- MPs seek 'answers' on independence
- Pilot run for domestic abuse court
- Trial date for murder accused, 13
- Implant victim issues scans appeal
- Construction firm in liquidation
- £4m lottery winner was 'going mad'
- Family blasts rally crash decision
- US analyst wary of independence bid
- Sillars questions 'devo max' option
- Unemployment rate up by 16,000
- Independence 'key to growth boost'
- Ferry collides with harbour wall
- Bid to rescue crisis-hit Rangers
- BAA warning on Heathrow hub plans
- Shop sales fall biggest since 1999
- Further fall in house prices: Study
- Man charged in house attack inquiry
- Marchers support same-sex marriage
- Toddler death case report released
- Two arrested after house drugs raid
Film reviews
DVD Reviews: Abduction | Red Scorpton
The Scotsman’s film critic Alistair Harkness gives us his take on the latest DVDs
Film review: A Dangerous Method
Though never nearly as strange as the work he’s best known for, David Cronenberg’s latest, about Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud, is laced with weirdness, courtesy of a trio of strong performances, finds Alistair Harkness
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Film reviews: The Muppets | The Woman in Black | The Vow | Big Miracle
The Scotsman film critic Alistair Harkness reviews the latest films to be released
Now Screening: The Artist | The Descendants | Haywire
Alistair Harkness reviews the pick of the week’s films out now
Film reviews: Carnage | Man on a Ledge | Martha Marcy May Marlene | Journey 2: The Mysterious Island | Chronicle
Alistair Harkness casts his eye over some of this week’s new releases...
Film review: Young Adult (15)
By refusing to conform to Hollywood’s romantic ideals, Young Adult, with Charlize Theron in note-perfect form, emerges as a serious piece of work
DVD reviews: Drive | Rolling Thunder
Our film critic takes a look at two of this week’s new releases...
Film review: Young Adult (15)
FOUR years ago, director Jason Reitman and screenwriter Diablo Cody scored an unexpected hit with the self-aware, motormouthed slangfest Juno. On the face of it, their new film Young Adult looks and sounds a lot like Juno, except without Ellen Page.
Film review: Carnage (15)
‘WE’RE all decent people,” says John C Reilly, but when you are one of four characters in a film called Carnage, this seems unlikely. Sure enough, although Reilly and Jodie Foster invite Christoph Waltz and Kate Winslet to their home for a civilised chat, it spirals into verbal bloodletting.
Film reviews: Martha Marcy May Marlene | Man On A Ledge | Chronicle | Journey 2: The Mysterious Island | Jack And Jill
A brief round-up of this week’s new releases...
Review: The Descendants (15)
Sideways director Alexander Payne gives his big star room to actually act and react in a low-key manner, which helps makes this story of a midlife disaster truly convincing and affecting
Film reviews: Like Crazy | A Monster in Paris | A Useful Life | Underworld: Awakening | The Sitter
Alistair Harkness takes a look at some of this week’s new releases...
Film review: Coriolanus
IF STEVEN Moffat teleported William Shakespeare to the age of Balkan conflicts and put his words in the mouth of Ralph Fiennes, you might get a particularly whimsical episode of Doctor Who. Or you might get Coriolanus, Fiennes’ battle-scarred adaptation of one of Shakespeare’s less well-known tragedies.
2 commentsDVD review: Red State
What is it? The latest film by Clerks director Kevin Smith made lots of headlines, less for its content than for the way he chose to distribute it – by taking it on a US tour, rock concert style, and introducing the film each night himself in a different city.
Film reviews: A Useful Life | The Grey | A Monster In Paris | Intruders
A look at the rest of this week’s cinema releases
Film review: Like Crazy
JACOB (Anton Yelchin) and Anna (Felicity Jones) are two university students in LA who meet at a writing class where Jacob is an assistant and Anna delivers speeches about “monetised mass communication” which should get her marked down in the comprehension section.
Film review: The Descendants
IT’S maddening that George Clooney is so likeable, only he seems to be able to get away with advocating earnest movies and politics, whilst punting some remarkable brand endorsements.
Film reviews: W.E. | J Edgar | Haywire | The Darkest Hour
The Scotsman’s film critic reviews the latest films making it to the cinema
Review: Coriolanus (15)
Ralph Fiennes’s directoral debut avoids the vanity pitfalls to deliver a cracking, blood-soaked tale of war, politics and betrayal
1 comment- Rangers run into the ground as furious HRMC battles to claw back tax
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- Scottish independence: David Cameron set to snub Alex Salmond’s separation talks bid
- Rangers blame HMRC for driving club to brink of administration
- Six Nations: Steadman given notice as ruthless Robinson seeks to strengthen team
- Scottish independence: No breakthrough in talks between Alex Salmond and Michael Moore
- Devo-max merely a dodgy back-up plan to save SNP, says Jim Sillars
- Scottish independence: David Cameron set to snub Alex Salmond’s separation talks bid
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