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White Lines (2020)
Just Brilliant
Slow starter, but the pressure builds up, ok, not the best acting, but Daniel Mayes as usual very good.
Sunshine on Leith (2013)
Brilliant
Went to an advanced screening of this film with a Q an A with Dexter Fletcher at the end.
Well what a great film, the musical scenes were really well done, and it just felt that the cast were really enjoying themselves. Good all round performances from everyone, nobody stole the show, just everybody contributed their own accomplished style. My personal opinion is that its a really hard job to produce a musical, as it can so easily look amateurish, Mama Mia succeeded, and so does Sunshine on Leith. The locations were superb, especially the closing scene where it appeared as though all of the population of Edinburgh was present and joining in.
The Q and A was very informative, and I will leave you to spot the walk on appearances of Dexter and the Proclaimers.
A great night out,, well done everyone who had a hand in this production.
A Common Man (2013)
Acting so poor
I could not believe how poor the acting was in this film, story line OK, but it was so bad, it even seemed to effect Ben Kingsley and Ben Cross who normally are very good actors.
I was cringing at some of the poor acting performances, the news reporter and curly haired policeman especially. The scene on the runway, towards the end, was just so unbelievably amateurish, it was embarrassing. With decent actors this could have been a good film, because I kept watching it, so as to see how it would end, so that was a plus point. Whoever did the casting, got it right with Kingsley and Cross, but how did they arrive at the rest of the cast is beyond me.