Free outdoor movies will return to St Andrew Square, Edinburgh, this summer following a sponsorship deal with a jam maker. Edinburgh International Film Festival and Essential Edinburgh is today launching Film Fest in the City with Mackays which will run from 15 to 17 June. Cinematic classics such as Casablanca, Top Gun, Ghostbusters, Big Trouble in Little China and Big, will be shown with modern […]
Hayley Murden
A spectacle to behold and worth the wait
Film review – Avengers: Infinity War (4/5) The buildup to the release of Avengers: Infinity War was filled with anticipation. Which characters were going to come face to face? Who would die and who would survive? Was it a one part or two part movie? For Scottish viewers there was also the excitement of seeing […]
Tonya’s true tale skates on thin ice
Film review: I,Tonya (4/5) The tragic blonde princess of Ice Castles (1978) meets the gritty yet glamorised narrator of Goodfellas (1990) in 2018’s true biopic I, Tonya. Based on the life of the 1992 and 1994 Olympic Games figure skating competitor Tonya Harding, this documentary style film attempts to tell the truth of what happened […]
Making a splash on a common theme
Film review: The Shape of Water (3/5) The Shape Of Water is the kooky, offbeat and unusual entry for best picture at this year’s Academy Awards. With an impressive total of twelve other nominations, including best actress, best score, best screenplay and best director, it has certainly made a splash and it seems more than […]
Passion project is big, bold and beautiful
Film review: Padmaavat (5/5) Originally slated for release last month, the controversial subject matter of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s epic has just been made available to cinema-goers. Padmaavat (based on the poem written by Malik Muhammad Jayasi in 1540) has been ten years in planning and was something of a passion project and complete nightmare for its […]