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Dangerous Animals Review – Jai Courtney Chews The Scenery In By The Book Shark Horror

Jai Courtney’s shark-obsessed serial killer is pure horror gold in a B-movie that boasts ...

The Boulder Review – A Powerfully Political Snapshot Of The Underfunded Arts Crisis

Ashley Catherine Dick’s statement piece short film offers a little more substance than the ...

Thunderbolts* Review – Marvel Studios’ Pulpy Comedy Tries Hard To Be A Thriller 

Marvel Studios’ antihero team-up ditches cosmic shenanigans for a brass tacks approach, deploying genre ...

Tummy Monster Review — A Little Goes A Long Way In This Fiery First Feature By Scottish Director  

First-time writer-director Ciaran Lyons flirts with brilliance in this devilish tour of celebrity egotism, ...

The Accountant 2 Review – Second time’s the charm in action packed, laugh-a-minute sequel with a huge moral core

Ben Affleck’s autistic assassin makes a stylish comeback in Gavin O’Connor’s worthwhile sequel, co-starring ...

The Amateur review – Rami Malek coasts through CIA tech-revenge thriller without a lick of spark

Rami Malek’s workmanlike tech-revenge thriller boasts an intriguing cocktail pitch, but hitting the mark ...

Scottish Festivals Guide 2025 (Part 2)

As always, there are just too many great Scottish festivals to fit in one ...

Kai Reesu: nu-jazz at The Jazz Bar, Edinburgh (gig review)

Kai Reesu, an emerging name on the central belt music scene, played their latest ...

Michael Kiwanuka: Poise, Humanity & Grace at The Usher Hall, Edinburgh (live review)

 Four critically acclaimed albums in, Michael Kiwanuka’s star has ascended so high he could ...

Tornado Review — Glasgow Film Festival 2025

When you consider what a tornado is — a horrendously lethal column of air ...

On Falling Review

Portuguese filmmaker Laura Carreira writes and directs this painfully true-to-life account of an overworked ...