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A24 has carved out its niche as a home for the strange, stylish, and genre-defying—and Death of a Unicorn is no exception.

April 6, 2025 Matthew Morlai Kamara

Death of a Unicorn (15) |Close-Up Film Review

A24 has carved out its niche as a home for the strange, stylish, and genre-defying—and Death of a Unicorn is no exception.

Despite Minecraft’s global cultural footprint, I’d never actually played the game before walking into The Minecraft Movie.

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April 6, 2025 Matthew Morlai Kamara

A Minecraft Movie (PG) |Close-Up Film Review

Despite Minecraft’s global cultural footprint, I’d never actually played the game before walking into The Minecraft Movie.

Based (very) loosely on Arnold Wesker’s 1957 play, THE KITCHEN. The new film, LA COCINA**** (THE KITCHEN) is one to catch

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April 5, 2025 Carlie Newman

La Cocina (15) |Close-Up Film Review

Based (very) loosely on Arnold Wesker’s 1957 play, THE KITCHEN. The new film, LA COCINA**** (THE KITCHEN) is one to catch

With its sombre colours combined with a picture book style it feels in its opening scenes like a Grimm’s fairy tale.

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April 3, 2025 Carol Allen

The Most Precious of Cargoes (12A) |Close-Up Film Review

With its sombre colours combined with a picture book style it feels in its opening scenes like a Grimm’s fairy tale.

Adapted from Italian director Gianni Di Gregorio’s 2008 film Mid-August Lunch and convincingly relocated to Dublin by director Darren Thornton and his brother Colin, this works effectively and amusingly as a very Irish tale.

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April 3, 2025 Carol Allen

Four Mothers (15) |Close-Up Film Review

Adapted from Italian director Gianni Di Gregorio’s 2008 film Mid-August Lunch and convincingly relocated to Dublin by director Darren Thornton and his brother Colin, this works effectively and amusingly as a very Irish tale.

Jack Quaid as “Nate" in Novocaine from Paramount Pictures.

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March 30, 2025 Matthew Morlai Kamara

Novocaine (15) |Close-Up Film Review

Chaos, carnage, and comedy collide in Novocaine, the latest high-octane action spectacle from directors Dan Berk and Robert Olsen.

SANTOSH is a fascinating study of the caste system and corruption within the police in a rural part of Northern India.

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March 30, 2025 Carlie Newman

Santosh (15) |Close-Up Film Review

SANTOSH is a fascinating study of the caste system and corruption within the police in a rural part of Northern India.

I will confess to a fascination with apocalyptic tales about the end of life as we know it and how what’s left of humanity deals with the situation.

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March 30, 2025 Carol Allen

The End (12A) |Close-Up Film Review

I will confess to a fascination with apocalyptic tales about the end of life as we know it and how what’s left of humanity deals with the situation.

While people have rightly criticised a number of things about Disney’s Snow White, it makes an enjoyable live-action film to watch - provided you can overlook the horrendous CGI dwarfs.

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March 24, 2025 Carlie Newman

Disney’s Snow White (U) |Close-Up Film Review

While people have rightly criticised a number of things about Disney’s Snow White, it makes an enjoyable live-action film to watch – provided you can overlook the horrendous CGI dwarfs.

Writer director Francois Ozon is very versatile. Each of his films is different from the last, but they are always good stories with one common thread.

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March 22, 2025 Carol Allen

When Autumn Falls (Quand vient l’automne) (12A) |Close-Up Film Review

Writer director Francois Ozon is very versatile. Each of his films is different from the last, but they are always good stories with one common thread.