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Final Destination: Bloodline (15) |Close-Up Film Review
 This is a worthy descendant of the Final Destination series of some twenty years ago with a well thought out plot, a good twist on the original FD premise.

Final Destination: Bloodline (15) |Close-Up Film Review

Carol Allen May 15, 2025
This is a worthy descendant of the Final Destination series of some twenty years ago with a...
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Straight Outta Compton (15) | Close-Up FIlm Review
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Straight Outta Compton (15) | Close-Up FIlm Review

Matthew Rodgers August 28, 2015
Music biographies are ten-a-penny, but whether it’s Dylan anthology I’m Not There, or Lennon retrospective, Nowhere Boy,...
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The Driver’s Seat (15) |Home Ents Review
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The Driver’s Seat (15) |Home Ents Review

Colin Dibben June 25, 2023
Utterly unlikeable and all the more striking for that, one of the weirder Elizabeth Taylor star vehicles...
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Falstaff: Chimes at Midnight (PG) | Home Ents Review
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Falstaff: Chimes at Midnight (PG) | Home Ents Review

Colin Dibben June 30, 2015
Featuring key performances by Orson Welles wearing both his director and actor hats, Falstaff: Chimes at Midnight...
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Four Mothers (15) |Close-Up Film Review
 Adapted from Italian director Gianni Di Gregorio’s 2008 film Mid-August Lunch and convincingly relocated to Dublin by director Darren Thornton and his brother Colin, this works effectively and amusingly as a very Irish tale.

Four Mothers (15) |Close-Up Film Review

Carol Allen April 3, 2025
Adapted from Italian director Gianni Di Gregorio’s 2008 film Mid-August Lunch and convincingly relocated to Dublin by director Darren...
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