Frankenstein (15) |Close-Up Film Review

For fans of director Guillermo del Toro it will be no surprise that this most visual of storyteller’s new version of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein story looks magnificent.

Frankenstein (15) |Close-Up Film Review

Carol Allen October 16, 2025

For fans of director Guillermo del Toro it will be no surprise that this most visual of storyteller’s new...

The Running Man (15) Film Review

I am not a huge fan of action movies but I am an admirer of director Edgar Wright (Baby Driver, Shaun of the Dead, Last Night in Soho etc).

The Running Man (15) Film Review

Carol Allen January 6, 2026

I am not a huge fan of action movies but I am an admirer of director Edgar...

Mercy Falls (15) |Home Ents Review

Mercy Falls is great fun. You’ll enjoy screaming at the plot holes, you’ll cheer the climbing pick gorings and the stock characters given a breath of life by sprightly acting and soft Scottish accents.

Mercy Falls (15) |Home Ents Review

Colin Dibben November 5, 2023

Mercy Falls is great fun. You’ll enjoy screaming at the plot holes, you’ll cheer the climbing pick...

Your Monster (15) |Close-Up Film Review

This film beautifully weaves elements of Beauty and the Beast with The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, delivering a story that is in equal parts magical, emotional, and humorous.

Your Monster (15) |Close-Up Film Review

Matthew Morlai Kamara November 28, 2024

This film beautifully weaves elements of Beauty and the Beast with The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, delivering a...

Iron Ladies (15) |Close-Up Film Review

It’s very strange to have a documentary set in a period that I remember and concerning events that I, although on the periphery, took part in.

Iron Ladies (15) |Close-Up Film Review

Carlie Newman October 25, 2025

It’s very strange to have a documentary set in a period that I remember and concerning events...

Napoleon (15) | Close-Up Film Review

Ridley Scott has directed a film which has magnificently filmed battle scenes and elaborately staged indoor events

Napoleon (15) | Close-Up Film Review

Carlie Newman November 27, 2023

Ridley Scott has directed a film which has magnificently filmed battle scenes and elaborately staged indoor events....

The time is 1980, the end of the Zimbabwean war of independence. After years of guerilla war, the white population are fearful of the outcome of the election.

Don’t Let’s go to the dogs tonight (12A) |Close-Up Film Review

Carol Allen October 9, 2025

The time is 1980, the end of the Zimbabwean war of independence. After years of guerilla war, the...

Rossif Sutherland & Julia Stiles in Orphan First Kill (Signature Entertainment)

Orphan: First Kill (18) |Close-Up Film Review

Colin Dibben August 15, 2022

Dark, manic, brutal and twisty, this prequel to the 2009 shocker Orphan is probably for fans of...

Karloff at Columbia (12) | Home Ents Review

Colin Dibben April 18, 2021

Boris Karloff ditches most of the make-up and gets his teeth into a series of roles –...

The Good Boss (15) |Close-Up Film Review

Carlie Newman August 25, 2022

Javier Bardem brings a super slimy persona to director Fernando Leon de Aronoa‘s satire, The Good Boss....

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Don’t Let’s go to the dogs tonight (12A) |Close-Up Film Review

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