April 11, 2026

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Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires (15) |Close-Up Film Review
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Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires (15) |Close-Up Film Review

Colin Dibben October 27, 2021
Chuck Steel is a pumped up and maxed out stop motion animation comedy homage to 80s action...
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Getting Away with Murders (15) | Close-Up Film Review
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Getting Away with Murders (15) | Close-Up Film Review

Carol Allen September 30, 2021
At 175 minutes David Wilkinson’s documentary is even longer than the new James Bond movie.   But it is...
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The Many Saints of Newark (15) |Close-Up Film Review
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The Many Saints of Newark (15) |Close-Up Film Review

Carol Allen September 23, 2021
The setting of the story is Newark, New Jersey in the late sixties and early seventies.  The title...
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Everybody’s Talking About Jamie (12A) |Close-Up Film Review
 Everybody’s Talking About Jamie

Everybody’s Talking About Jamie (12A) |Close-Up Film Review

Carlie Newman September 21, 2021
EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE is a most entertaining film. It's not frightening nor very sad just a lot...
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