive producers, which implies they worked hard behind the scenes as well to get a project made in which they really believed.

The Ballad of Wallis Island (12) |Close-Up Film Review

Carol Allen Posted on 1 month ago

The three stars of this delightful film are also credited as executive producers, which implies they worked...

Dogma (15) Film Review

When director Kevin Smith’s religious satire Dogma was released for Christmas 1999, its subject matter caused a bit of a stir in church circles.

Dogma (15) Film Review

Carol Allen Posted on 1 month ago

When director Kevin Smith’s religious satire Dogma was released for Christmas 1999, its subject matter caused a bit of...

Dragonfly (15) Film Review

Pensioner Elsie (Brenda Blethyn) and her younger neighbour Colleen (Andrea Riseborough) live next door to each other in featureless, semi detached bungalows.

Dragonfly (15) Film Review

Carol Allen Posted on 1 month ago

Pensioner Elsie (Brenda Blethyn) and her younger neighbour Colleen (Andrea Riseborough) live next door to each other...

The Marbles (12A) |Close-Up Film Review

Director David Wilkinson’s wide ranging documentary is unashamedly partisan.

The Marbles (12A) |Close-Up Film Review

Carol Allen Posted on 1 month ago

Director David Wilkinson’s wide ranging documentary is unashamedly partisan.

The Choral (12A) |Close-Up Film Review

This film is reassuringly English in concept, with a production team that’s rather like a meeting up of old friends, who’ve collaborated so successfully in the past.

The Choral (12A) |Close-Up Film Review

Carol Allen Posted on 1 month ago

This film is reassuringly English in concept, with a production team that’s rather like a meeting up...

Bugonia (15) |Close-Up Film Review

Anyone who is concerned about the conservation of the planet will realise the importance of saving the bees from threatened destruction.

Bugonia (15) |Close-Up Film Review

Carol Allen Posted on 2 months ago

Anyone who is concerned about the conservation of the planet will realise the importance of saving the...

Relay (15) |Close-Up Film Review

The ever busy Riz Ahmed is on screen for most of the time – but doesn’t say a word until some considerable way into the film.

Relay (15) |Close-Up Film Review

Carol Allen Posted on 2 months ago

The ever busy Riz Ahmed is on screen for most of the time – but doesn’t say...

Regretting You (12A) |Close-Up Film Review

The story opens with friends Morgan (Allison Williams) and Jonah (Dave Franco) chatting at a teenage beach party.

Regretting You (12A) |Close-Up Film Review

Carol Allen Posted on 2 months ago

The story opens with friends Morgan (Allison Williams) and Jonah (Dave Franco) chatting at a teenage beach...

Frankenstein (15) |Close-Up Film Review

For fans of director Guillermo del Toro it will be no surprise that this most visual of storyteller’s new version of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein story looks magnificent.

Frankenstein (15) |Close-Up Film Review

Carol Allen Posted on 2 months ago

For fans of director Guillermo del Toro it will be no surprise that this most visual of storyteller’s new...

Don’t Let’s go to the dogs tonight (12A) |Close-Up Film Review

The time is 1980, the end of the Zimbabwean war of independence. After years of guerilla war, the white population are fearful of the outcome of the election.

Don’t Let’s go to the dogs tonight (12A) |Close-Up Film Review

Carol Allen Posted on 2 months ago

The time is 1980, the end of the Zimbabwean war of independence. After years of guerilla war, the...