Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Danny Boyle Stars: Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Robert Carlyle, Anjela Nedyalkova, Kelly MacDonald, Shirley Henderson, Gordon Kennedy. Released in 1996, Trainspotting overcame its modest origins to become an instant cult classic. Based on Irvine Welsh’s 1993 snarky anarchic novel about four friends and set against the backdrop… Continue Reading »
SUNSHINE ON LEITH
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Dexter Fletcher Stars: George MacKay, Kevin Guthrie, Freya Mavor, Antonia Thomas, Peter Mullan, Jane Horrocks, Jason Flemyng. Sunshine On Leith is the second film from Scottish actor turned director Dexter Fletcher (from the tv series Press Gang, etc), whose first film Wild Bill screened at MIFF in 2012. This feelgood… Continue Reading »
THE ILLUSIONIST
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Sylvain Chomet Stars: voices of Jean-Claude Donda, Eilidh Rankin. Not to be confused with Neil Burger’s 2006 drama starring Edward Norton, the Oscar-nominated The Illusionist is the latest animated film from Sylvain Chomet, the creator of the marvelous Triplets Of Belleville. As is to be expected, the traditional hand-drawn animation… Continue Reading »
