The East, 2013. Directed by Zal Batmanglij.Starring Brit Marling, Alexander Skarsgård, Ellen Page, Toby Kebbell, Shiloh Fernandez, Julia Ormond, Patricia Clarkson and Jason Ritter. SYNOPSIS: Intelligence company Hillard Brood send in agent Jane to infiltrate an extremist left-wing group, to attempt to prevent their next attacks. I must admit, this film appealed to me entirely […]

Not Another Happy Ending, 2013. Directed by John McKay.Starring Karen Gillan, Stanley Weber, Gary Lewis, Amy Manson, Henry Ian Cusick, Kate Dickie, Freya Mavor, and Iain de Caestecker. SYNOPSIS: Karen Gillan stars as Jane, a budding Scottish writer who gets writers block during her second novel. Having been advised that the trailer for this film […]

The Internship, 2013. Directed by Shawn Levy.Starring Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson, Rose Byrne, Aasif Mandvi, Max Minghella, Josh Brener, and Dylan O’Brien. SYNOPSIS: Two salesmen whose careers have been torpedoed by the digital age find their way into a coveted internship at Google, where they must compete with a group of young, tech-savvy geniuses for […]

Model Behaviour, 2013. Directed by Nathan Hill.Starring Nathan Hill, Samira Amira, Stacey McMahon and Michael Fenemore. SYNOPSIS: A detective hunts a serial killer who resides within the fashion and modelling industry. Model Behaviour is a dark, intense thriller following detective Jordan Rhodes (an engaging performance from Nathan Hill, who also wrote and directed), drawn in […]

Despicable Me 2, 2013. Directed by Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud.Featuring the voice talents of Steve Carell, Russell Brand, Kristen Wiig, Benjamin Bratt, Steve Coogan, Ken Jeong and Miranda Cosgrove. SYNOPSIS: Gru is recruited by the Anti-Villain League to help deal with a powerful new super criminal. Whether you enjoyed Despicable Me or not, it […]

The Great Hip Hop Hoax, 2013. Directed by Jeanie Finlay. SYNOPSIS: A documentary by Jeanie Finlay, about a pair of Scottish rappers who decide to take on Californian aliases to get a record deal. As soon as I read the premise, I knew that I would have to see this film. With such a deliciously […]

Despicable Me 2, 2013. Directed by Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud.Featuring the voice talents of Steve Carell, Russell Brand, Kristen Wiig, Benjamin Bratt, Steve Coogan, Ken Jeong, and Miranda Cosgrove. SYNOPSIS: Reformed evil mastermind Gru is recruited by the Anti-Villain League to take down a terrorising villain. Were people screaming out for a sequel to […]

Snitch, 2013. Directed by Ric Roman Waugh.Starring Dwayne Johnson, Jon Bernthal, Susan Sarandon, Barry Pepper, Benjamin Bratt, Michael Kenneth Williams, Melina Kanakaredes and Nadine Velazquez. SYNOPSIS: A father goes undercover for the DEA in order to free his son who was imprisoned after being set up in drug deal.   Since spreading his beefy wings […]

Samantha Morrison begins her coverage of the Edinburgh International Film Festival 2013… Monsters University, 2013. Directed by Dan Scanlon.Featuring the voice talents of Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Helen Mirren, Alfred Molina, Dave Foley, Sean P. Hayes, Joel Murray, Peter Sohn, Charlie Day, Nathan Fillion, Frank Oz and John Ratzenberger.   SYNOPSIS: A look […]

Resolution, 2012. Directed by Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead.Starring Peter Cilella, Vinny Curran, Zahn McClarnon, Kurt David Anderson and Bill Oberst Jr. SYNOPSIS: Peter (Michael Danube) receives a strange email from a lifelong friend, Chris (Vinny Curran), a loser drug addict whose serious addiction problems have alienated him from his friends and family. Peter decides […]