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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Hard to be a God (18) | Close-Up Film Review
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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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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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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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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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.
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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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Forty Guns (PG) | Home Ents Review
Themes of ageing and obsolescence abound in this classic 1957 Western from writer/director Samuel Fuller. Riding into town in search
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Dear White People (15) | Close-Up Film Review
‘Black people can’t be racist. Prejudiced, yes, but not racist! Racism describes a system of disadvantage based on race, black
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The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Miss Osbourne (18) | Home Ents Review
One of the most visually exciting costume dramas you’ll ever see, this ‘arthouse horror’ by controversial director Walerian Borowczyk is essential viewing if you want to experience the stranger side of cinema.
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