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You Have Been Watching…Comfort and Joy
I’ve looked briefly at Bill Forsyth’s Comfort and Joy in the past, but it is a film worth considering in greater detail. Also, I wanted to concentrate on a great Scottish film set around Christmas and they are few and far between, but Comfort and Joy is just that. This is his most ‘serious’ film, dealing with […]
Alistair Braidwood
January 7, 2011
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This Week in SEAN – Final Edition
This week in Scottish Entertainment / Actor News may well be the last for a while as Saba moves on to bigger and better things. We at Dear Scotland truly appreciate her hard work, consistency and passion and wish her well for the future. If any of our readers would like to contribute a weekly […]
Saba I.
January 4, 2011
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Best of 2010: Scottish Actors on The Late Late Show
Today we look back at the times when Scotland has taken over primetime US telly with some of Craig Ferguson’s best Scottish interviews since we started Dear Scotland featuring Gerard Butler, Robert Carlyle, James McAvoy, Ewan McGregor and Billy Connolly.
Saba I.
December 28, 2010
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Best of 2010: You Have Been Watching… Restless Natives
The term cult film is really overused. Some claim that Reservoir Dogs or The Usual Suspects are cult films when they are really just critically appreciated successful films with a cool cast and/or soundtrack. A cult is something that demands devotion, even blind faith, and, by its nature, is often a well kept secret. 1985s […]
Alistair Braidwood
December 24, 2010
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Scottish Entertainment / Actor News
This Week in SEAN, news from Gerard Butler, Ewan McGregor, Robert Carlyle and a brilliant clip of Billy Connolly on Craig Ferguson which includes Billy talking about his favourite party trick involving a plate of salad and his willy.
Saba I.
December 21, 2010
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You Have Been Watching…I Know Where I’m Going
Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger made some of the greatest films of all time such as The Red Shoes, A Matter of Life and Death and Black Narcissus. They were known for marrying often heartbreaking stories with ground-breaking visual flourishes which stay with audiences long after they have finished viewing. I Know Where I’m Going is not one of […]
Alistair Braidwood
December 17, 2010
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This Week in SEAN
This week in Scottish Entertainment / Actor News, James McAvoy gets animated, Angus MacFadyen might join a zoo, Ewan McGregor has a release and David Tennant answers a phone.
Saba I.
December 14, 2010
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You Have Been Watching (TV Special) … Brond
Broxburn born Michael Caton-Jones has become one of Scotland’s most successful imports to Hollywood. His directorial CV includes the highs of Doc Hollywood and Scandal and the spectacular low that is Basic Instinct 2 (starring Stan Collymore!). His Rob Roy is the best Scottish historical drama of the 1990’s but was crushed beneath the behemoth that was anti-semitic […]
Alistair Braidwood
December 10, 2010
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Scottish Entertainment / Actor News
This week in SEAN, the latest on Ewan McGregor’s US telly appearances, and his latest award, Craig Ferguson is nominated for a Grammy and Kevin McKidd’s Bunraku heads to the Dubai Film Festival.
Saba I.
December 7, 2010