

GFF 2016 - John McPhail Review 3 - Aliens
"They mostly come out at night, mostly"
Hey hey tartan feature folk John here, so the other night I went to see "Aliens: The Directors cut" in the IMAX.
First off I love this movie, it's my 2nd favorite movie of all time (the first is ghostbusters) I'm not lying when I say it's eye watering on the IMAX. Genuinely had to blink like a mad man, after some of high paced action sequences.
If you haven't seen this masterpiece (where have been for the past 30 years) or seen it i


GFF 2016 - John McPhail Review 1 - Hail Caesar
Hey Sports fans! John here, lets talk "Hail Caesar". So the Cohen brothers newest film had its UK Premiere at Glasgow film festival, which is pretty awesome if you are Glasgow film festival and being the opening film kicked it all off with some glitz and glamour. Talking glitz and glamour, The Coen brother weren't there to give Q&A neither was George Clooney, Scarlett Johansson, Channing Tatum, or Josh Brolin, but word of mouth that one of the universal distributors was there


GFF2016 - John McPhail Review 4 - The Road to Civil War
Heyohhhhh! John here, so last night I went to see "The Road to civil war: marvel renascence". No it had nothing to do with the up and coming Marvel "Civil War" movie. The documentary directed by Philippe Guedj and Philippe Roure , is described by the Frenchmen as a letter of love. Both these guys grew up reading comic books and when they found out there was a marvel story that had not been told they jumped on it.
The documentary covers the fall and rise of Marvel, some peop


GSFF2016 Experience- Alison Piper and Stalactites
Hello TF followers - Alison Piper here, I will be blogging for TF all week from the Glasgow Short Film Festival where my first film ‘Stalactites’ is playing in competition. I’ll be writing short reviews, but mainly writing about my experience of being a first time filmmaker at a festival and how it feels to be part of the festival community and to show your work to the public. (I'm scared!) There’s so much to see. I’m going to prioritise work by Scottish filmmakers so I can b