Jan 30, 2022
Today we are talking about the 1980 Scottish film written and directed by Bill Forsyth. In classic 80s style of a high school comedy, the boys are trying to get the attention from the girls. The film stars John Gordon Sinclair, Dee Hepburn and Jake D’Arcy. It won the BAFTA for Screenplay and the London Critics Circle...
Jan 23, 2022
Today we are talking about the 2011 film starring Ewan McGregor and Emily Blunt about a Scottish fisheries expert who is asked by a sheik’s assistant to help him create salmon spawning grounds in the middle of a desert. Salmon swim upstream and spark fly between these two.
Dr. Alfred Jones: “There was a moment...
Jan 16, 2022
Today we are talking about the poignant tale of three grandchildren who follow their grandfather’s wishes to give him a Viking funeral. And the aftermath from the adults dealing with the loss. David Tennant stars along side Rosamund Pike and the grandfather portrayed by the hilarious Scottish son, Billy Connolly. This...
Jan 9, 2022
Today we are talking about a 1985 Scottish film called Restless Nattives written by Ninian Dunnett and directed by Michael Hoffman who also directed the 1999 A Midsummer Night’s Dream and the 2009 The Last Station. It tells the bizarre tale of two wayward individuals making their way through the countryside robbing...
Jan 2, 2022
Today we are kicking off Scottish Movie month with the 1993 Mike Meyers film, So I Married an Axe Murderer. This film pairs Nancy Travis as the owner and operator of a meat store in San Francisco and follows the romance of her and Charlie played by Mike Meyers. In this film Meyer’s portrays not only Charlie but his...