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Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One    (12) |Close-Up Film Review
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Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One    (12) |Close-Up Film Review

Carol Allen November 6, 2023
This film has everything an action movie needs.  Plenty of breathtaking action, strong story and characters, star actors...
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All of Us Strangers  (15) | Close-Up Film Review
 Writer/director Andrew Haigh’s great gift is his understanding of people – their fears, their joys, their pain – and his ability to turn that into moving and engaging films that convince and move their audience.

All of Us Strangers  (15) | Close-Up Film Review

Carol Allen March 6, 2024
Writer/director Andrew Haigh’s great gift is his understanding of people – their fears, their joys, their pain...
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Hopping Mad: The Mr Vampire Sequels (15) Home Ents Review
 Infinitely better than anyone has reason to expect, these sequels to the genre-busting Hong Kong comedy horror super-hit Mr Vampire are lots of fun and profoundly culturally interesting too. Each film takes the genre in a new direction and it is also intriguing to see the development of the special effects.

Hopping Mad: The Mr Vampire Sequels (15) Home Ents Review

Colin Dibben May 21, 2023
Infinitely better than anyone has reason to expect, these sequels to the genre-busting Hong Kong comedy horror...
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Dark Winds: Season 1 (15) Home Ents Review
 Spotless, seamless perfection, Dark Winds is all you could hope for from a streaming series. And don’t worry if your faith in the po-po isn’t what it used to be and has spoiled your appetite for police dramas.

Dark Winds: Season 1 (15) Home Ents Review

Colin Dibben November 26, 2023
Spotless, seamless perfection, Dark Winds is all you could hope for from a streaming series. And don’t...
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