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Puss in Boots: The Last Wish  (PG) Close-Up Film Review
 When Puss in Boots first appeared in one of the Shrek movies, a swashbuckling, scene and heart stealer with a wickedly mischievous face was born.   Seductively and joyously voiced by Antonio Banderas, he was a Douglas Fairbanks among cats.  

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish  (PG) Close-Up Film Review

Carol Allen February 3, 2023 1
When Puss in Boots first appeared in one of the Shrek movies, a swashbuckling, scene and heart stealer with...
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The Fabelmans  (12A) |Close-Up Film Review
 The Fabelmans is Stephen Spielberg's fictionalised life story from a small boy to his late teens, telling us in effect "how I decided to become a film maker".  

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

Carol Allen January 28, 2023 0
The Fabelmans is Stephen Spielberg's fictionalised life story from a small boy to his late teens, telling us...
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Dreaming Walls: Inside The Chelsea Hotel (15) |Close-Up Film Review
 Dreaming Walls: Inside The Chelsea Hotel, more or less, opens with a quote from Patti Smith. She says, “I’ve always liked to be where the big guys were”.

Dreaming Walls: Inside The Chelsea Hotel (15) |Close-Up Film Review

Ben Thomas January 19, 2023 0
Dreaming Walls: Inside The Chelsea Hotel, more or less, opens with a quote from Patti Smith. She...
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Avatar:  The Way of Water  (12A) |Close-Up Film Review
 It’s now thirteen years since James Cameron gave us the previous Avatar, at the end of which earthman Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) became a fully fledged Nav’I, on the far off moon Pandora, where the people are blue and earth people cannot breathe the atmosphere.   

Avatar:  The Way of Water  (12A) |Close-Up Film Review

Carol Allen December 15, 2022 0
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