‘California Schemin’’ Review: James McAvoy’s Canny Directorial Debut Carves a Crowdpleaser Out of a Real-Life Hip-Hop Scam

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 […]