Mark at the movies.

 

This is bizarre and if not true it is unbelievable.

The premise of the film is about a 30-year-old man called Brian MacKinnon who decided to pose as a 16-year-old boy pupil at Bearsden Academy near Glasgow, Scotland due to wanting to be a doctor, years after originally being kicked out of medical school.

How he managed to fool the Academy for two years despite in his own words looking like one of the teachers baffles me.

In 1995 the truth emerged and it became International news.

Brian's story is shared by the actor Alan Cummings lip synchronization to an audio recording.

The students recall that Brian was what is termed as a bit of an oddball and their words are animated in a 90s-style cartoon which for some reason features the narration of Lulu.

This film does its best to combine seriousness with silliness and is directed by Jono McLeod.

Running time (115 minutes)Rated (15)

4 out of 4 stars.

Orphan -First Kill.

First of all, a quick recap if you did not watch the Orphan(2009)this was about a fully grown woman called Esther, with a growth-affecting hormonal disorder who pretends to be a child and she is murderous with a drop of serious daddy issues.

This want is termed an origin story used a lot for superhero films, in which Esther is played by Isabelle Fuhrman (also played Esther in Orphan).

Esther is in a psychiatric facility which always tends to be cold and bleak to create an atmosphere based in Estonia, we learn that her real name is Leena.

With some ease, she breaks out by committing brutal mass murder and goes on the internet in search of a missing young girls also called Esther that she resembles.

Esther is found who was missing for four years from her rich American family (Albrights)despite zero DNA tests done, despite claiming to be their daughter.

Who was snatched from the streets of Russia and handed straight to the Albrights on their private jet.

So we go back to the Albrights mansion where, dressed as a weird Victorian doll, Esther develops a dangerous crush on her dad and hates her brother and is jealous of her mum like a repeat of the original film.

You may be thinking it feels like you know the crime before it's committed but this contains a curveball twist you did not see coming.

This is gory, and violent to please horror fans like myself but lacks jump-in-your-seat moments to make it scary. The plot has a lot of holes like swiss cheese.

Running Time (99 minutes)

Rated (15)

3 out of 4 stars.

Fisherman's Friends:One and All.

This is the sequel of the true story of Cornish Fisherman turned pop star -Fisherman's Friends(2019)which I watched with my wife Enid not expecting much but found it quite good to watch and I recommend you to give it a try.

This time around the group has returned home after touring the nation a bit and weathering fandom.

The group of mercenary overlords pressure them into becoming woke warriors.

Jim (James Purefoy)quit to deal with his father's death.

Unfortunately, this suffers from the fate of most sequels; it feels like it has the subtlety of a harpoon gun and has cliched lines like (Boys do Cry).

But there are some amusing moments, one of which involves fish fingers, not as good as the original but if a fan just watches for a bit of light entertainment.

Running time (111 minutes)

Rated (12A)

3 out 4 Star.

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