‘Tenet’ Review: Will you want to understand it?
A CIA agent (John David Washington) undertakes a dangerous mission to uncover the truth behind a terrifying technology that threatens the existence of the human...
Author: Paul Salt
The Scottish Film – Ep #20 – Macbeth (2018)
We did it! We reviewed every cinematic adaptation we could reasonably get our hands on without influence over time or the Thai authorities. We finish...
The Scottish Film – Ep #19 – Veeram (2016)
When you take Shakespeare’s timeless tragedy and a North Indian folk tale and mix them all together in three languages at once and look at...
‘Proxima’ Review: To the Stars and Away from Home
It’s only a minor spoiler to reveal that Alice Winocour’s new film ends with the launch of a space shuttle. Early on it becomes clear...
The Scottish Film – Ep #18 – Macbeth (2015)
Paul and Katy fail to find a banned Thai film and so have to settle for perhaps the greatest cinematic adaptation ever made! A film...
‘True History of the Kelly Gang’ Review: The Punk Rock History of an Outlaw
Justin Kurzel has an eye for terrible beauty. The desolation of this film’s 19th century Victoria is fanciful gorgeous. Bright lights strike tall shadows across...
The Scottish Film – Ep #17 – Macbeth (2010)
Patrick Stewart is here with all his Shakespearean bombast! An adaptation of Sound and Fury and bleak 60s cold war era dystopia. Can Paul and...
The Scottish Film – Ep #16 – Macbeth (2006)
Struth! It’s only an Australian gangster adaptation of Macbeth. Have the Aussies found a way to make Shakespearean language work in a modern setting? Is...
‘The Old Guard’ Review: Who Wants To Live Forever?
Andy (Charlize Theron) leads a small troupe of invincible warriors. Whilst fleeing a mission gone wrong, they become psychically aware of a new immortal, Nile...
The Scottish Film – Ep #15 – Shakespeare Re-told: Macbeth (2005)
In one of the boldest adaptations yet, Paul and Katy find Macbeth back in the kitchen! This time it’s the kitchen of a three star...