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To celebrate the UK cinema premiere of MARIA starring Angelina Jolie on 10 January 2025, the Royal Ballet and Opera will be hosting an exclusive tour honouring Maria Callas’ time in Covent Garden.

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January 13, 2025 Carlie Newman

Maria (12A) |Close-Up Film Review

Everyone sees Angelina Jolie’s beauty, but not all acknowledge her acting ability.

The film has a mixture of lots of themes; we see a relationship between the younger generation and the grandmother, between siblings and each other, greed and love of money and some humour in how the characters interact. It’s a comedy and a drama.

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January 11, 2025 Carlie Newman

How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies (12A) |Close-Up Film Review

The film has a mixture of lots of themes; we see a relationship between the younger generation and the grandmother, between siblings and each other, greed and love of money and some humour in how the characters interact. It’s a comedy and a drama.

With this movie Jesse Eisenberg confirms his talents as writer, director and actor. He takes on all three tasks in his latest movie and does a brilliant job on all fronts.

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January 9, 2025 Carol Allen

A Real Pain (15) |Close-Up Film Review

With this movie Jesse Eisenberg confirms his talents as writer, director and actor. He takes on all three tasks in his latest movie and does a brilliant job on all fronts.

Babygirl dives deep into the complexities of power, desire, and identity within the confines of a provocative relationship.

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January 9, 2025 Matthew Morlai Kamara

Babygirl (18) |Close-Up Film Review

Babygirl dives deep into the complexities of power, desire, and identity within the confines of a provocative relationship.

The story is set against the harsh and unforgiving terrain of 19th-century Iceland.

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January 9, 2025 Matthew Morlai Kamara

The Damned (15) |Close-Up Film Review

The story is set against the harsh and unforgiving terrain of 19th-century Iceland.

[/stextbox]If writers’ copyright extended indefinitely rather than 70 years after the death of the author, the descendants of Bram Stoker, writer of the novel Dracula, who died in 1912, would still be coining it in, there have been so many films and other works based on his biggest hit.

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December 30, 2024 Carol Allen

Nosferatu (15) |Close-Up Film Review

If writers’ copyright extended indefinitely rather than 70 years after the death of the author, the descendants of Bram Stoker, writer of the novel Dracula, who died in 1912, would still be coining it in.

When you remember the important moments of your life, you don’t recall them in the order in which they happened and neither does John Crowley’s film in its storytelling.

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December 30, 2024 Carol Allen

We Live In Time (15) |Close-Up Film Review

When you remember the important moments of your life, you don’t recall them in the order in which they happened and neither does John Crowley’s film in its storytelling.