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'California Schemin'' Review: James McAvoy's Canny Directorial Debut Carves a Crowdpleaser Out of a Real-Life Hip-Hop Scam by Jessica Kiang

The paperback of "Straight Outta Scotland" by Gavin Bain, which tells the real-life yarn on which James McAvoy's directing debut is based, boasts a cover quote from the patron saint of working-class Scot-lit, Irvine Welsh: "One of the most amazing, high-octane, hedonistic morality tales of our time." McAvoy's take on the story of Bain (Seamus […]

SOURCE: Variety at 05:22AM on October 4, 2025

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