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Twisters  (12A) |Close-Up Film Review
This summer, the epic studio disaster movie returns with an adrenaline-pumping, seat-gripping, big-screen thrill ride that puts you in direct contact with one of nature’s most wondrous—and destructive—forces.  

Twisters  (12A) |Close-Up Film Review

Carol Allen August 28, 2024 1
Twisters describes itself as a “current day chapter” of the 1996 blockbuster Twister.   Which means a similar story about  dedicated tornado...
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Paul and Paulette take a bath (15) |Close-Up Film Review
There have been some very successful films about Americans in Paris from the classic musical An American in Paris (1951) to Woody Allen’s literary fantasy Midnight in Paris (2011).

Paul and Paulette take a bath (15) |Close-Up Film Review

Carol Allen September 5, 2025
There have been some very successful films about Americans in Paris from the classic musical An American in...
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The Wife and Her House Husband (15) |Close-Up Film Review
Marcus Marcou is the very enterprising director who distributed his first feature film Papadopoulos and Sons himself, when no distributer was interested in doing so – and by using some bold and original promotion techniques, made it a very successful hit movie.

The Wife and Her House Husband (15) |Close-Up Film Review

Carol Allen March 10, 2023
Marcus Marcou is the very enterprising director who distributed his first feature film Papadopoulos and Sons himself, when no...
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