WELCOME to our Top 20 Scottish film moments of all time. The first thing you're probably wondering is: "Why film moments and not films?" The short answer is: we thought it would be more interesting. That's not to say that many of the films you would expect to appear...

The girls and I saw a trailer for the movie Dear Frankie. The girls started hollering when they recognized Gerard Butler from The Phantom of the Opera. We rented the movie from Netflix and we loved it!! Here's a synopsis: Nine-year-old Frankie and his single mum...

Linda Williams turned into a celebrity while on vacation in Scotland. People in Greenock, a small town close to Glasgow, greeted her when she entered shops. A taxi driver recognized her, and the mayor provost gave her an official welcome. They had seen her picture in...

A FILM fan who fell in love with Inverclyde's scenery because of a movie has paid a visit to the area. Catherine Groger, from near Seattle in America, came to Greenock and Gourock to visit the setting for the film Dear Frankie. The movie, written by Greenock...

TWO movie fans from America are to visit Inverclyde because their favourite film was shot here. The girls, from California and Texas, are huge fans of the film Dear Frankie and its heartthrob star Gerard Butler and wanted to soak up the atmosphere of the movie by...

ONE MOVIE FAN’S OPINION * Good Night and Good Luck - I was taken back 50 years to the Senator Joe McCarthy hearings and was thoroughly engrossed with this film, all done in black and white and combined with actual news coverage. It's an excellent portrayal by David...

This independent foreign film explores a family's problems. You've got to love it when you discover a video you've never heard of before, the one just waiting to be given a chance to tug at your heart. That's what happened with "Dear Frankie," an online rental my wife...

What a less-than-memorable year in film it has been! But Crosswalk.com's movie critics have managed to find something good to say about what has hit the silver screen in the past 12 months. Find out which films they thought deserved a ticket in 2005. ... BATMAN BEGINS...

I’ll always remember 2005 as the year I finally got to see The Producers. Being the world’s most avid movie musical fan, I became excited the moment I heard about plans to bring the Tony-winning play to the big screen. And I was not disappointed. How often do viewers...

Our Hollywood correspondent Sandro Monetti has seen more than a hundred films this year in the service of Sky Showbiz and here he ranks them all in order. So, what gets his vote? Outrageous comedy The 40-Year-Old Virgin comes out on top, ahead of British fatherless...

A GREENOCK writer says she is delighted an American critic has rated her movie his favourite of 2005. Andrea Gibb, who penned the script for Dear Frankie, said she was flattered that David Germain, a writer for the Associated Press agency, had backed the movie....

Every May, the biggest film festival in the world, Festival de Cannes, opens to offer great films, international stars and glamour. In the past two years, the festival has premiered what have come to be remembered as some of the world's great, if not best,...

It is a low-budget Scottish film about a deaf boy from the west coast of Scotland, shot on a shoestring and given a critical mauling from Britain's top film writers. But a year after it was released in the UK, Dear Frankie has been named as the film of the year by one...

As film critics, we had a problem this year. There were too many great movies to choose from and only 10 spots on our best-of lists. After much soul-searching and paring, here's what we came up with - the absolute best of the best. The top 10 films of 2005, according...

Q: I saw a preview on a rented movie for a film about a mother who tells her son his father is at sea on a certain boat and writes a letter to him from the supposed father. When this boat is supposed to come home she has to come up with a father, so she hires one. I...

Il film “Dear Frankie” di Shona Auerbach ha vinto il premio “Percorsi Creativi 2005” promosso dai Cinecircoli Giovanili Socioculturali nell’ambito del Giffoni Film Festival. Il riconoscimento è stato assegnato da una giuria composta da insegnanti ed operatori...

KEN LOACH has won the biggest prize at this year’s Bowmore Scottish Screen awards for his film Ae Fond Kiss. The story focuses on a young Glasgow Pakistani, played by Atta Yaqub, who is torn between his love for a Catholic teacher and his unwillingness to hurt his...

Today, the last day in Japan, Gerry had a series of media interviews all day at his hotel. Last night, he attended the premier opening of "The Batman Begins." After enjoying the movie, he really got along with a Japanese director, Mahito Harada, and had a long...

Dear Frankie is a heart-warming journey of unconditional love and sacrifice, Dear Frankie stars Emily Mortimer (Bright Young Things, Young Adam) and Jack McElhone (Young Adam) which will be released on DVD on May 23rd by Pathé Distribution Ltd. What's is all about:...

British Actor, Gerard Butler (35) who had a major screen success in "The Phantom Of The Opera" arrived in Narita Airport (Tokyo) on JAL flight from LA on the 29th to promote his latest film "Dear Frankie" (directed by Shona Auerbach, opens on 6/25). As his sweet face,...

A long line was formed to meet Butler in his participation in an event hosted by Akasaka Post Office which appointed Butler as the "Ambassador of the Letter of Love." Butler shook hands with all the 500 phans from various parts of Japan. This event also initiates a...

The press conference for Gerard Butler held at a hotel (Cerulean Tower, Tokyu Hotel) in Tokyo was attended by more than 150 press agents. Butler participated in the promotion of this film only in Japan. (That's not true, but the Japanese media likes to butter their...

NEW YORK - Gerard Butler didn't waste any time saying "yes" to "Dear Frankie." "When I read that script, I thought, 'Isn't it great?' " recalls the Scottish actor. "When I connect with something, I already imagine me playing that role." Although Butler has made his...

Shona Auerbach weighs out a frugal Scot weepie DEAR FRANKIE Starring Emily Mortimer, Jack McElhone. Written by Andrea Gibb. Directed by Shona Auerbach. (PG) 105 min. Opens Mar 25. The tale of a desperate mother, her deaf son and a mysterious stranger, Dear Frankie...

The Dear Frankie press conference took place at the 2004 Edinburgh International Film Festival. Present were the film's director and director of photography Shona Auerbach, screenwriter Andre Gregg, actor (The Stranger) Gerard Butler, actor (Marie) Sharon Small. "Dear...