Doctor Jekyll (15) |Home Ents Review
Based on the Robert Louis Stevenson novella The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, this is a modern riff on the well-known tale.
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Doctor Jekyll (15) |Home Ents Review
Mean Girls (12) |Close-Up Film Review
Mean Girls is a film based on the Broadway musical, which is due to open in London in June this year. The show itself is also a “based on”, in this case the 2004 film of the same title, which starred Lindsay Logan as the heroine.
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All of Us Strangers (15) | Close-Up Film Review
Writer/director Andrew Haigh’s great gift is his understanding of people – their fears, their joys, their pain – and his ability to turn that into moving and engaging films that convince and move their audience.
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The Color Purple (12) | Close-Up Film Review
This new version of Alice Walker’s now classic novel, which is based on the Broadway musical inspired by both the book and the earlier film
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Poor Things (18) |Close Up Film Review
Emma Stone gives the most amazing portrayal of the heroine of this film, Bella Baxter.
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Dark Winds: Season 1 (15) Home Ents Review
Spotless, seamless perfection, Dark Winds is all you could hope for from a streaming series. And don’t worry if your faith in the po-po isn’t what it used to be and has spoiled your appetite for police dramas.
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Mercy Falls (15) |Home Ents Review
Mercy Falls is great fun. You’ll enjoy screaming at the plot holes, you’ll cheer the climbing pick gorings and the stock characters given a breath of life by sprightly acting and soft Scottish accents.
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The Great Escaper (12A) |Close Up-Film Review
The film is based on the true life story of World War Two veteran Bernard Jordan (Michael Caine), who hit the headlines in 2014, when he did a runner from the care home where he lived with his wife Rene (Glenda Jackson) in order to take part in the 70th anniversary war veterans commemoration ceremony in Normandy.
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Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed (15) |Close-Up Film Review
It is a pity this documentary is not getting a theatrical release as it is lavishly illustrated with clips from Hudson’s films which still look great on the big screen.
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Cobweb (15) Close-Up Film Review
Perhaps the most disturbing thing about Cobweb is that its central character is an eight year old child with distinctly creepy parents. Which make it in many ways a story of child abuse, though abuse not just by humans but by eerie, scuttling horror film things too.
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