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Made in England: The films of Powell and Pressburger (12A) |Close-Up Film Review

Carlie Newman August 15, 2024

This is a film for anyone who is interested in the history of filmmaking, important directors and...

Bleeding Love (15) |Close-Up Film Review

Carlie Newman July 11, 2024

While Ewan McGregor who plays the father, and his real-life daughter Clara McGregor, who plays his estranged...

This elegant albeit often foul mouthed dark satire with a touch of farce is a nicely polished exercise in middle class guilt and self-loathing, which is reminiscent in some ways of Yasmina Reza's play turned into film, Carnage.

The Trouble with Jessica (15) |Close-Up Film Review

Carol Allen July 9, 2024

This elegant albeit often foul mouthed dark satire with a touch of farce is a nicely polished...

This latest in what has become the Planet of the Apes franchise is remarkable for its stunning make up technology – a far cry from the actors in ape masks and hairy suits of yore – but somewhat disappointing in its story.

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (12A) |Close-Up Film Review

Carol Allen June 23, 2024

This latest in what has become the Planet of the Apes franchise is remarkable for its stunning make up...

Even before they’d had a chance to see this film, fans of Amy Winehouse were complaining from the trailer that Marisa Abela, who plays Amy, was miscast and couldn’t sing as well as their heroine.

Back to Black (15) |Close-Up Film Review

Carol Allen May 20, 2024

Even before they’d had a chance to see this film, fans of Amy Winehouse were complaining from...

The first part of this film is absolutely riveting but it then descends into a kind of grand guignol. A sort of Fatal Attraction type of psychological thriller.

A Mother’s Instinct (15) |Home Ents Review

Carlie Newman May 12, 2024

The first part of this film is absolutely riveting but it then descends into a kind of...

Despite sharing star billing in the title, this is very much Kong’s movie. Godzilla doesn’t really come into his own until the climactic battle the audience has been waiting for, when the two titans of the “MonsterVerse” join forces to save the world from extinction.

Godzilla x Kong – The New Empire (12) |Close-Up Film Review

Carol Allen May 8, 2024

Despite sharing star billing in the title, this is very much Kong’s movie. Godzilla doesn’t really come into...

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.

Doctor Jekyll (15) |Home Ents Review

Kristen Platt March 14, 2024

Based on the Robert Louis Stevenson novella The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, this...

Mean Girls (12) |Close-Up Film Review

From the comedic mind of Tina Fey comes a new twist on the modern classic, MEAN GIRLS. New student Cady Heron (Angourie Rice) is welcomed into the top of the social food chain by the elite group of popular girls called “The Plastics,”

Mean Girls (12) |Close-Up Film Review

Carol Allen March 12, 2024

Mean Girls is a film based on the Broadway musical, which is due to open in London in...

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.

All of Us Strangers (15) | Close-Up Film Review

Carol Allen March 6, 2024

Writer/director Andrew Haigh’s great gift is his understanding of people – their fears, their joys, their pain...

On Digital

Made in England: The films of Powell and Pressburger (12A) |Close-Up Film Review

Bleeding Love (15) |Close-Up Film Review

The Trouble with Jessica (15) |Close-Up Film Review

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (12A) |Close-Up Film Review

Back to Black (15) |Close-Up Film Review

A Mother’s Instinct (15) |Home Ents Review

Godzilla x Kong – The New Empire (12) |Close-Up Film Review

Doctor Jekyll (15) |Home Ents Review

Mean Girls (12) |Close-Up Film Review

All of Us Strangers (15) | Close-Up Film Review

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