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The Bad Guys 2 review: 'slapstick gags aplenty'
Sign up to our Arts and Culture newsletter, get the latest news and reviews from our specialist arts writers Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... The Bad Guys 2 (PG) ★★★★ 2022's The Bad Guys was one of the funnier animated movies of recent years. A family friendly heist movie about a crew of lovable rogues, it smartly used all the tricks of a good con artist movie to serve up an amusing message about not judging books by their covers. The Bad Guys 2 | Contributed Set a few years on, The Bad Guys 2 recaptures that vibe, picking up the action as Mr Wolf (Sam Rockwell), Tarantula (Awkwafina), Shark (Craig Robinson) and Snake (Marc Maron) wrestle with the down-to-earth tedium of now being the Good Guys in a world that's reluctant to give them a second chance. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Struggling to find work and bored with a life devoid of car chases and danger, they soon find themselves framed for a series of robberies and decide to use their criminal expertise to prove their innocence and catch the real crooks. Where the first film took its breezy stylistic cues from Ocean's Eleven, the new one kicks the action up a ridiculous notch or two with some old school Bond-style villainy involving rockets to space and obligatory pops at the tech oligarchy. It also makes room for some husky-voiced hilarity from the ubiquitous Natasha Lyonne, cast here as the ominously named Doom, the not-quite-what-she-seems avian romantic interest for Snake who also just happens to be part of an all-female-crew of criminals trying to lure the Bad Guys out of retirement.
Scotsman
an hour ago
- Sport
- Scotsman
Paul Lawrie sets sights on 'really good weekend' in his bid for rare Claret Jug double
Paul Lawrie acknowledges the fans during the ISPS HANDA Senior Open at Sunningdale Golf Club |Aberdonian pleased to finish round strongly after 'struggling' this year over closing stretch Sign up to our daily newsletter – Regular news stories and round-ups from around Scotland direct to your inbox Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Paul Lawrie is hoping that a 'really good weekend' at Sunningdale can give him a chance of becoming just the fifth player to win both The Open and ISPS HANDA Senior Open. Only Bob Charles, Gary Player and Tom Watson had achieved the feat before Darren Clarke joined the select club with his Senior Open success at Gleneagles three years ago. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad It would be a tremendous achievement if Lawrie, the 1999 Open champion, could add his name to the list and, after opening with scores of 69-67 to sit on four under at the halfway stage, he's certainly in with a chance of landing the over-50s' Claret Jug on Sunday. Paul Lawrie acknowledges the fans during the ISPS HANDA Senior Open at Sunningdale Golf Club |'It depends what the score gets to today,' said the Aberdonian as Dane Thomas Bjorn carded a second-round 73 set the clubhouse target on seven under. 'I'd imagine that they would stretch a wee bit ahead, so it's going to be at least eight under, if not a bit more. But you are there or thereabouts. A really good weekend and you never know.' In his opening round at the Berkshire venue, Lawrie had been four under and bogey-free with four holes to play before finishing double bogey-birdie-bogey bogey. In contrast, he was four under for the last eight holes in the second circuit, signing off with a good par save. 'The last couple of years, I've been struggling with finishing rounds off,' admitted the 56-year-old. 'I've got myself in good positions most days I've played, but I have really struggled for coming in, for some reason. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad 'And that wasn't on my mind yesterday before I struggled to come in again. Then today was the opposite, I kind of finished strongly. It's golf, isn't it? Sometimes it goes for you and sometimes it doesn't. 'Today I didn't have any destructive shots' 'But one under yesterday felt, oh man, at least two or three shots more than I should have been. But golf gives you the good and gives you the bad, so, overall, four under, we are alright there.
Scotsman
2 hours ago
- Health
- Scotsman
Phone notes made by trans doctor after nurse dispute were edited, tribunal told
Security analyst could not explain discrepancies on dates on Google Notes made by Dr Upton Sign up to our daily newsletter – Regular news stories and round-ups from around Scotland direct to your inbox Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Phone notes made by a transgender doctor following a dispute with a nurse had been edited, a tribunal has heard. An employment tribunal was told on Friday that NHS Fife did not commission a forensic or in-person examination of Dr Beth Upton's phone in May 2025. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad The health board's security analyst 'did not have a technical answer' for discrepancies on dates on Google Notes made by Dr Upton, the tribunal heard. Nurse Sandie Peggie and Dr Beth Upton | PA Sandie Peggie was suspended after she complained about having to share a changing room with Dr Upton at Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy, Fife, on Christmas Eve 2023. The nurse was placed on special leave after Dr Upton made an allegation of bullying and harassment and cited concerns about 'patient care'. Ms Peggie has lodged a claim against NHS Fife and Dr Upton, citing the Equality Act 2010, including sexual harassment; harassment related to a protected belief; indirect discrimination; and victimisation. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad The tribunal heard entries on Google Notes had 'discrepancies' between the date of editing and date of creation. Independent IT expert Jim Borwick, director of KJB Computer Forensics Consultancy, was commissioned by Ms Peggie's representatives and agreed he was suggesting the doctor 'was trying to mislead' the tribunal. In a report, Mr Borwick wrote 'Dr Upton is silent on fact that Notes can be rearranged with relative ease', and that he was 'perplexed' and 'at a loss' as to how the discrepancies had occurred, and was told 'notes did not include patient care allegations Dr Upton made about Ms Peggie', the tribunal heard. One note from December 18, 2023 logged 'working nights, won't make eye contact, won't acknowledge my presence, haven't had direct conversation but can feel the dismissal/hostility', which was edited on December 26 at 1.21am, the tribunal heard. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Mr Borwick said: 'In addition to text on that date, this had been added so it is not contemporaneous.' He confirmed he was 'suggesting that Dr Upton is trying to mislead the tribunal', when asked by Jane Russell KC, representing NHS Fife and Dr Upton. Ms Russell said: 'When you said Dr Upton is silent on fact that notes can be rearranged, you're suggesting that Dr Upton is trying to mislead the tribunal?' The IT expert said: 'I suppose that's my comment, yes.' Ms Russell asked if he had been instructed 'to come up with explanation that there were lies on the part of Dr Upton' and to 'undermine Dr Upton's account of patient care allegations'? Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad The witness said: 'I don't think we were trying to undermine anything, it was just a case of trying to look at these notes.' He added: 'I was told to recover notes about patient care allegations; no reason was given, just to recover those notes.' He suggested a Teams meeting should have been recorded, and that screenshots could have been 'superimposed' on notes. Ms Russell said in one screenshot 'the conundrum is that the edited date predates the created date', and asked if 'the only explanation for discrepancy is that Dr Upton is lying about creation dates'. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad The witness said: 'I can't recreate this, Mr Donaldson [Peter Donaldson, information security manager for NHS Fife] can't; this can't happen. It just can't happen that way.' However, Ms Peggie's junior counsel, Charlotte Elves, said she was 'astonished' at a suggestion that anyone 'would have instructed an expert to lie, or that an expert would accept such instructions'. 'Weird incident' The tribunal heard a note titled 'weird incident 26.08.23' was timestamped showing it was created on October 26, 2023, according to Google. The tribunal also heard evidence that Dr Upton was remotely supervised at one point during a Teams call by Mr Donaldson. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Giving evidence, Mr Donaldson said: 'I don't believe Dr Upton was trying to mislead us in any way. 'I completely agree this is how Google presents; on the face of it the October date is the earliest date. I don't dispute that. The notes supplementary to that are the same.' Ms Elves said: 'This quandary that we've got about creation on October 26, as I understand it, there's no understandable technical explanation?' Mr Donaldson said: 'Not that I'm aware of.' Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Ms Elves said: 'You say you don't believe Dr Upton was trying to mislead the tribunal but presumably accept that is one explanation for this inexplicable phenomenon?' The witness said: 'It is a possibility but I don't believe that's the case.' Ms Elves said: 'Going back to apparent difficulty with the screenshots, I think you told the tribunal that you can't fathom any technological explanation; do you accept that one explanation for images that purport to show the inexplicable is they have been manipulated?' Mr Donaldson said: 'I can't say it's impossible.'
Scotsman
3 hours ago
- Sport
- Scotsman
'A player I like' - Russell Martin confirms Rangers interest in 22 y/o English Premier League player
Martin tried to sign the winger while in charge of Southampton Sign up to our Football newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Russell Martin has confirmed Rangers' interest in Crystal Palace winger Jesurun Rak-Sakyi. It was reported earlier this week that Rangers had made an initial loan offer to the English Premier League club for the 22-year-old, who has been capped by England up to under-21 level, with an obligation to buy for around £8million next summer. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Rak-Sakyi has two years remaining on a long-term contract at Selhurst Park and spent last season on loan at Sheffield United in the English Championship, where he contributed seven goals and two assists in 36 appearances. Jesurun Rak-Sakyi is a Rangers transfer target. | Getty Images Martin wanted to sign Rak-Sakyi while he was in charge of Southampton and is now targeting the Palace winger - who can also represent Ghana as well as England - to add to his attacking options at Ibrox. Commenting on the speculation, Martin told Sky Sports: "There's a lot of players we've been linked with, some wide of the mark, some very close and some spot on. "He's a player I liked at Southampton. We tried to take him there and it didn't quite happen. He's a player I like, a player the recruitment staff like, but how far that's gone, I'm not too sure.' Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad "He's a really good player,' the Rangers boss added. 'We look at all sorts of different profiles that we think can help the team.
Scotsman
3 hours ago
- Scotsman
Half of Brits know only one foreign language phrase - and it's how to order a drink
Kefalonia, Greece | SWNS The only foreign language phrase half of Brits have truly nailed – is how to order a drink abroad. Sign up to our daily newsletter – Regular news stories and round-ups from around Scotland direct to your inbox Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... A poll of 2,000 adults found 30 per cent are likely to simply make up a word in another language when trying to converse with a local while on holiday. Otherwise, many resort to other tactics – with 54 per cent admitting to pointing wildly at menus. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Nearly a quarter (23 per cent) will rely on dramatic hand gestures, and 26 per cent choosing to speak English very slowly in the unlikely hope of being understood. But despite their best efforts, communication issues often get in the way – as a fifth (21 per cent) have ended up spending far longer than necessary trying to sort out something simple. While the same number have accidentally ordered the wrong food or drink. The research was commissioned by Samsung to mark the launch of its Galaxy Z Flip7, which includes an AI-powered Live Translate and Interpreter feature – designed to help users translate phone calls in real time and break through awkward language barriers when travelling. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad It also emerged from the findings that some situations have been even more inconvenient for travellers – with 11 per cent confessing they've boarded the wrong train or bus after a misunderstood exchange. And it seems navigating menus is a particular point of stress, with 41 per cent going into full panic mode if there isn't an English version available. The study went on to find that half of Brits feel embarrassed about their lack of foreign language skills when abroad, according to the data. To get around this, 31 per cent have smiled and nodded through conversations, pretending to understand every word – even when they don't have a clue what's being said. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad And one in five (20 per cent) have attempted to speak the local language, only for the person they're speaking to respond in fluent English – leaving them red-faced. The research was commissioned by Samsung to mark the launch of its Galaxy Z Flip7 | SWNS Top 10 ways Brits abroad have tried to converse with locals:
