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Movie: Trainspotting

Heroin addict Mark Renton (Ewan McGregor) stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends -- Sick Boy (Jonny Lee Miller), Begbie (Robert Carlyle), Spud (Ewen Bremner) and Tommy (Kevin McKidd). He also has an underage girlfriend, Diane (Kelly Macdonald), along for the ride. After cleaning up and moving from Edinburgh to London, Mark finds he can't escape the life he left behind when Begbie shows up at his front door on the lam, and a scheming Sick Boy follows. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Oct 10, 2022 - 11 comments

Movie: Let Us Prey

Rachel, a rookie cop, is about to begin her first night shift in a neglected police station in a Scottish, backwater town. A hit-and-run victim brought into the station for safekeeping turns out to be altogether more than they bargained for. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Feb 19, 2016 - 15 comments

MeFi Horror Club: Let Us Prey

Scottish director Brian O'Malley's 2014 film is a clever melding of John Carpenter eras, mixing the police under siege vibe from Assault on Precinct 13 with a bit of the supernatural, a la Prince of Darkness. Stars The Woman's Pollyanna McIntosh and Game of Thrones' Liam Cunningham. Discussion goes live on 2/19. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Feb 12, 2016 - 5 comments

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