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New Brave trailer showcases Emma Thompson and Billy Connolly's roles

New Brave trailer showcases Emma Thompson and Billy Connolly's roles

24 Apr 2012

A new trailer for Disney-Pixar's Brave is available, revealing a little more of the Highland-set story line. In it, we see a lot more of the dynamic between impetuous heroine Merida (Kelly Macdonald), her indulgent father King Fergus (Billy Connolly…

Keara Patricia Murphy: My comedy hero - Billy Connolly

Keara Patricia Murphy: My comedy hero - Billy Connolly

'He destroyed me. No one else comes close'

2 Feb 2012

I first heard Billy Connolly on a record of my dad’s when I was seven. He was talking about welly boots and the Barras and telling funny stories about Jesus being born in the Gallowgate and not Galilee. He created a magical world outside my window that…

Preview of 2012 - Brave

Preview of 2012 - Brave

Pixar’s highland fling has a lot of heart

6 Jan 2012

After dropping the ball with Cars 2 last summer – the only one of their 12 feature-length releases so far to have been deemed a bit lacklustre – the award-winning animation house will be looking to score big again with Brave. Set in the misty and…

New Pixar feature Brave set in Highlands of Scotland

New Pixar film Brave set in Scottish highlands

Stars Kelly MacDonald, Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson and Robbie Coltrane

17 Nov 2011

Pixar – the CG animation powerhouse behind hits such as Finding Nemo, Up and Wall-E – are turning their attention to Scottish shores for their next feature, Brave. Due to be released on Fri 22 Jun 2012, it stars Kelly Macdonald as the voice of Merida, a…

Gulliver's Travels

Gulliver's Travels

Jack Black vehicle unfunny and lacking in cohesion

(2 stars)14 Dec 2010

In the ten years since his breakout performance as John Cusack’s slacker workmate in High Fidelity, Jack Black has become a big name movie star, but his CV is surprisingly short of hits. Only Richard Linklater’s family comedy School of Rock has managed…

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Brave
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Pixar animation about a flame-haired Scottish princess who unleashes a curse on her fairytale kingdom, and must complete a number of challenges in order to lift it.
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30 Jun 8.15pm
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Closing Night Gala 		Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
3 Aug–9 Aug Fri 2.30pm & 7.30pm; Sat 11am, 2.30pm & 7.30pm; Sun 2.30pm & 7.30pm; Mon 11am; Wed 10.30am & 6.30pm; Thu 11am & 2.30pm
10 Aug–16 Aug Fri 2.30pm & 7.30pm; Sat 11am & 7.30pm; Sun 2.30pm & 7.30pm; Mon 11am; Wed 2.30pm & 7.30pm; Thu 11am & 2.30pm 		The Hippodrome, Bo'ness
Big Banana Feet
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A fascinating time capsule of a documentary, as Grigor and David Peat follow Billy Connolly on his 1975 Irish tour, as the young comedian faces a tense political situation.
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3 Jun 6pm Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow
Mrs Brown
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Queen Victoria's obsessive mourning for Prince Albert is casting gloom over the entire country, so Highland ghillie John Brown is called down from Balmoral to shake up the stuffy English court. Madden's film can't match the comic brio and visual panache of 'The Madness of King George', but his understated direction undeniably suits the story. The performances are uniformly splendid, with Dench and Connolly (both perfectly cast) giving the film a surprising emotional depth.
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2 Jun–3 Jun Sat 11am; Sun 7.30pm The Hippodrome, Bo'ness