Carol Allen

The Railway Children Return  (PG) | Close-Up Film Review

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The Railway Children Return  (PG) | Close-Up Film Review

Carol Allen July 14, 2022 1

This is a delightful film for children, which adults too can enjoy.Inspired by E. Nesbit’s story and...

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Fantastic Beasts:  The Secrets of Dumbledore  (12)|Close-Up Film Review

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Fantastic Beasts:  The Secrets of Dumbledore  (12)|Close-Up Film Review

Carol Allen July 11, 2022

If you are an avid reader of Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling’s work and the films made...

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Nitram  (15) |Close-Up Film Review

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Nitram  (15) |Close-Up Film Review

Carol Allen June 30, 2022

Nitram has been given a tragic topicality, being released so soon after the shocking news of the...

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Elvis  (12A) |Close-Up Film Review

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Elvis  (12A) |Close-Up Film Review

Carol Allen June 23, 2022

This is a Baz Luhrmann film, so it is predictably glittering, flashy, fast moving from one image...

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The Lost City  (12) |Close-Up Film Review

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The Lost City  (12) |Close-Up Film Review

Carol Allen June 22, 2022

The deliberately derivative plot of The Lost City is a sort of cross between the Rider Haggardism of Indiana...

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Everything went fine  (Tout s’est bien passé)(15) | Close-Up Film Review

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Everything went fine  (Tout s’est bien passé)(15) | Close-Up Film Review

Carol Allen June 16, 2022

Francoise Ozon’s film is in some ways a tribute to his late friend Emmanuèle Bernheim, with whom...

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Operation Mincemeat  (12) |Close-Up Film Review

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Operation Mincemeat  (12) |Close-Up Film Review

Carol Allen June 9, 2022

This is based on the true story of an operation in World War 2, which changed the...

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Swan Song  (12A) |Close-Up Film Review

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Swan Song  (12A) |Close-Up Film Review

Carol Allen June 8, 2022

Charismatic German born actor Udo Kier, him of the disturbingly intense blue eyes, plays Pat Pitsenbarger, an...

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Men  (15) | Close-Up Film Review

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Men  (15) | Close-Up Film Review

Carol Allen June 2, 2022

Novelist and screenwriter Alex Garland has a fertile and often entertaining imagination.  Witness 28 Days Later, The Beach, Never...

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Elizabeth – A Portrait in Parts  (12A) | Close-Up Film Review

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Elizabeth – A Portrait in Parts  (12A) | Close-Up Film Review

Carol Allen June 1, 2022

The film is a brisk and witty review of the reign of Queen Elizabeth II in 90...

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