Tag Archives: Billy Connolly

Gallery: The BAFTA Film Awards Red Carpet – Frocks And Fellas

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on February 10th, 2013

Anne Hathaway (Photo by Jon Furniss/Invision/AP)

Two important things you need to bear in mind about this year’s BAFTA Film Awards before looking over this sample of celebrity arrivals: 1) it was HOWLING it down with rain in London tonight and 2) Simon Pegg looks like he could ...

Watch: Dame Maggie Smith Leads Brit Cast In Dustin Hoffman’s ‘Quartet’

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on October 30th, 2012

Pauline Collins and Dame Maggie Smith in Quartet

There seems to be a cinematic trend developing, in which directors get together as many British character actors as they can, and get them to rub their sharp edges awkwardly against each other, filming the sparks until all is smooth.

Watch: Third Trailer For Pixar’s Scots Epic ‘Brave’

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on April 26th, 2012

Another trailer has emerged for the new Disney-Pixar epic, Brave, in which Kelly McDonald voices the fierce daughter of a highland warrior, played by Billy Connolly.

A Tribute To Earl Scruggs: Billy Connolly Plays ‘Cripple Creek’

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on March 29th, 2012

The magnificent Earl Scruggs, bluegrass banjo player and (with his late partner Lester Flatt) country music cornerstone, passed away yesterday at the age of 88.

Watch: Full-Length Trailer For Pixar’s Pict Pic ‘Brave’

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on November 17th, 2011

Way back in June, we showed you the teaser trailer for the new Pixar adventure ‘Brave’ which is set in ancient Scotland and features the vocal talents of geniune Scots Kelly McDonald, Craig Ferguson, Billy Connolly and Kevin ...

WATCH: The Trailer For ‘Brave’, Pixar’s Scottish Epic

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on June 28th, 2011

Ah Pixar, you lovely people. First you bring toys to life, then you make cars into people, and now you’ve turned your anthropomorphic attention on the land of my forefathers, the Scottish.