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Directed with quiet strength by Marianne Elliott and based on Raynor Winn’s bestselling memoir, The Salt Path tells a deeply personal true story

May 29, 2025 Matthew Morlai Kamara

The Salt Path (12A) |Close-Up Film Review

Directed with quiet strength by Marianne Elliott and based on Raynor Winn’s bestselling memoir, The Salt Path tells a deeply personal true story

Over thirty years ago, I first encountered Mission: Impossible on my dad’s old VHS player. The grainy quality, the flickering tracking, and that iconic theme tune lit a fuse that’s been burning ever since.

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May 21, 2025 Matthew Morlai Kamara

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (12A) |Close-Up Film Review

Over thirty years ago, I first encountered Mission: Impossible on my dad’s old VHS player. The grainy quality, the flickering tracking, and that iconic theme tune lit a fuse that’s been burning ever since.

From the first bass drop, DESIRE: The Carl Craig Story doesn’t just kick off — it erupts. This 90-minute documentary, directed with raw urgency by Jean-Cosme Delaloye, pulses with the energy of a Detroit warehouse rave at 3AM.

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May 7, 2025 Matthew Morlai Kamara

DESIRE: The Carl Craig Story (15) |Close-Up Film Review

The film traces his rise from middle-class Detroit roots to the global stage — not through flashy accolades, but through the sheer, revolutionary force of his music.

Affleck returns as Christian Wolff, the autistic, forensic accountant with an unparalleled knack for mathematics—and a deadly side hustle as a freelance assassin.

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April 25, 2025 Matthew Morlai Kamara

The Accountant 2 (15) |Close-Up Film Review

Affleck returns as Christian Wolff, the autistic, forensic accountant with an unparalleled knack for mathematics—and a deadly side hustle as a freelance assassin.

As a devoted fan of horror, I’ve got a soft spot for stories that trap characters in isolated places and slowly dial up the fear.

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April 25, 2025 Matthew Morlai Kamara

Until Dawn (15) |Close-Up Film Review

As a devoted fan of horror, I’ve got a soft spot for stories that trap characters in isolated places and slowly dial up the fear.

Set in a small Georgian town, we meet Nina (Ia Sukhitashvili), an obstetrician-gynaecologist, who’s all about her patients.

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April 25, 2025 Matthew Morlai Kamara

April (15) Close-Up Film Review

Set in a small Georgian town, we meet Nina (Ia Sukhitashvili), an obstetrician-gynaecologist, who’s all about her patients.

Uberto Pasolini’s The Return strips the myth of Odysseus bare — no gods, no monsters, just the lingering wounds of war and time.

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April 14, 2025 Matthew Morlai Kamara

The Return (15) Film Review

Uberto Pasolini’s The Return strips the myth of Odysseus bare — no gods, no monsters, just the lingering wounds of war and time.

Yara Estrada Love’s Demise is a sweat-slicked, neon-drenched erotic thriller that dives headfirst into love, lust, and obsession — and it’s absolutely irresistible.

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April 14, 2025 Matthew Morlai Kamara

Demise (15) |Close-Up Film Review

Lowe’s Demise is a sweat-slicked, neon-drenched erotic thriller that dives headfirst into love, lust, and obsession — and it’s absolutely irresistible.