Dad’s Army

Oliver Parker’s Dad’s Army is the latest property to be given the big screen treatment in this cinematic adaptation of the old BBC sitcom. I’ll start by saying that I have very little familiarity with the TV series other than some half watched episodes that I came across too many years ago to remember so…

EIFF 2015 – The Legend of Barney Thomson

,The 2015 Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) kicked off for me with The Legend of Barney Thomson, the first feature film to be directed by Robert Carlyle. Carlyle also takes the lead as an unassuming barber named Barney Thomson who is heavily unappreciated in his job. An opening monologue relays that he would rather just…