Eleanor the Great  (12A) Film Review

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Eleanor the Great  (12A) Film Review

Carol Allen December 11, 2025

Two very different women, both Jewish but with totally different backgrounds.

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Kingdom of the Planet  of the Apes  (12A) |Close-Up Film Review

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Kingdom of the Planet  of the Apes  (12A) |Close-Up Film Review

Carol Allen June 23, 2024

This latest in what has become the Planet of the Apes franchise is remarkable for its stunning make up...

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Friendship (15)|Close-Up Film Review

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Friendship (15)|Close-Up Film Review

Carol Allen July 18, 2025

Tim Robinson and Paul Rudd star in an uneven comedy about an unlikely male friendship.  

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Avatar:  Fire and Ash (12A) Film Review

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Avatar:  Fire and Ash (12A) Film Review

Carol Allen December 17, 2025

If you’ve forgotten what happened in the last one Avatar:  The Way of Water, which was released three years ago,...

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Scream VI  (18) Close-Up Film Review

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Scream VI  (18) Close-Up Film Review

Carol Allen May 2, 2023 1

As the first Scream movie was made in 1996, the franchise is now older than some of...

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The Bullet Train (PG) |Home Ents Review

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The Bullet Train (PG) |Home Ents Review

Colin Dibben April 23, 2023

The best thing about this rather stodgy 1970s epic-length disaster movie is the surprising foregrounding of the...

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The Outrun  (15) |Close-Up Film Review

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The Outrun  (15) |Close-Up Film Review

Carol Allen September 28, 2024 1

Saoirse Ronan and the really beautiful setting of Scotland’s Orkney Islands co- star in this cinematic version...

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Swan Song  (12A) |Close-Up Film Review

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Swan Song  (12A) |Close-Up Film Review

Carol Allen June 8, 2022

Charismatic German born actor Udo Kier, him of the disturbingly intense blue eyes, plays Pat Pitsenbarger, an...

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Suspiria (18) | Close-Up Film Review

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Suspiria (18) | Close-Up Film Review

Carol Allen November 15, 2018

The film is based on the script of cult horror film maker Dario Argento’s 1977 film of...

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The Ginger Snaps Trilogy (18) |Home Ents Review

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The Ginger Snaps Trilogy (18) |Home Ents Review

Colin Dibben October 29, 2023

This arch, feminist werewolf horror trilogy was much lauded when it first came out. The first 2...

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