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Restless Natives * (1985, Vincent Friell, Joe Mullaney, Ned Beatty) – Classic Movie Review 11,716

Director Michael Hoffman’s 1985 film Restless Natives is an embarrassing, would-be quirky comedy about two wayward Scots lads (Vincent Friell, Joe Mullaney) from the Wester Hailes district of Edinburgh who take to becoming modern highwaymen […]

Nov, 10

The Dollar Bottom *** (1981, Robert Urquhart, Rikki Fulton, Jonathan McNeil) – Classic Movie Review 10,525

The entertaining 1981 British comedy short The Dollar Bottom is an amusing, light-hearted little film, which won the 1981 Oscar for Best Short Film, Live Action, about an enterprising 50s Scottish schoolboy who promotes an […]

Nov, 10

Dream Baby **** (1989, Jenny McCrindle, Kevin McNally, Peter Capaldi) – Classic Movie Review 5,245

Director Angela Pope’s 1989 BBC TV movie Dream Baby is a gritty comedy drama with tender moments, set in a run-down, poll tax-dodging area of Edinburgh. Jenny McCrindle, Kevin McNally and Peter Capaldi star. Director […]

Apr, 03

Tickets for the Zoo *** (1991, Alice Bree, Tom Smith, Mickey MacPherson, Fiona Chalmers, Ashley Jensen) – Classic Movie Review 4857

Director Brian Crumlish’s 1991 British Film Four film is a touching tale of two troubled youngsters – teenagers George (Tom Smith) and Carol (Alice Bree) – who enter the big wide world full of hope […]

Jan, 07

Hallam Foe **** (2007, Jamie Bell, Sophia Myles, Claire Forlani, Ciarán Hinds, Maurice Roëves) – Classic Movie Review 3055

Co-writer/director David Mackenzie’s 2007 movie stars Jamie Bell as weird 17-year-old Hallam Foe, who can’t stop missing his mother after her overdose of sleeping pills and suicide drowning in a lake near their house in Edinburgh. […]

Nov, 13

Greyfriars Bobby **** (1960, Donald Crisp, Laurence Naismith, Andrew Cruickshank) – Classic Movie Review 1447

It’s Scotland in 1865, and Old Jock (Alex Mackenzie), an ancient, kind-hearted shepherd man, is fired by his callous employees and is followed by his cute wee Skye terrier doggie when he heads for the […]

Jul, 18

Sunshine on Leith *** (2013, George MacKay, Kevin Guthrie, Peter Mullan, Jane Horrocks, Paul Brannigan, Freya Mavor) – Movie Review

Two Scots soldiers coming home from serving in Afghanistan link arms and dance and sing along the streets of Edinburgh’s old town. How gay is that? If you’re not expecting a musical, or if you’re […]

Sep, 27

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