Review Archives – close-upfilm

1st September marked the 75th anniversary of this classic film from director Carol Reed and writer Graham Green, which was first screened in a small cinema in Hastings in 1949.

August 27, 2015 Carlie Newman

The Third Man (PG) | Home Ents Review

Available to see on Blu-Ray or DVD, The Third Man is set in Vienna. Orson Welles (in the smaller but dominating role) stars as Harry Lime, who fakes his own death. Holly Martins (Joseph Cotten), a minor novelist, investigates. There are a number of intrigues in this dark, secret society that has formed around Lime in the city. With a screenplay by Graham Greene, the 1949 film stands up well as a unique classic film with a score by zither player, Anton Karas which is still popular today. The finale is amazing.

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August 16, 2015 Mark Bartlett

Hard to be a God (18) | Close-Up Film Review

Hard to be a God is a black and white Russian sci-fi epic based the 1964 science-fiction novel by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky of the same name.

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June 12, 2015 News Editor

Jurassic World (12A) | Close-Up Film Review

22 years ago in Steven Spielberg’s film of Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park, park creator John Hammond, played by Richard Attenborough, called it “The most advanced amusement park in the entire world”.

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July 19, 2012 Carol Allen

The Dark Knight Rises (12A) | Close-Up Film Review

It was four years ago that we saw The Dark Knight save Gotham City from the Joker and Two-Face in Nolan’s second Batman film but on screen, when The Dark Knight Rises, eight years have passed. At the end of the previous film, Batman vanished from public view, blamed for the death of the supposedly heroic DA Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart, seen here briefly in flashback), whom we know had become the villainous Two-Face.

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August 28, 2015 Matthew Rodgers

Straight Outta Compton (15) | Close-Up FIlm Review

Music biographies are ten-a-penny, but whether it’s Dylan anthology I’m Not There, or Lennon retrospective, Nowhere Boy, they’re not that

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July 29, 2015 Dan Woburn

Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation (12A) | Close-Up Film Review

When you say “Mission Impossible 5” it engineers a universal reaction of “my God, really??”. The expectation is that, surely

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June 7, 2015 Dan Woburn

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (18) | Close-Up Film Review

Cannon Films were, judging from this extremely entertaining documentary, one of the most batsh*t crazy film studios ever operated. Bought

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November 15, 2015 Editor

Under Milk Wood (15) | Home Ents Review

There’s a certain level of charm, rarely seen on the big screen today, which wholly encapsulates Under Milk Wood – the latest adaptation of Dylan Thomas’ infamous 1954 radio play. Adaptations can be something of a risk, more often than not the predecessor is looked on more favourably that its successor. And yet, following on from Andrew Sinclair’s 1972 effort, Kevin Allen brings the fun, warmth and Charlotte Church to his version.