Mark Bartlett

Director Paul Hyett Chats About Howl

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Director Paul Hyett Chats About Howl

Mark Bartlett October 21, 2015

Close-Up Film's Mark Bartlett caught up with practical effects guru turned director Paul Hyett (The Seasoning House)...

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Director Matthew A. Brown and Star Ashley C. Williams Talk About Julia

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Director Matthew A. Brown and Star Ashley C. Williams Talk About Julia

Mark Bartlett September 23, 2015

Mark Bartlett at close-upfilm.com caught up with Director Matthew A. Brown and Star Ashley C. Williams (The...

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Bait (18) | Home Ents Review

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Bait (18) | Home Ents Review

Mark Bartlett September 6, 2015

Bait, also known in some territories as The Taking (in my opinion the more appropriate title) is...

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Good People (15) | Close-Up Film Review

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Good People (15) | Close-Up Film Review

Mark Bartlett August 19, 2015

James Franco plays Tom, an American odd job labourer and Kate Hudson co-stars as school teacher Anna...

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Hard to be a God (18) | Close-Up Film Review

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Hard to be a God (18) | Close-Up Film Review

Mark Bartlett August 16, 2015

Hard to be a God is a black and white Russian sci-fi epic based the 1964 science-fiction...

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Love and Mercy (15) | Close-Up Film Review

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Love and Mercy (15) | Close-Up Film Review

Mark Bartlett July 9, 2015

Full disclosure here, I wasn’t the world’s biggest Beach Boys fan. Like most fans who claim to...

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